The launch of the first-ever all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station, Ax-1, will not push through on its original March 30 schedule, according to Axiom Space, the company funding the mission. Instead, the company and its launch service provider, SpaceX, is targeting a flight “no earlier than April 3,” Space .com reported Saturday. […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it has awarded the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 contract to Maryland-based KBR Wyle Services. The total maximum ordering value of the cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is $640 million, with an effective ordering period from June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2027, NASA said Wednesday. Under the GSMO-3 […]
NASA activated a new antenna that allows ground-based personnel to communicate with spacecraft that are exploring the solar system. DSS-53 is a 111-foot beam waveguide antenna located at the Deep Space Network site just outside Madrid, Spain, which is operated for NASA by Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology. The antenna will support the DSN’s […]
Eden Grow Systems and Rhea Space Activity announced Wednesday that they were awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract by the Air Force to look at possible applications of aeroponic technology for growing food in inhospitable locations. The technology to be used by the two companies is an off-shoot of research pioneered by […]
The U.S. Space Force has confirmed that it will delay the USSF-12 mission indefinitely. Launch service provider United Space Alliance previously said that the two-satellite mission was halted “due to a customer request.” Neither the Space Force nor ULA disclosed a reason for the postponement, SpaceNews reported Monday. “We will continue to work with SSC […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced that the first Space Launch System rocket is ready for a countdown rehearsal ahead of its maiden launch scheduled for May. NASA officials said that inspections of the giant rocket have been completed and it is now ready to be rolled out from the Kennedy Space […]
The Missile Defense Agency has decommissioned two Space Tracking and Surveillance System satellites after over 12 years of service. The satellites stopped collecting data in September 2021. The STSS satellites were created by Northrop Grumman and were launched to low-Earth orbit on a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket in 2009. Their mission was to […]
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter continues to scout for the Perseverance rover well beyond its intended service life as a technology demonstration, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ingenuity, which was launched in April 2021 to perform five flights over one month, recently completed its 21st flight on the Red Planet, SpaceNews reported. The helicopter traveled […]
Lawmakers have questioned the U.S. Space Command‘s position when it comes to protecting the country’s satellites from cyber and electronic attacks from foreign adversaries. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Sen. Jacky Rosen asked if increasing cyber threats from Russia could affect space operations as Moscow continues its invasion of Ukraine. Gen. James Dickinson, […]
Congress added almost $1.3 billion to what the Biden administration requested for funding the United States military’s various space programs. The additional funding pays for the Space Force’s technology development projects, an extra Global Positioning System satellite, more small launch services and new missile-detecting satellites for the Space Development Agency, SpaceNews reported Sunday. Among the […]
