SpaceX

By Irene Klotz
Nelson leaves NASA Jan. 20 with the rest of President Joe Biden’s administration.
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

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

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
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

By Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
The agency administrator has timed his resignation to coincide with President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The return ended a nearly eight-week roundtrip to the seven-person International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The cellular service provider has opened registration to potential beta testers on a first-come, first-served basis.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon capsule has a return cargo that includes scientific research and equipment.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is seeking a special election in Texas to incorporate the private Starbase community that serves as a manufacturing complex, test facility and spaceport.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Unseenlabs, boosted by the success of its in-orbit constellation of non-cooperative ship-detection satellites, is preparing its next generation.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The direct-to-device market could grow to $1.7 billion annually by 2029.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A decade ago, SpaceX launched six Falcon 9 rockets in a year—now, it could be on track for an orbital launch rate of 136 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy flights.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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

By Vivienne Machi
President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire Jared Isaacman, a commander of two SpaceX commercial space flights, to be the next NASA administrator.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The spacecraft were launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:10 a.m. EST, supported by the U.S. Space Force’s Launch Delta 30.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Prometheus effort began in 2018 to perform science and tech experiments in the extreme reentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The demonstration’s multiple objectives include creating and validating new technologies for improving communications between quantum computers.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Western satellites once flew on Russian-made rockets, such as Europe’s use of the Soyuz to deploy its Galileo navigation spacecraft constellation.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
In partnership with T-Mobile, SpaceX has said it aims to launch texting services via its Starlink low-Earth-orbit constellation by year’s end.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The car-sized Dragonfly rotorcraft will fly over Titan’s surface and periodically land.
Space Exploration