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
MoreNASA’s Stennis Space Center has unveiled a strategic plan outlining its goals and objectives in key mission areas for the next five years as it seeks to accelerate its space exploration and
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NASA is soliciting information from organizations that can participate in the development of its Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies demonstration. The agency on Monday issued a request for information to advance its plan
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The Space Development Agency has started soliciting information from industry on optical communications waveforms and current work with other agencies within the Department of Defense on waveforms and datalinks. SDA said Monday
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NASA technicians have completed a portion of the fifth weld confidence article to be installed on the Space Launch System rocket. The weld confidence article was built at the Michoud Assembly Facility
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Reps. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Brian Babin, R-Texas have introduced legislation to modernize government oversight of the commercial space sector to ensure U.S. leadership in space activities. The Commercial Space Act of
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The Senate has passed bipartisan bills aimed at establishing U.S. leadership in the space domain by fostering commercial space innovation and reducing space junk in orbit. “We can’t let space junk and
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The U.S. Space Systems Command unveiled a new accelerator program for space domain awareness technology, applications and process at its operations command headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Space Domain Awareness TAP
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NASA has released a strategy for implementing in-space manufacturing capabilities in low Earth orbit to demonstrate the production of advanced materials and products in microgravity for terrestrial applications. The agency said Tuesday
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A new version of the joint publication guiding the armed forces operations in the space domain sets forth that U.S. Space Command and other combatant commands must conduct offensive and defensive space
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