Space

Two Raytheon-designed imaging instruments have joined Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellite constellation. These instruments were included in the first two of six planned satellites in the constellation, which will offer high-resolution satellite imagery with...

The Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar, or OPIR NGP, program has cleared its space vehicle critical design review, an important milestone in the development of the space-based global missile...

According to Amit Kshatriya, deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars Program at NASA, SpaceX conducted a test on March 14 to demonstrate its ability to transfer propellant between...

NASA's CloudSat mission was decommissioned in March and moved into position for eventual deorbiting, marking the end of nearly 18 years of operation. CloudSat was launched in 2006 and was...

Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, has called on service leaders to implement a new model to build up...

The U.S. Space Force’s recently released Commercial Space Strategy is designed to push leaders to consider novel approaches to industry partnerships and technology, according to Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, deputy chief...

The Missile Warning Mission Area Team within the Space Operations Command's Space Operations Center has taken over control of the Space-Based Infrared System Baseline Release, or SBR 23-1, from Space...

The Federal Aviation Administration has released a notice stating that a reentry vehicle may be launched as a payload and return to Earth as a reentry spacecraft provided that the...

NASA has confirmed the mission of the Dragonfly rotorcraft to Saturn’s moon Titan, allowing the mission to advance to the completion of the final design phase. NASA said Tuesday the...

The U.S. Space Force's innovation arm SpaceWERX has collaborated with the Aerospace Corporation, which operates a space-focused federally funded research and development center, to create a new initiative aimed at...