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 06, 2024
Muon Space plans a 2026 launch of its FireSat constellation, a group of small satellites designed to spot wildfires.
May 06, 2024
NASA has selected six exploration concepts to receive up to $600,000 in additional development funding.
May 03, 2024
Unseenlabs, a French startup, plans to launch its Generation NexT constellation of radio frequency detection satellites in 2026.
May 03, 2024
It’s been a big year for United Launch Alliance, the Lockheed Martin- and Boeing-owned joint venture that has been remaking itself for the commercial space age.
May 03, 2024
Lockheed Martin is withdrawing its bid to take over the rest of small satellite startup Terran Orbital’s stock it did not already own.
May 03, 2024
China has launched the Chang’e 6 lunar probe, on what it hopes will be the first mission to collect soil samples from the far side of the Moon.
May 02, 2024
NASA’s inspector general has identified a range of technical issues of concern that arose during the uncrewed 2022 Artemis I mission.
May 02, 2024
Startup Danti has raised $5 million to further develop its natural language processing satellite image search engine.