National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Bill Nelson reminded lawmakers on Tuesday during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation about the economic and political urgency of funding the Artemis missions to allow the United States and its international partners to land and explore the moon’s south pole before China. Nelson […]
NASA will host a live event on May 19 to reveal the second company tasked with building a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V mission, an upcoming crewed flight to the moon likely to occur no earlier than 2027. The HLS will be used to ferry astronauts between the moon’s surface and the […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has selected eight universities to develop nanosatellites for Earth observation, communications and technology demonstration under the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate-sponsored Mission Concept Program. MCP, in partnership with NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, aims to reduce the barriers hindering university teams from building smallsats and cubesats. Participating students will receive mentorship and guidance […]
The Space Development Agency has announced its plan to select two companies that will provide 100 Alpha satellites for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s Transport Layer. In a draft solicitation, SDA said each satellite will carry three optical communications terminals and Ka-band and Link 16 payloads. The draft request was posted […]
NASA has selected five research teams supporting future lunar explorations through sample analysis research and other scientific activities. The teams will work on projects under the NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute. They will receive around $1.5 million annually and work with other SSERVI teams to maintain NASA’s lunar exploration leadership. The five teams […]
The expected participation of financial institutions and venture capitalists, who were invited to the Space Systems Command-hosted Reverse Industry Day from May 17 to 18 at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View, California, will help provide insights on how to secure funding, a critical component in the artificial intelligence and machine learning space, […]
The U.S. Space Force is planning an exercise for the summer where guardians would focus on orbital warfare and issues facing space-based intelligence and command and control operations. Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, the commander of the Space Force Space Training and Readiness Command, said during a Center for Strategic and International Studies seminar that the […]
L3Harris Technologies has secured a potential five-year, $275.2 million National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contract to continue delivering geostationary weather satellite ground services. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, L3Harris will continue handling communications and managing data processing and information distribution for the Geostationary Operational Environment Satellites-R Series ground segment. The company will also monitor GOES-R satellite […]
An audit conducted by the NASA Office of Inspector General shows that deficiencies in information technology management systems and artificial intelligence governance mechanisms have placed the agency at an increased risk from cyber threats. Previous OIG audits revealed the agency’s fragmented IT management while an audit report released last week found NASA’s AI management effort […]
James Reuter will retire from his position as associate administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate on June 30. According to his official profile, Reuter is responsible for managing the various programs of STMD, a research and development organization that has focused in recent years on building up capabilities such as lunar power systems and […]
