NASA has introduced a plan to deploy robots that can explore the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn. NASA officials shared insights from a workshop held in February that explored the possibility of using “cryobots” in outer space. The concept uses thermal drilling to bore into the moons’ icy surface and gather cylindrical samples akin […]
Russian state space company Roscosmos has announced that it will keep working with the United States on crew delivery cross-flights to the International Space Station until at least 2025. Washington and Moscow have continued coordinating on space efforts after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Phys .org reported. NASA and Roscosmos are expected to maintain at […]
NASA has released its inaugural Space Security Best Practices Guide, a document designed to enhance space mission cybersecurity for the private and public sectors. The guide covers cybersecurity principles for space vehicles and ground-segment pieces of equipment. The principles within the guide build on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Special Publication 800-53, a set of security and […]
The U.S. Space Force has concluded the first iteration of Exercise Red Skies, which used simulation technology to provide Space Operations Command personnel with orbital warfare training. Brig. Gen. Todd Moore, deputy commander of host organization Space Training and Readiness Command, said the exercise enabled guardians to execute operational tactics in a “dynamic, threat-representative orbital […]
Rocket Lab has received a new contract to build 18 satellites, reportedly from the Space Development Agency. In a recent regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the space launch provider and satellite maker said it was awarded a $515 million contract, a development that boosts its Photon satellite business that started in 2019, […]
The White House has released the framework supplementing the bill it submitted to Congress in November that assigns roles to the Departments of Commerce and Transportation in regulating novel space activities. Vice President Kamala Harris disclosed the proposed legislation’s supplement, called the United States Novel Space Activities Authorization and Supervision Framework, during the National Space […]
PBG FedSync has received a contract to support the various functions of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The Glenn-Langley Administrative Support Services contract is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal to provide administrative support to various efforts at the two aforementioned NASA facilities. The contract will […]
The fiscal year 2024 defense budget, once signed by President Joe Biden, would let the U.S. Space Force collect up to $5 million annually in indirect fees from commercial companies using its launch ranges. The legislation marks a shift from the 1984 Commercial Space Launch Act, which bars the U.S. government from charging companies for […]
Ball Aerospace has announced its selection by NASA to conduct a Phase A study for the Extreme ultraviolet Coronal Mass Ejection and Coronal Connectivity Observatory mission, an initiative to enhance scientific understanding of the sun’s outer atmosphere. Through ECCCO, NASA aims to uncover insights into how activity in the sun’s middle corona connects to solar wind and […]
The U.S. Space Force is investing to improve immersive space flight mission training to meet future demands of space operations. On Monday, the military branch awarded Air Force Techstars 2020 firm MSBAI and Princeton University a $1.25 million Phase 2 contract from SpaceWERX to develop the GURU autonomous system, enabling users to create training scenarios, […]
