Space

Part of the problem of using a solid rocket motor to deorbit is that the type can generate slag.

The findings, “Liquid water in the Martian mid-crust,” were published Aug. 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

SpaceX has announced plans for its sixth commercial private astronaut mission.

The FAA has for now called off public hearings on SpaceX’s request to increase the pace of Starship-Super Heavy launch operations.

NASA has delayed a decision on how best to return the Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew to Earth.

The Edge Node satellites will carry a variety of RPO sensors onboard and software to be tested for future cubesat-scale satellites.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first U.S. military payloads to be hosted onboard allied commercial satellites launched on Aug. 11.

Power-dense motors; controls from high flyers; rechargeable thermal battery; in-space refueling port.

Plumbing and wiring were removed or incorporated into the new engine’s primary structure.

The rocket lifted off from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Aug. 6 with 18 Qianfan “Thousand Sails” satellites.

Ispace distributed an image of a Komatsu tracked excavator on the lunar surface as part of its Aug. 8 announcement.

The rocket is intended for a September 2028 inaugural launch as part of the Artemis IV mission.

Experts from the U.S. and Australia have performed tests on the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) in an anechoic chamber to mimic contested and limited GPS conditions.

Eutelsat says the slower-than-expected deployment of some OneWeb ground infrastructure is denting sales growth, also flagging a likely delay to its Flexsat.

Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab recorded sales of $106 million, up 71% year-on-year, in the April-June period.

As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.

The CODA system automatically translates and standardizes commercially derived data points to support space domain awareness missions.

The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Data from 363 prior missions was key for the speedy return to flight.

But how to return the Perseverance collection to Earth remains to be determined.

Suborbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic has revealed new details of its long-term business model.

If Starliner’s return is uncrewed, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams would remain aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until February.

The SDA’s Warfighter Integration Cell conducted a series of Link-16 tests over a two-day period.

L3 Harris has signed a contract for up to 20 launches aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket.