Intuitive Machines has landed the first privately made spacecraft on the moon. The Odysseus Nova-C lander is also the first U.S. spacecraft on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It descended somewhere in the moon’s south polar regions as part of the IM-1 mission, SpaceNews reported Friday. The lander received a patch that enables […]
The Federal Aviation Administration will set up an agency that would establish a new spaceflight licensing process. According to Kelvin Coleman, associate administrator for commercial space transportation at the FAA, the agency would create an aerospace rulemaking committee that would identify ways to streamline licensing processes identified in the “Part 450” regulation set. Coleman said […]
SES Space & Defense has awarded Hughes Network Systems a contract to support SES work on a resilient satellite communications capability for military users. Hughes will provide its Network Management System, Enterprise Management and Cloud capabilities and Smart Network Edge software, allowing SES to enable a flexible, software-defined, multi-orbit satellite communications network. SES will also […]
The U.S. Space Command has adopted a new strategy to ensure that the United States remains a leader in ensuring a safe, secure and sustainable domain amid increasing threats. On Tuesday, U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of the Space Command, introduced Strategic Vision, a document that aims to help the command gain the […]
Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab USA has announced that it will conduct a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office within a launch window starting on March 20. Named “Live and Let Fly”, NROL-123 will take place at Launch Complex 2, a dedicated Electron rocket pad within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Rocket Lab […]
Space and data-as-a-service provider Sidus Space announced that it has completed the testing of the NASA Autonomous Satellite Technology for Resilient Applications engineering unit that it integrated into its LizzieSat FlatSat in its Cape Canaveral, Florida, facility. CEO Carol Craig said that the successful integration highlights Sidus Space’s capability to deliver expert support for software […]
Three NASA-funded experiments will investigate the effects of a solar eclipse on the Earth’s ionosphere on April 8, when a total solar eclipse is expected to cross parts of the United States. The first project, the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, is a collection of radars scattered around the world. During the eclipse, three U.S.-based […]
Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […]
Two dozen U.S. allies joined the U.S. Space Command’s Global Sentinel collaboration exercise on space-based security and defense held at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, from Feb. 5 to 16. The event, which was initiated in 2014 with seven countries in attendance, kicked off in 2024 with 246 participants, including 177 representatives of U.S. […]
NASA has disclosed that it is leasing a parcel in the 240-acre Exploration Park at its Johnson Space Center in Houston to the Texas A&M University System, which will use the site for research and development focused on human spaceflight in the context of the commercial space economy. According to the agency, the lease agreement […]
