NASA launched Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission on Feb.26 from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The agency said Thursday the mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended that the Space Development Agency first demonstrate fully the capabilities of satellite laser communications before the Department of Defense invests further in the technology. GAO noted
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Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said the service branch will play a key role in the Department of Defense’s efforts
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Space Systems Command officials discussed SSC’s preparation as it anticipates an increase in space-focused foreign military sales, or FMS, cases during the command’s inaugural FMS Enterprise Kick-Off conference held Feb. 12 at
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NASA has completed the installation of the first RS-25 engine, the first of 24 new flight engines intended for future Artemis program lunar missions starting with Artemis V. The agency said Thursday the
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is requesting sources to provide information on developing a spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather GEO, or SW GEO, Series program. GSFC is
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NASA has published a new iteration of its Small Spacecraft Technology State-of-the-Art report, a document published annually to track the evolution of small spacecraft technologies based on publicly available information. The 2024
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The Space Systems Command is planning to make its recent SSC Subcontracting Forum an annual event and hold similar gatherings in other markets for potential partnerships between large defense contractors and small
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NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed three engine run tests of the X-59 aircraft for its planned 2025 first flight under the agency’s Quesst program mainly addressing the noise pollution of supersonic
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Congressman Ken Calvert of California’s 41st Congressional District has introduced the Space Infrastructure Act, which directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate space systems, services and technology as a sector of critical infrastructure.
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