The Space Systems Command is heading U.S. Space Force efforts to liaise with government agencies and the private sector on the establishment of a commercial augmentation space reserve, a fleet of backup spacecraft for military use during crises and conflicts. According to Chirag Parikh, the National Space Council’s executive secretary, the Ukraine conflict revealed the usefulness and […]
Hanscom Air Force Base’s 66th Logistics Readiness Squadron has overseen the delivery of the first two Quasi-Zenith Satellite System-Hosted Payloads to Japan. The QZSS-HP was delivered to the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo. Members of the 66th LRS Air Transportation Function worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, […]
The Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory has completed critical space environment tests for NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment instrument. The laboratory exposed the AWE instrument to various forces and scenarios, such as electromagnetic interference and compatibility, vibrations, thermal vacuum and full-system calibrations. The tests were designed to simulate the ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere system, where the instrument will […]
Jim Free, NASA associate administrator for exploration systems development, said during a Space Transportation Association luncheon that his agency will work to complete an architecture concept review at the Kennedy Space Center meant to ensure the success of future Artemis missions. Free did not go into details about what issues have yet to be resolved. […]
CACI Federal has secured a 55-month, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity NASA contract to support the Johnson Space Center Engineering Directorate in Houston, Texas, with software technology, simulation and related services. Task orders issued under the Simulation and Software Technology III contract are to have a maximum value of $150 million, NASA said. Johnson Space Center is the […]
Officials from the United States and India agreed to expand their cooperation in civil space during recent meetings in Washington. According to a White House statement, training an Indian astronaut at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and cooperating with the Indian Space Research Organization in support of the U.S. space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services are […]
Eight historically black colleges and universities are set to receive a total of $11.7 million from NASA to facilitate research in support of various missions under the Data Science Equity, Access and Priority for Research and Education opportunity. Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy said the funding is aimed at cultivating a future workforce in science, technology, […]
SpaceX and Astrotech Space Operations will work with NASA on its potential 10-year, $100 million Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract. The contract tasks SpaceX and Astrotech Space Operations to support operations at the Kennedy Space Center, the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Vanderberg Space Force Base. The task orders under the contract will focus on […]
Joe Acaba will serve as chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he will be in charge of resource and operational management. His responsibilities include formulating flight crew procedures and assigning personnel to upcoming missions such as Artemis. He will succeed Drew Feustel, who has served as acting chief […]
The U.S. Space Force’s effort to replace its space object catalog with a modern space command and control capability has been delayed by a year. According to Col. Chris Kadala, senior materiel leader for operational command and control at the Space Force, the replacement for the Space Defense Operation Center will be ready in late […]
