NASA

By Guy Norris
The TPS comprises a composite material that combines the strength of carbon fiber with the high-temperature stability of ceramics.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris
20 years ago, NASA saw incremental aircraft improvement would no longer mitigate the environmental impact of projected growth; revolutionary change was needed.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The session focused on structural cracks with air leaks in the Russian segment and the safe potential deorbiting of the outpost in a contingency.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Whitesides was former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden’s chief of staff during the President Barack Obama administration.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
JPL reduced its workforce by 8%—approximately 530 staff and 40 contractor positions—in February.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The challenges are even more relevant because of a constrained federal budget environment.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
The Round D, which raised more than initially expected, was led by RPM Ventures.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
The contracts were awarded to four companies and a university.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
The Boeing subsidiary completed two identical satellites for NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (Tracers) mission.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Canada backs sustainability research; electric Smartflyer rolls out; NASA’s X-59 fires up engine; and tackling hydrogen engine vibrations.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The Nov. 8 operation had already been set when the resupply mission docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS earlier this week.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The company provided a static version of the two-person vehicle to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in September.
Space Exploration

By Jeremy Kariuki
Gulfstream Aerospace has completed ground emissions testing of 100% neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with zero sulfur on its new Gulfstream G700.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Building a skilled technical workforce for the 2040s is among NASA’s biggest challenges.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Rolled out on Jan. 12, the X-59 previously used external sources for power.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The seven-member review team selected in mid-October is currently assessing a dozen MSR concepts.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The agency, in a Nov. 5 solicitation, said the work will relate mainly to an X-ray mirror assembly for AXIS.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The wildcatting company sees lucrative potential in mining platinum in space.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
A quantum gravity gradiometer measures variations in gravitational acceleration.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The $1.6 billion mission was launched Aug. 12, 2018, on a seven-year primary mission to gather firsthand data on the solar corona, or the Sun’s atmosphere.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS on Nov. 5 to deliver 6,000 lb. of supplies, station hardware and research material.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The SETI Institute has announced the selection of astronomer Jill Tarter, an institute co-founder and longtime researcher, as the inaugural recipient of the Tarter Award.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX CRS-31 is scheduled to launch on the Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon capsule from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 4 .
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
Japan plans to fly a supersonic demonstrator with robust low boom.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) made special mention during its fourth-quarter session of how mission management openly addressed safety concerns.
Space Exploration