NASA

By Mark Carreau
The company also says it has measures underway to prevent a recurrence.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander, slated to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, will carry 10 scientific instruments and tech demonstrations to the Moon.
Space

By Graham Warwick
MagniX unveils hybrid testbed; VoloCity vibration testing; UK gets first vertiport; electric aircraft training.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
The company has resolved a problem that impaired operation of one of the three parachutes on the last flight of its New Shepard suborbital spacecraft.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
MagniX unveiled a Dash 7 that it plans to convert to a hybrid aircraft by replacing two of its four turboprop engines with electric powertrains.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The newcomers join 11 companies selected in 2022 for the VADR program.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA has replaced its longtime Commercial Space Division chief Phil McAlister, who oversaw the agency’s Commercial Crew and other programs.
Space

By Mark Carreau
A multistep solicitation seeks proposals from academia, industry and government agencies, for 2-3 awards valued at up to $4 million for health concerns.
Space

By Robert Wall
Airbus is dispatching the third European Service Module (ESM-3) to the U.S. for eventual use on NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon.
Space

By Irene Klotz
In addition to venturing outside the capsule, the Jared Isaacman-backed Polaris Dawn mission aims to break the 1966 altitude record.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
SpaceX leans on fellow operators of the company’s 3D printers in a pinch.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA is seeking input to identify the near-term capabilities and assets necessary to achieve the Moon-to-Mars architecture’s objectives.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has released a draft solicitation to advance efforts to address two gaps in the lunar portion of the agency's evolving Moon to Mars Architecture.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
NASA’s two Mars-bound Escapade spacecraft will fly on the inaugural launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The spacecraft were shipped from their Rocket Lab USA production and test facilities in Long Beach, California.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Jezero Crater is a 28-mi.-wide depression that was caused by an asteroid impact more than 4 billion years ago.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The timing for a final decision awaits a NASA Program Control Board session planned for the middle or end of next week.
Space

By Mark Carreau
InSight’s findings suggest Mars could host enough ground water to cover the entire planet to a depth of between 1 and 2 km (0.6 and 1.2 mi.).
Space

By Robert Wall
NASA has delayed a decision on how best to return the Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew to Earth.
Space

By Guy Norris
The start of powered runs of the X-59’s single GE Aerospace F414 will mark a key milestone on the road to first flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
NASA and Boeing are setting up for a round of key wind tunnel tests of the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The rocket is intended for a September 2028 inaugural launch as part of the Artemis IV mission.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Data from 363 prior missions was key for the speedy return to flight.
Commercial Space