The U.S. Space Force announced its intention to award one of several prospective vendors a contract to launch a small satellite into low-Earth orbit on short notice. The deal, which is expected to be awarded sometime in August, will be made under the service’s Tactically Responsive Space mission, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The Space Systems Command, […]
The Department of Defense has completed a Congressionally-mandated review of its space programs. The objective of the review is to determine whether the classification level of a program needs to be changed or if the program can be declassified altogether. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy and Space John Plumb told lawmakers during a Senate […]
Senators have proposed legislation seeking to establish a dedicated reserve component for the U.S. Space Force. The Space National Guard Establishment Act would allow space-focused members of the Army and Air National Guard to continue performing their duties as part of a new Space National Guard. Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the bill’s proponents, said […]
Dallas-headquartered engineering company Jacobs announced that it has been awarded a new Aerospace Testing and Facilities Operations and Maintenance contract to continue its services for the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. The contract value is estimated at $220 million over five years, including a one-year base period and four one-year options, Jacobs said […]
Satellite solutions provider Terran Orbital has delivered the first of 10 satellite buses to Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 Transport Layer. The satellite bus is the main part that holds the spacecraft’s scientific equipment and necessary components. Erik Daehler, the lead official of Lockheed’s Space Protected Communications Mission Area […]
NASA announced that Marla Perez-Davis will retire from her role as director of the agency’s Glenn Research Center. The Puerto Rico native will step down on June 17 after serving for nearly four decades at the research center, which has contributed to advancements in accurately simulating aircraft flight conditions, according to NASA’s website. She served […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that the Republic of Colombia became the 19th country to sign the Artemis Accords. Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez signed the space exploration pact on behalf of her country, NASA said Wednesday. Ramirez said that participation in the Artemis Accord is a substantial stepping […]
NASA has awarded SES Government Solutions nearly $29 million under the agency’s Funded Space Act Agreement to support the development and demonstration of near-Earth communication services that would support the agency’s future mission needs. SES GS will work with satellite data provider Planet Labs to develop a real-time, low-latency connectivity solution enabled by SES’s O3b […]
L3Harris Technologies said it was selected to provide the avionics systems for the rocket boosters that Northrop Grumman is developing for NASA. The boosters will be used for the Artemis program, NASA’s attempt to return humans to the moon. The avionics systems will specifically be used to support Artemis missions IV through VIII, L3Harris said. […]
NASA plans to perform a countdown rehearsal for the Space Launch System in early June as it delays the vehicle’s first launch to August. According to NASA officials, engineers were able to replace a helium check valve in the rocket’s upper stage that caused a delay in the SLS wet dress rehearsal. Technicians found a […]
