Government documents show a lineup of defense contractors joining SpaceX to create a satellite network to track airborne ...

The U.S. Space Force is looking for advanced tech for space-based interceptors that can intercept ballistic missiles during their boost phase. Shown here, a view of Earth from the space shuttle ...

On Thursday, Northrop Grumman-backed Firefly Aerospace — whose Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the Moon earlier this year — surged in its Nasdaq debut under the ticker symbol FLY. Other ...

Solar Power from Space: While generating electricity using solar panels in space is relatively easy, transmitting it to Earth poses the greatest challenge. Solar Power from Space: Solar energy has ...

More than half a century after humans set foot on the Moon, the final frontier still fuels our imagination. Back then, it was all about doing what had never been done before and doing it first. In ...

Greece has learned that at a terrible cost. In 2018, a blaze east of Athens moved with ferocious speed, killing more than 100 people. Five years later, a massive fire tore through a remote nature ...

The commercial era of space is here, as reusable launch systems have reduced the costs of accessing orbit and make new business models economically viable. The space market could surpass $1 trillion ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX defies typical market buckets, and the IPO will give Wall Street another chance to value "strategic tech" like Palantir.

Space has long been a part of Aviation Week’s DNA, bringing together government, industry and supply chains through information, connections and insights. Decades before “Space Technology” was added ...

Space elevators remain one of the most fascinating space concepts because they suggest a future where reaching orbit no longer depends entirely on expensive rocket launches. Interest in space elevator ...

Space mining tech is advancing as robotic systems make asteroid exploration and resource analysis increasingly viable. Autonomous rovers now assess asteroid composition using laser-based spectroscopy, ...