NASA has sent into space its Europa Clipper spacecraft for an anticipated seven-year journey seeking to probe life-sustainment signs on Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa. The spacecraft lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon
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The Low-Cost Optical Terminal, or LCOT, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was able to send its first laser communications uplink to the agency’s recently concluded TeraByte Infrared
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The U.S. Space Force and Boeing will work together to enable the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to perform a series of aerobraking maneuvers to alter its orbit around Earth while using minimal
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The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to perform in-flight testing of prototype antennas and radio receivers in late 2025 and early 2026 to evaluate their capability to provide multiorbit satellite connectivity, Breaking
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NASA has issued a request for proposal for technologies meant to help with future Artemis missions’ lunar logistics and mobility. The agency said Tuesday the RFP, published in September, intends to address the
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NASA has sent a laser signal from its ground architecture to the Psyche spacecraft about 290 million miles away from Earth. The space agency said Thursday that the successful send marks a
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NASA and the Defense Contract Management Agency are adding a new dimension to their collaboration: enhancing remote verification technologies. DCMA said Wednesday the partnership is meant to streamline operations and leverage expertise from a
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Intuitive Machines and Aalyria Technologies have received contracts from NASA to conduct studies aimed at advancing space communications and exploration technologies. NASA said Tuesday the firm fixed-price, milestone-based contracts, under the Next Space Technologies
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NASA has launched the LunaRecycle Challenge, a competition aimed at developing possible waste management services for deep space missions. The agency said Monday interested teams, vying for $3 million in prizes, are expected
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the U.S. Department of Commerce, has initiated the beta phase of the Traffic Coordination System for Space. The Commerce Department said Monday the TraCSS program, a cloud-based
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