SpaceX

By Mark Carreau
The returning astronauts included the Boeing CST-100 Starliner extended Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission’s Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Undocking would be followed by splashdown and recovery in the Gulf waters off the Florida peninsula planned for approximately 5:57 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The demonstrator consists of two 6U cubesats designed by NRO’s advanced systems and tech directorate to support an “experimental technology research mission.”
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, designated Endurance, autonomously docked to the forward docking port of the ISS U.S. segment’s Harmony module at 12:04 a.m. EDT.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Docking of the Crew-10 Dragon Endurance capsule to the orbital lab’s U.S. segment Harmony module is planned for 11:30 p.m. EDT on March 15.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Kymeta of Redmond, Washington, makes multiple types of electronically steered array flat panel antennas.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
"Suni" Williams has served as commander of ISS Expedition 72 since Sept. 23, 2024.
Space Exploration

By Matthew Fulco
Venture capital dealmaking in space technology reached $642 million in the first two months of the year, according to PitchBook data.
Commercial Space

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

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s commercial lunar services initiative scores another major win.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim, Robert Wall
At about 8 min. and 30 sec. into flight Starship–in the final 20 or 30 sec. of its ascent burn–lost several engines and attitude control.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The service could readily exchange data with the members of its Commercial Integration Cell (CIC), including Intelsat itself.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Civilian cellular network technology has many military uses.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The countdown recycled back to a preestablished T-minus-40 sec. mark for assessment, but SpaceX called off the launch for further analysis.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Dynamic Aerostructures estimated assets of $10-50 million but debts of $50-100 million.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
During the technology trial, a 5G user terminal on Earth successful connected to the OneWeb satellite, Eutelsat said on Feb. 24.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
SpaceX has made design changes to the Starship rocket for its next test after the spectacular breakup of the upper stage during its most recent flight.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim, Irene Klotz
“It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the @Space_Station,” Musk wrote on his social media site X on Feb. 20.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Funding for defense technology startups backed by venture capitalists increased 11% year-on-year to $3 billion in 2024, according to Crunchbase.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
NASA repeatedly delayed the astronauts’ return as it studied issues with the capsule’s propulsion system.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
The Pioneer spacecraft integrates with Varda’s W-Series reentry capsule, which brings back goods made in space.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Propulsion system issues prompted NASA to remove the crew for Starliner’s return to Earth in September 2024.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
DOGE, while not an actual U.S. government department, has already effectively shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
The awards were made under the commission’s Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grant program initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation