Space Symposium

The company plans to start launching the spacecraft for customers in 2026, with a prototype of the satellite to launch in 2025.

Rocket Lab and its partner, True Anomaly, will conduct rendezvous and proximity operations as part of the demonstration.

The first agreement focuses on a large radio frequency antenna in Norway’s northern territory.

There are individual hybrid satcom terminal programs underway across each of the services.

Starlab, which is designed to house a crew of four, is designed to reach initial operational capability with just one launch.

In all, the spacecraft delivered 121.6 grams of material from Bennu.

Seven engines will power the first stage of Nova, which is designed to return to the launch site or land downrange.

The Space Force is moving more into the mission, which it is calling tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking.

Aviation Week senior editor Guy Norris speaks with Erik Daehler, Vice President of Orbital Systems and Services for the Sierra Space Corporation.

NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft had already reached Mercury’s vicinity when this composite image of cloud cover on Venus, appeared on our April 8, 1974, cover.

Max Space sees its inflatable structures as useful for building orbiting space stations in Earth orbit, but habitats in cislunar space, on the Moon and Mars.

The document identifies the specific missions it wants to focus on for increasing commercial capabilities.

The initiative allows services to spend up to $100 million for early development activities up to the preliminary design review stage.

The recovery is a milestone in the company’s efforts to step up its launch cadence by reusing first-stage boosters.

Vast plans to integrate SpaceX’s Starlink laser communication system into its commercial space station, Haven-1, scheduled for launch in 2025.

U.S. Space Command has extended invitations to France, Germany and New Zealand to join a high-level collaborative group on military space operations.

JAXA tells Aerospace DAILY that despite the two-year delay, it is only considering some minor efforts to add “more sophistication” to some of the MMX experiments.

The Chinese government has recently proactively shared space safety information twice with the U.S. within the past six months.

Lower launch costs—driven by SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9—are driving down the cost of building, launching and operating satellites in space.

The U.S. military was ULA's primary customer for the booster, purchasing 12 of its 16 flights.

The Russian threat was first hinted at in an intelligence assessment revealed Feb. 14.

NRO is building the proliferated architecture across different orbits to provide more resilient imaging and signals intelligence.

The flight of a Russian Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome was automatically aborted 2 min. before the planned 5:00 a.m. EDT April 9 liftoff.

As part of a demonstration, Astrobotic will use an AI-enabled software program to control and monitor its CubeRover lunar rover on its upcoming Moon mission.

CEO Steve Isakowitz speaks about the transformation underway at the only U.S. government-backed R&D center committed exclusively to space enterprise.