SpaceX

By Mark Carreau
Recovery operations were underway after the successful Dec. 22 splashdown of the 29th NASA-contracted SpaceX Crew Dragon resupply mission.
Space

By Irene Klotz
An orbital propellant depot and fueling service are keys to the Starship lunar lander architecture.
Space

By Irene Klotz
In 2024, India and Boeing aim for low Earth orbit, while NASA eyes an excursion around the Moon.
Space

By Garrett Reim
As hardware prices come down, Amazon’s Project Kuiper aims to connect “tens of millions of customers.”
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Velo3D, a maker of additive manufacturing machinery for SpaceX and other aerospace and defense customers, has ousted its founding chief executive.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The service is adding a new approach to launch contracting, as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture takes shape.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA has offered a preview of Sierra Space’s reusable Dream Chaser resupply demonstration mission to the International Space Station planned for 2024.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space is looking at Jan. 9 for the launch of its third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Garrett Reim
True Anomaly, a startup developing spacecraft for space domain awareness missions, has raised $100 million in a Series B round of funding.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Space launch activity reached an all-time high in 2023, but public new-space company valuations remain pressured.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is unlikely to return astronauts to the Moon’s surface by December 2025 with its Artemis III mission, a GAO audit says.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Major technical risks were retired by the performance of SpaceX’s Super Heavy rocket.
Commercial Space

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

By Mark Carreau
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been named the third crew member for the first operational mission of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to the ISS.
Space

By Graham Warwick
GPS has become a household term over the last 50 years. Over the coming decades, it is likely to be subsumed into another three-letter term, PNT.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
It was another agency milestone in efforts to significantly step up the pace of space communications.
Space

By Michael Bruno
The Midland, Texas-based startup still needs to raise more money to build out its constellation beyond the initial five satellites.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is targeting launch of its second Starship-SuperHeavy vehicle on Nov. 17 from Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The global space tourism market is forecast to grow briskly from $851.7 million in 2024 to $5.19 billion by 2034, a new report says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Hon Hai Precision Manufacturing Co. is pivoting to the space economy in a bid to diversify its revenue sources.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The resupply vessel contains materials for—among other experiments—studies into female reproductive and bone health.
Space

By Irene Klotz
It is no surprise that Starship development is moving faster than the regulatory process.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The SLC-40 upgrade has been spurred by SpaceX’s plans to launch the Starship Super Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, but NASA had concerns.
Space