NASA

By Irene Klotz
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to increase the number of Falcon 9 flights from Vandenberg SFB, California, from 36 to up to 50 operations per year.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Thin wing technology remains the key focus for the future single-aisle as Boeing hits reset on the high-wing truss-braced wing demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire technology entrepreneur with a passion for flight, has moved a step closer to taking over as the head of NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on April 30 advanced the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA to the full Senate.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space’s fourth four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station is set for May 29.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Boeing’s move to realign the X-66 is perhaps better for both the company’s road to industrial recovery and aviation’s longer-term sustainability goals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines says it has successfully integrated and tested an autonomous driving system for the Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Just back from the International Space Station, NASA’s oldest astronaut, 70-year-old Don Pettit, wants to take two more journeys off the planet.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Viasat is moving toward final settlement of a lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force that alleged the Space Development Agency unfairly assisted its competitors.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Pamela Melroy has become the 37th annual recipient of the Rotary NASA (RNASA) National Space Trophy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation plans to vote April 30 on President Donald Trump’s nominee to head NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Teipaul Bhatia is taking over as Axiom Space’s chief executive officer.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Dragonfly, a challenging and costly NASA mission to launch a drone rotocopter to Saturn’s large moon Titan, has completed the agency’s critical design review.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Trump’s draft spending plan ends NOAA climate research.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos are working on a backup plan to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of its operational life.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris
Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Texas lawmakers are urging President Trump to shift NASA’s Washington, D.C., headquarters to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The U.S. plans to operate the International Space Station (ISS) for another five years, but risks to the orbital outpost are a growing concern.
Operations & Safety

By Steve Trimble
Boeing’s beleaguered Defense and Space business made progress on several fronts in the first quarter as part of a broader turnaround plan.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
DARPA is soliciting a lunar orbiter capable of flying in the Moon’s unstable low orbit.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese eVTOL flies; artificial intelligence beats human in drone race; detonation-powered hypersonics.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Lucy, NASA's mission to explore an asteroid family known as Trojans that accompany Jupiter, made its second close approach to a main-belt asteroid.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft departed the ISS for a parachute-assisted landing and recovery in remote Kazakhstan to conclude the latest crew exchange.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
Rotating detonation engines have huge potential for realizing efficient high-speed flight, but they are proving fiendishly difficult to get right.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
A NASA safety panel has raised concerns about the risks involved in the continuing operation of the International Space Station.
Operations & Safety