NASA

By Irene Klotz
NASA is rescinding a proposal to anchor a post-International Space Station commercial platform with a government-owned module.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Electric propulsion developer Whisper Aero says testing of its JetFoil upper surface blowing tech has confirmed the capability for near-vertical takeoffs and landings without the complexity and noise of exposed propellers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies disclosed the purchase of Astrobotic Technology to burnish its lunar exploration capabilities.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is moving toward flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine system on a modified Saab 340B testbed.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, launched to enable interoperability between satellite relay networks, has completed its planned demonstration phase.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Irene Klotz
Initial visual inspections indicate a second booster and upper stage in a processing hangar at SLC-36 were unaffected by the Blue Origin New Glenn explosion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA's Johnson Space Center has chosen seven companies eligible to compete for up to $300 million in construction and upgrade projects at the site.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The four NASA Artemis II mission astronauts may have opened a significant new door for future human deep-space exploration with a health science study effort.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s single largest contract—for the operations and management of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California—will be up for bids for the first time in the agency’s history.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines (IM) is now the prime operator of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Camera and Shadow Cam.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
NASA awarded contracts totaling nearly $1 billion for a pair of crew-capable lunar rovers and transportation services to land them on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By P. Barry Butler
Millennial engineers are engaged in NASA’s Artemis missions, and the program is likely to inspire future generations of scientists, engineers and explorers.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA is culling its mission directorates and making other organizational changes with the goal of improving efficiency and better implementing the Trump administration's directives.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
One designer’s thoughts on NASA Aeronautics’ next step.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
HONEYWELL gets Chinook engine MRO award... NASA deputy admin sworn in... New CEO at ONTIC...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Garrett Reim
China is likely to send taikonauts on a mission around the Moon in 2027, says NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA's Psyche mission successfully completes Mars gravity assist, capturing rare high-phase-angle images while calibrating instruments for asteroid approach.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Volta Space Technologies tests lunar power-beaming technology to enable extended surface operations during two-week Moon nights via orbital laser transmission.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Senate Confirms Anderson As NASA Deputy Administrator
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. Senate on May 18 confirmed the nomination of Matthew Anderson to serve as NASA's second highest ranking official, as part of a block vote on numerous nominees.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Aviation Week editors discuss the state of X-planes, how they have historically performed and what challenge the next X-plane program should take on.
Check 6

By Garrett Reim
Axiom Space launches Japanese subsidiary to expand Asia-Pacific space research and partnerships.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space launches Japanese subsidiary to expand Asia-Pacific space research and partnerships.
Commercial Space