NASA

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission spacecraft has been outfitted with all nine of the instruments needed to study the potential habitability of Europa.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 2024 Spinoff, the latest edition of the agency’s annual summary of its technical achievements, highlights 20 new technologies.
Space

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
With manufacturing already in mind, GE and Safran delve into the design of RISE’s less visible features.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The latest annual report by NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel’s (ASAP) was released Jan. 25.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A diminutive helicopter sent to Mars to demonstrate the first powered flight beyond Earth completed an unexpectedly long mission on Jan. 25, with 72 sorties.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Astrobotic and JAXA wrestle with landing on the Moon.
Space

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

By Thierry Dubois, Guy Norris
Validating the design of the fan blades is the overarching goal of a monthslong campaign at ONERA’s S1MA wind tunnel.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
When astronauts land on the Moon, will taikonauts be there to greet them?
Space

By Garrett Reim
The program aims to test quiet supersonic boom over different areas of the U.S.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 2023 Moon to Mars Concept Review has identified seven key decisions that need to be addressed as early as possible.
Space

By Mark Carreau
S2 is among the payload cargo planned for launch aboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS on Jan. 29.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Scolese has led the NRO since Aug. 5, 2019, as its 19th director and served more than 30 years with NASA.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA's PACE mission is set to provide higher-resolution insight into complex interactions among the Earth's oceans, atmospheric aerosols and cloud formations.
Space

By Richard Aboulafia
We may be witnessing the slow demise of what was once the world’s greatest aerospace company, with few identifiable roadblocks to an act of self-immolation.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
The Midnight has six of Archer’s proprietary battery packs, each of which contains more than 1,000 cylindrical lithium-ion cells developed by Molicel.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has successfully completed an ultimate burst pressure test of a full-size inflatable space station module, rupturing the structure at 77 psi.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Astrobotic wrapped up its first space mission with the destructive reentry of its Peregrine lunar lander in Earth’s atmosphere on Jan. 18.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Test personnel at Stennis Space Center have successfully conducted the fourth in a second round of 12 ground test firings of the upgraded RS-25 rocket engine.
Space

By Guy Norris
Boeing goes back to basics to transform retired MD-90 for future truss-braced wing test role.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The agency and airframer are overcoming atmospheric and technical challenges to see how sustainable aviation fuel affects emissions and contrails.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The latest delays in NASA’s Artemis lunar program signal deep-seated cost and technical issues as well as a lack of sufficient oversight that must be addressed.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Space tech companies largely shrugged off 2023’s broad slowdown in VC investment given their strategic importance, according to the latest Seraphim Space Index.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has appointed Kurt “Spuds” Vogel to serve as the agency’s associate administrator in charge of the STMD, effective Jan. 16.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic is preparing to send its Peregrine lunar lander toward a destructive reentry into Earth’s atmosphere on Jan. 18.
Commercial Space