The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it is finally taking a look at a previously unstudied lunar sample that was obtained during the Apollo missions in preparation for a return mission to the moon. After some 50 years in storage, the sample is being opened at the Johnson Space Center in Houston by […]
The U.S. Space Force has restructured the Space Systems Command to better integrate programs and combat space-based threats. Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, commander of the Space Systems Command, said the changes follow the successes of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, the National Reconnaissance Office and the Missile Defense Agency in reorganizing their acquisition organizations. SSC […]
NASA has launched the Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The satellite, which is the third in a series of next-generation weather monitoring spacecraft, was loaded onto a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Nearly four hours after launch, mission managers confirmed that GOES-T’s solar arrays were successfully deployed and […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Monday announced that it has modified its existing Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract with SpaceX to include three additional missions to the International Space Station from the original six. The contract modification, which raises to nine the total number of missions to the ISS, came with a $776 […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the robotic On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing 1, a system designed to provide maintenance to satellites already in orbit, has passed its critical design review phase. Passing this phase paves the way for the construction of OSAM-1’s spacecraft, payloads and ground system, NASA said Friday. In a […]
Lockheed Martin announced the selection of Raytheon Technologies to provide a second mission payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Block 0 missile warning satellite system. The effort supports a contract with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to build three survivable NGG satellites with enhanced missile warning and resiliency […]
Boeing’s satellite business announced that the construction of an upgraded version of its Wideband Global SATCOM satellite system has already begun. A decision was made to integrate the latest commercial technology in an almost 20-year old system instead of starting with a new design in order to meet a tight five-year deadline, Boeing said Tuesday. […]
NASA has appointed Howard Hu as program manager of the agency’s Orion program. He will succeed Catherine Koerner, who has been appointed as deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. Hu will oversee the design, development, production and operations of Orion, which is slated to make its first uncrewed […]
United Launch Alliance announced that one of its Atlas V rockets is in final preparations to launch the GOES-T mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The launch is on track for March 1 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ULA said Saturday. In […]
NASA expects to roll out the Space Launch Systems rocket ahead of its wet dress rehearsal sometime in May or in the summer. According to agency officials, workers have completed testing on the rocket at the Kennedy Space Center‘s Vehicle Assembly Building and are now wrapping up work to send the vehicle to Launch Complex […]
