NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe has begun its integration and testing phase, installing its propulsion system and commencing thermal tests. The propulsion system was installed by Aerojet Rocketdyne on Tuesday, while
MoreReps. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Donald Norcross, D-N.J., have reintroduced legislation that would establish a civil space situational awareness capability under the Department of Commerce to ensure spaceflight safety and space sustainability.
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The Department of Defense has issued its space policy review and a strategy outlining measures to protect and defend on-orbit satellites of DOD and the Intelligence Community from adversarial threats. DOD said
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Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne engineers and technicians installed the first RS-25 engine to the Space Launch System rocket, which will be used in the Artemis II manned mission to the Moon. The
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The U.S. Space Force established two provisional units of Integrated Mission Delta to consolidate electronic warfare and missile warning operations with satellite communication, positioning, navigation and timing. The prototype IMDs will be
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A joint space domain awareness mission between the National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Space Force launched Sunday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The SILENTBARKER/ NROL-107 mission flew on a
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A spacecraft bound for the asteroid Psyche between Mars and Jupiter is on track to launch on Oct. 5 at the Kennedy Space Center as part of NASA’s Discovery Program. The Psyche
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The U.S. Space Force has adopted a new mission statement designed to better represent the role of Guardians in military operations. The statement – “secure our Nation’s interests in, from and to space”
MoreNASA has unveiled an aerospace communications facility dedicated to the research and development of advanced radio frequency and optical communication technology. The agency on Wednesday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new
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Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has asked Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, to provide documents related to
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