Space

David Davis, chief systems engineer for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, has said the service branch’s focus on resilience to counter emerging space threats has implications for spacecraft production...

Steve Jurczyk Steve Jurczyk has been named permanent associate administrator at NASA after serving in an acting capacity for two months. "I want to thank Steve for stepping up to...

A small unmanned rotorcraft is set to take off with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...

NASA has selected three interdisciplinary research groups to study the formation and future of life in the universe under separate five-year grants worth up to $21 million combined. The space...

A new policy that would facilitate the transition of the Defense Department’s space traffic management functions to the Commerce Department is now headed to the White House for President Donald...

NASA could decide in late May whether the space agency will add a small helicopter on the Mars 2020 rover as part of technology demonstration efforts, SpaceNews reported Friday. The...

NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration under the Department of Energy have jointly conducted a demonstration of a new nuclear reactor system being developed for long-term space missions. The Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling...

The U.S. Strategic Command and Denmark's defense ministry have signed an agreement to exchange space situational awareness data and services. The deal expands the number of Stratcom's global SSA data-sharing partners...

House members have passed a bill that streamlines the space-based remote sensing regulatory system, modifies the implementation of international regulations in the U.S., enhances national security and simplifies regulations for...

Jim Bridenstine Jim Bridenstine took his official oath of office as the 13th NASA administrator at a ceremony that took place Monday at the space agency's Washington headquarters. Vice President Mike...