NASA conducted tests in September on next-generation carbon fiber rotor blades that could power larger and more capable Mars helicopters in the future. The tests were carried out at the Jet Propulsion
MoreThe U.S. Space Systems Command has selected the winner of its second annual Fight Tonight innovation competition. The Allied Exchange Environment is designed to establish a unified interface that would enable the U.S.
MoreNASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration plan to release a solicitation for the procurement of two Solar Wind Plasma Sensor instruments, or SWiPS, as part of the Space Weather Next Lagrange
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NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment on Tuesday achieved “first light” after a flight laser transceiver aboard the agency’s Psyche spacecraft transmitted and received near-infrared signals from Earth. The DSOC experiment sent
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Space Training and Readiness Command has provided the U.S. Space Force with a Space Doctrine Publication developed to present best practices and authoritative guidance regarding space domain awareness, or SDA. The first
MoreThe National Space Council released on Nov. 15 proposed legislation that seeks to confer upon the Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce the power to authorize novel commercial space activities,
MoreNASA has appointed Denton Gibson as launch director of the Kennedy Space Center Launch Services Program, which he has been a part of since 2004. Gibson, who previously served as senior mission
MoreNASA intends to launch Lunar Node 1 in early 2024 as part of an effort to establish a capability that would enable Global Positioning System-like navigation near and around the moon. LN-1,
MoreLisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer of the U.S. Space Force, said the service branch is developing standards for digital twins in addition to its work on a new digital modeling
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The NOAA-21 satellite is now operational, joining the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite and NOAA-20 as part of the Joint Polar Satellite System. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday that
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