Tag: Space

Northrop Grumman wins NASA contract for SLS booster production (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

NASA awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Dec. 2 for the production of several pairs of Space Launch System solid rocket boosters as well...

NASA to award SpaceX three more commercial crew flights (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

NASA announced Dec. 3 its intent to purchase three more commercial crew missions from SpaceX as a hedge against further delays in the certification...

Changes ahead for Space Force procurement organizations (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

The Pentagon next year for the first time will have a senior procurement executive for space programs, a post mandated by Congress.  Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall...

NASA awards funding to three commercial space station concepts (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

NASA issued awards Dec. 2 valued at more than $400 million to three groups of companies to advance development of commercial space stations, keeping...

Department of Defense orders $316 million more in anti-jam GPS devices (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The Defense Logistics Agency has ordered another $315 million worth of GPS modules that can utilize a new anti-jam signal, bringing the total value...

What an ability to defend against asteroids will mean for humanity (John Letzing, WEF)

Earth is regularly pelted with debris, some of it destructive. A spacecraft launched last week will test our ability to divert dangerous asteroids. ...

Vice President Harris’ First National Space Council Meeting (US Department of State)

The National Space Council meeting chaired by Vice President Harris reaffirmed our national commitment to exploring and developing outer space in a sustainable, equitable,...

Test tanks fuelled for ESA’s Themis reusable first stage (ESA)

Recently completed tests of two propellant tanks set a first technological milestone in the ESA reusability roadmap towards the demonstration of a reusable first...

Biden administration turns focus to space as rivals China, Russia loom (Reuters)

The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a new strategy for responsible civil, commercial and national security-related use of space amid growing commercial interests...

A one-way phone call at Mars (ESA)

This November, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft carried out a series of experimental communication tests with the Chinese (CNSA) Zhurong Mars rover. Mars Express successfully...

Dragons-Eye View (NASA)

As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station during a flyaround of the orbiting lab that took...

Are Water Plumes Spraying from Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper is on the Case (NASA)

In 2005, images of a brilliant watery plume erupting from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus captivated the world. The giant column of vapor,...

Creating sustainable value from space (Jamie Morin, SpaceNews)

Outer space is more fundamental to our lives and more under threat than at any time in history. Today, the U.S. government and economy...

Airbus Ventures leads Q-Ctrl’s $25 million quantum sensor funding round (Jason Rainbow, SpaceNews)

Australian startup Q-Ctrl has raised $25 million to develop software for space-qualified quantum sensors in a funding round led by Airbus Ventures, the venture...

Anuvu raises $50 million for small GEO mobility constellation (Jason Rainbow, SpaceNews)

Investors that rescued Anuvu from bankruptcy in March have thrown $50 million behind plans for the mobile connectivity provider to have its own constellation...

Lightfoot to lead Lockheed Martin space unit (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Lockheed Martin has named a former acting administrator of NASA as the new head of its space business unit. The company announced Nov. 30 that...