Space Industry Analysis
Apr 18, 2024
What began as an operational ballistic missile evolved into one of the most successful and storied space launch vehicles.
Apr 17, 2024
The agency seeks cheaper options for retrieving samples collected by the Perseverance rover.
Apr 11, 2024
Rocket Lab and its partner, True Anomaly, will conduct rendezvous and proximity operations as part of the demonstration.
Apr 09, 2024
CEO Steve Isakowitz speaks about the transformation underway at the only U.S. government-backed R&D center committed exclusively to space enterprise.
Apr 08, 2024
Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.
Apr 08, 2024
Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.
May 08, 2024
Ex-NASA exec says the technical and cost challenges of a Mars Sample Return mission could be addressed with a single launch using the Space Launch System.
May 08, 2024
Xona Space Systems has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round to speed up deployment of its commercial global navigation satellite system.
May 08, 2024
The service modules for NASA’s first six Artemis Moon-mission Orion crew capsules are relying on propulsion from refurbished Orbital Maneuvering Systems.
May 08, 2024
Suborbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic is eyeing a 2028 entry-into-service for its next new mothership.
May 08, 2024
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will remain at Kennedy Space Center while ULA repairs their ride to space, the first Atlas V to launch crew.
May 07, 2024
China has completed the first launch of the Long March 6C rocket, a new variant of the Long March 6A rocket.
May 07, 2024
A fully costed, decade-long spending plan from the Australian Defense Department lays out its priorities in the coming years.
May 07, 2024
The first launch of Rocket Lab’s proposed medium-lift Neutron is slipping to no earlier than mid-2025 due to development of its Archimedes engine.