NASA is set to deploy a new laser terminal to the International Space Station to demonstrate the agency’s first two-way, end-to-end laser communication system. The Integrated LCRD Low Earth Orbit User Modem
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Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office and a four-time Wash100 awardee, said a joint satellite launch mission of NRO and the U.S. Space Force will serve as a “watchdog” to
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Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate the Department of Defense’s basing process for the permanent headquarters of U.S. Space
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Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center commenced installation and testing of the flight harness for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which was created for dark energy and dark matter research.
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The Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Space Force have teamed up on a mission under the Tactically Responsive Space program that identifies commercial enterprises to help provide launch and on-orbit operations
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NASA has begun soliciting information on potential industry sources that could provide spaceport operations, logistics, facilities management and other related support services at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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NASA has introduced the geology team to develop the surface science plan for Artemis III, the 2025-targeted, crewed moon landing mission to return humans to the moon’s surface—the first of its kind
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The U.S. Space Force has selected the Regents of University of Colorado Boulder and Virginia Tech to pursue applied research in the areas of space domain awareness and beyond geostationary Earth orbit
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Deborah Lee James, chair of the Defense Business Board and former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, said opening up the National Security Space Launch program to the addition of a third
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The Federal Aviation Administration has started soliciting insights on a proposed rule to provide regulatory clarity for commercial space operators applying for licenses for spaceflight operations involving government astronauts in compliance with
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