NASA

By Robert Wall
The deorbit vehicle effectively needs to complete its mission within about 18 months of launch.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA is designating SpaceX for the two Crew Dragon missions associated with the semiannual exchange of astronauts and Russian cosmonauts to the ISS.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Vast Space on Oct. 14 unveiled plans for a follow-on Haven-2 station that will compete for CLD funding in an expected NASA 2026 award.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The $5.2 billion mission is intended to continue its prime mission into June 2034, is to reach and enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA mission managers are continuing to monitor the Florida weather conditions and plan to make another forecast assessment by Oct. 14 at midday.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
Fan-in-wing VTOL airlifter; Electrifying the C-130; Hover record goal for LH2 drone; Fly-drive logistics eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The earliest time for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean side of the Florida Peninsula is on Oct. 14 at approximately 3:38 pm. EDT.
Operations & Safety

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

By Mark Carreau
The three astronauts and one cosmonaut are set to come back no sooner than Oct. 13.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The Orbital Test Vehicle will conduct a series of passes that use the drag of the Earth’s atmosphere to allow it to change orbit while limiting its fuel use.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Nelson talks with Aviation Week about the role private companies will play and his concerns about China’s ambitions on the Moon.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Launch activity on Florida’s Space Coast is on hold due to Hurricane Milton.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
The proposal is supported by NASA studies showing potential energy savings from the hybridization of the C-130.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency plans to land two cubesats on a remote asteroid as it seeks to gather more data to inform its planetary defense mission.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Departure of the Crew-8 Dragon from the ISS, which launched on March 3, had initially been planned for no earlier than Oct. 7.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA has added Rocket Lab to the list of teams hired to study alternative architectures for returning high-priority rock and soil samples from Mars.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
A new launch date was not immediately announced.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
ULA is preparing for the second flight of its new Vulcan-Centaur rocket, a mission needed to complete certification ahead of service for the U.S. military.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
NASA wants novel ideas for processing inorganic waste streams like food packaging, discarded clothing and science experiment materials into usable products.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
ESA is still optimistic its Hera mission to survey the Dimorphos asteroid will launch Oct. 7 despite a technical glitch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 during a recent flight.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The Starliner astronauts have completed configuration of the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft now docked to the International Space Station.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Solar sails could make new deep space missions possible. One potential application is a “space weather buoy” between the Earth and the Sun.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris
Is NASA preparing to get more serious about hydrogen? The answer is: maybe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Crew-9 Dragon Freedom capsule autonomously docked with the station, delivering a NASA astronaut and Russian cosmonaut for a five-month tour of duty.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is suspending Falcon rocket launches planned for early October while investigating an anomaly that occurred during launch of the Crew-9 mission Sept. 28.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion