NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or
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Congress has committed $6.2 million to advance the development of a new optical telescope complex for characterizing space objects at geosynchronous Earth orbit and beyond in Socorro, New Mexico. The money enables
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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) partnered with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the U.S. Space Force to report recommendations for improving the space industrial base. The 2021 State of the
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Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems has received a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to build spacecraft for a flight experiment that could take place in 2024 to study ionization processes in very
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Top officials of NASA and U.S. Space Command have criticized Russia’s anti-satellite test activity for generating an orbital debris field they believe would endanger International Space Station crew and satellites in low-Earth
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Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, has approved the development of a new joint component command as part of a broader effort to reorganize authorities and responsibilities of combatant commands,
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Vice President Kamala Harris has announced initiatives to advance cooperation on space and cybersecurity with France and other international partners. The U.S. government will form a regular bilateral dialogue with France to
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking public comments on a research and development plan for orbital debris. OSTP will use feedback and recommendations to help inform
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Lt. Gen. Nina Armagno, director of staff at the U.S. Space Force, emphasized the importance for military services to have the capacity to gain a deep understanding of the space domain, SpaceNews
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NASA is making final preparations to launch its first planetary defense test mission, which will attempt to kinetically impact the small moonlet asteroid named Dimorphos. The space agency said Friday that its
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