NASA

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The 100-day mission was designed to hunt for water ice near the lunar south pole.
Space

By Jeremy Kariuki
NASA Test Pilot Nils Larson spoke to Aviation Week about the space agency's mission to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft.
Business Aviation

By Mark Carreau
"We are still taking a look at the cause of the water leak and what we want to do to recover," says Dana Weigel, NASA's ISS program manager.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Dates for the review and Starliner’s departure from the ISS are pending.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The termination of the cost-and-schedule-challenged Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover was announced by NASA on July 17.
Space

By Mark Carreau, Irene Klotz
Rising costs and technical challenges have prompted NASA to cancel a commercially partnered, groundbreaking Moon mission.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan’s GlobalWafers will be awarded up to $400 million to boost advanced semiconductor silicon wafer production in the U.S.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Moon mining startup Interlune says it has received a $348,000 grant from NASA’s TechFlights program to test its lunar regolith beneficiation equipment.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The 212-ft. core stage will be used for the agency’s Artemis II mission.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Clayton Turner, the director of NASA’s Langley Research Center, was named the STMD acting administrator.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The mission is planned to launch to the lunar south pole in late 2024.
Space

By Robert Wall
ESA has given the provisional go-ahead for a mission to fly by the Apophis asteroid in 2029 as part of planetary defense, with NASA also sending Osiris-Apex.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The magnetic field of Jupiter, the Solar System’s largest planet, is 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The newly expanded consortium will also explore opportunities for the Dream Chaser in Japan and across the Asian continent.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The mission, designated Artemis IV, is to be the first aboard the more powerful SLS Block 1 rocket.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Starliner was launched June 5 on an anticipated nine-day flight test.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Four volunteers with astronaut-like credentials have concluded the first of NASA’s three planned yearlong Earth-based missions on a simulated Martian surface.
Space

By Guy Norris
A surprising groundswell of single-aisle airliner propulsion systems are under development.
Farnborough Airshow

By Robert Wall
Firefly Aerospace has deployed eight cubesats for NASA with a flight of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, amid operational expansion efforts.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected rookie astronaut Andre Douglas as a backup for the three agency astronauts assigned to the planned 2025 Artemis II mission.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA cites a gap in currently envisioned lunar cargo lander capabilities.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is delaying plans for multiple spacewalks to assess the cause of a leak from a water coolant system umbilical that supports spacesuit thermal control.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will remain at the International Space Station (ISS) while a new ground campaign begins to test thrusters.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The work includes logistical support and integration of crew provisions and supplies needed to sustain a human presence in space from low Earth orbit to the Moon.
Space