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
MoreSpace 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
MoreThe 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
MoreNASA 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
MoreThe 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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