March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
...test in Mississippi. Moreover, the twin problems of technical challenges (Boeing, for one, had stopped work on SLS because of low ...top). No specifics Nevertheless, in 2019, NASA had authorised Boeing to start work on 10 more core stages and eight more...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
...for the ‘great five’ world leaders in satellite construction: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, EADS Astrium, Loral Space and Thales. SSTL...html#10 2 www.lockheedmartin.com/us/100years.html 3 www.boeing.com/boeing/history/index.page? 4 www.airbus-group.com/...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... really lead to a sustainable, commercial human presence beyond Earth? Given the historical precedent, this seems unlikely. Boeing cut short the uncrewed demonstration flight of its new astronaut capsule, Starliner, in December 2019 after it suffered...
31 May 2016
ABS put up for sale by Permira
...In 2015, ABS ordered an ABS-8 all-electric satellite from Boeing, but the project was stalled when the U.S. Export-Import Bank...However, Choi said that for now ABS plans to stick with Boeing, despite the issues faced by the Export-Import Bank. “We ...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
...shared resource. About the author Dr Mark Skinner joined Boeing in 1999 as a senior scientist and technical manager with the... analysis techniques to advance space surveillance. He joined Boeing Research & Technology in New Mexico in 2015. References...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
..., standing 64 m tall with a diameter of 8.4 m. At Michoud Assembly Facility, outside New Orleans, Louisiana, core stage prime contractor Boeing used the world’s largest space vehicle welding tool, the 52 m-tall Vertical Assembly Center to weld barrel...
