NASA

By Mark Carreau
The agency announced Feb. 3 the next in a multistep strategy in which it would provide VIPER to a potential U.S. partner.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost is set to undergo installation and testing of valves and hatches, leak checks and integration of external structures.
Space Exploration

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

By Irene Klotz
Veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched to the ISS aboard a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The robots assist astronauts with scientific research and technology demonstrations.
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 Mark Carreau
The awards were made under the commission’s Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grant program initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
The Global Emergency Response Flyer Competition aims to spur development of uncrewed emergency response aircraft that are safe, robust and road portable.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Apollo 17's commander once called the dust “probably one of our greatest inhibitors to a nominal operation on the Moon.”
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
The WM250 is the most powerful motor so far to be installed in the test site at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The Trans Lunar Injection was executed Feb. 8, according to a Feb. 10 NASA mission update.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
ESA says a group of astronomers asked for the powerful James Webb telescope to gather more data on the asteroid and that the tasking has been accepted.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Released Feb. 6, NASA’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) report identified risk, management and budget challenges.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The company instead pivoted to use aluminum for its Haven-1 commercial space station, it said on Feb. 6.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
President Trump’s first administration launched the Artemis program to send humans back to the Moon. His second term may pivot the focus to Mars.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
The company plans to use its capital infusion to lengthen the time its Microballoons can stay aloft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The highlighting of Mars in a presidential inauguration speech–and an omission of any mention of lunar missions–has the space industry abuzz.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The effort is part of Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1).
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The four PUNCH small satellites with their narrow- and wide-field imagers are to be distributed in complementary low-altitude Sun-synchronous polar orbits.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The reusable New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 11:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 4.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Results from a high-speed transport study will inform the NASA supersonic-hypersonic research road map and future development strategy.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
NASA announced in July that it was suspending VIPER development due to schedule delays and cost concerns.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The company plans to hand over the second Orion spacecraft to the agency in April.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The groups conduct community-wide, interdisciplinary planning and assessments for lunar, Mars, Mercury, Venus, small bodies, outer planets and other planetary research.
Budget, Policy & Regulation