Dawn Schaible is the new deputy director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center. She was appointed to the position in a permanent capacity after serving as the research center’s deputy director on an interim basis for eight months. Schaible shares with Glenn Research Center Director James Kenyon responsibility for planning, organizing and managing programs and projects, […]
The U.S. Space Force is taking steps to make its launch facilities more resilient against enemy attacks and other threats. Col. Mark Shoemaker, vice commander of operations at Space Launch Delta 45, said during the Space Force’s Space Mobility Conference that the service is analyzing and creating operational concepts to ensure that launch ranges can […]
Gen. David Allvin, U.S. Air Force vice chief of staff, and Gen. David Thompson, U.S. Space Force vice chief of space operations, signed a memorandum of agreement Thursday to establish the Space Test Course, a one-year program aimed at teaching warfighters how to conduct full-spectrum testing and evaluation of space mission systems and equipment. The […]
NASA plans to begin preparations for the first cargo mission for the Gateway lunar station later in the year. SpaceX secured a NASA logistics services contract in 2020, under which it will build a Dragon XL cargo spacecraft to bring research equipment and other supplies to the space station. Gateway will serve as a staging […]
NASA said its two weather sensors that were installed aboard the International Space Station have already provided tropical cyclone forecast information. According to NASA, both the Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer and the Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems instruments produce weather images for tracking purposes. COWVR measures the wind speed and direction on […]
E-Space will demonstrate the capability of its new low-Earth orbit network to provide communication services to the U.S. Space Force and the Space Development Agency. Work will be performed under a contract the company recently secured from the Department of Defense. According to Greg Wyler, founder and CEO of E-Space, the LEO space system will […]
The National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group met on Thursday to discuss how the Department of Defense could take advantage of the commercial space sector. The UAG met with its national security subcommittee and talked about ways to integrate commercial products and services to meet the DOD’s needs. D.T. Thompson, the vice chief of space […]
Jacobs Technology has received a potential eight-year, $3.2 billion NASA contract to support the Artemis mission’s Space Launch System, Orion spacecraft and exploration ground systems. The Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering and Test contract has an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity mechanism for awarding task orders, which are capped at $500 million each. Specific tasks include engineering, ground system development, […]
Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, Space Systems Command’s program executive officer for assured access to space, said that the U.S. Space Force wants to use commercial space vehicles and logistics services to meet military needs. Speaking at the SSC-hosted Space Mobility conference on Tuesday, Purdy brought up efforts to develop rocket cargo, which involves the transport of […]
NASA will launch Israel’s first space telescope into geostationary orbit in 2026 under an agreement with the Israel Space Agency. The Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite’s mission is to investigate supernovas and mergers of neutron stars, among other short-term events in space, to help scientists better understand astronomical phenomena. ISA will deliver Ultrasat to Kennedy Space […]
