SpaceX

By Matthew Fulco
Led by France’s Tikehau Capital, the late-stage funding round was also joined by a trio of other venture capital (VC) firms.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The connection took place Dec. 18 and is the only optical link attempted thus far, an SDA spokesperson said in a Jan. 15 email.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
To make up ground it is losing to SpaceX, China and others, Europe is looking to infuse greater competition into its space launch industry.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The El Segundo, California-based company’s W-2 capsule carries a spectrometer from the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Commercial Space

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has had to incur significant delays on some of its flights across the Indian Ocean due to the re-entry of SpaceX rocket launches in the area.
Airlines & Lessors

By Vivienne Machi
NROL-153 was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 10:53 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-4 East.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
The details of the European Launcher Challenge are still in the works.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The revised plan shaves billions from projected program costs.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The 2024 launch rate surpassed the 223 orbital launch attempts in 2023, the previous record.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost vehicle will share the ride with another lunar lander owned by Japan’s iSpace.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Human brainpower is becoming the era’s chief bottleneck.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Either option would cut the flagship $11 billion Mars Sample Return mission’s cost by at least 30% and as much as 47%.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
An FAA airspace advisory is in effect for New Glenn-1 (NG-1) launch attempts from Jan. 6-12 from Cape Canaveral SFS.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
ULA flew two flights for its Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle in 2024, on Jan. 8 and Oct. 4.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Nelson leaves NASA Jan. 20 with the rest of President Joe Biden’s administration.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The nomination of entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA may prove to be a turning point.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
The return of U.S. astronauts to the Moon won’t happen until at least mid-2027, says NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about the supply chain, NASA’s Mars sample return mission, New York-San Francisco flight times and CFM Leap engines. Plus: Behind the Scenes on Check 6.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Major events in aerospace and defense during 2024.
Aerospace

Aviation Week Staff
A look at data on light, medium and heavy space launchers to watch.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Like Axiom, Vast has hired SpaceX for PAM crew ferry flights and training.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The “Gravitas” mission is funded via a mixture of private capital and government funds.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
Taiwan is eyeing the use of satellites in medium and low Earth orbit to preserve communication services in the event of a conflict with China.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
"When you’re using taxpayer direct dollars to fund something, you don't want to fail," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says. "I think that's a huge mistake."
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The FAA cleared SpaceX to conduct a series of Starship-Super Heavy flight tests from Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion