United Launch Alliance announced that it has successfully launched a critical space surveillance mission for the Space Force. An Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the Space Systems Command lifted off on schedule and without incident from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ULA said Friday. In a statement, Gary Wentz, […]
Parsons announced that it has secured $11 million sole-source contract from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to design and implement a prototype ground operations center in support of the Blackjack flight demonstration activities. The new contract represents a continued commitment to delivering innovative solutions for customers across the space domain, Parsons said Wednesday. The […]
Aerospace company SpaceX has secured a five-year, $102 million U.S. Air Force contract to demonstrate technologies and capabilities for military and humanitarian aid cargo transportation. The contract supports the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Cargo program, which investigates the use of commercial rockets to support the Department of Defense’s global logistics. According to Rocket Cargo […]
NASA announced that it has licensed three of its satellite servicing technologies to Northrop Grumman. Two of the technologies were developed for the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing 1 mission. OSAM-1 is a robotic spacecraft designed to extend the lifespans of satellites, including ones that were not designed to be serviced on-orbit, according to NASA’s […]
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel has urged the organization to ensure that its human spaceflight management reflects the changing relationship with industry members. According to ASAP’s annual report, the agency will need to reexamine its roles and responsibilities as private companies start to manage human spaceflight programs at an increasing rate. The panel argued that […]
Col. Eric Felt, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory‘s Space Vehicles Directorate, will leave his post in July to help the Space Force establish its acquisition office. The AFRL announced that Felt will serve as deputy executive director of the Space Force’s Space Architecture, Science and Technology Directorate, Defense News reported Wednesday. In his […]
The Chief of Space Operations said Tuesday that the Space Force will focus much of its efforts in 2022 designing the military’s future space architecture. Speaking at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies event, Gen. John Raymond vowed that in 2022, America’s newest military service will be “more consequential” than during the first two years […]
NASA is still hoping that it would be able to launch the first Space Launch System by March despite delays in vehicle rollout. According to a Jan. 5 update for the Artemis 1 mission, the SLS is expected to be rolled out to the Kenedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B for a fueling test and […]
The three-year-old Space Development Agency is on track to be absorbed by the Space Force in October. The agency’s director revealed that under the plan approved by Congress in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, the SDA will become part of the Space Force but will remain separate from its procurement bureaucracy, the Space Systems […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is laying the groundwork for a new generation of large space telescopes, motivated in part by recommendations contained in the latest astrophysics decadal survey. The space agency announced it will go ahead with a line of probe-class missions intended to fill the gap between large flagship missions and smaller […]
