Space

The U.S. Space Force is considering a contractor-owned, contractor-operated satellite communications management system and asking interested vendors for information on their capabilities to handle a satcom mission with government payloads....

The International Space Station National Laboratory has begun seeking flight concepts that use the space-based facility to develop, mature and demonstrate advanced technologies for various applications. ISS National Lab said...

NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute has chosen five additional research teams that will get annual funding over five years to help advance human and robotic lunar exploration. The...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosatellite Program will team up with NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative to launch a new Mission Concept Program. The organizations chose eight universities to...

Space Systems Command has formally accepted the Control and Planning Segment, a single software baseline built to integrate the preexisting Enhanced Polar System and upcoming EPS-Recapitalization payloads. The Northrop Grumman-manufactured...

NASA's TeraByte InfraRed Delivery laser communications payload has demonstrated its ability to transmit data from satellite in orbit to a ground system at a rate of 200 gigabits per second,...

Col. Richard Kniseley, head of the Commercial Space Office within the U.S. Space Force, said making deliberate investments in commercial capabilities in support of the needs of warfighters is one...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has completed test deployment of the solar array installed on its fourth Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - R series.The GOES-U solar array, which was...

NASA completed a hot fire test to study the pivoting capabilities of the Aerojet Rocketdyne's redesigned RS-25 engine, which will be used for future flights of the Space Launch System....

Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office and a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, has highlighted the agency's commitment to safeguarding and strengthening both the U.S. and the world. Speaking before...