NASA has formed a board to help review goals, current plans and technical concepts for its next-generation Earth-observing satellites designed to provide critical information for use in guiding initiatives related to disaster
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The sixth Lockheed Martin-built Space-Based Infrared System geosynchronous Earth orbit satellite, SBIRS GEO-6, that took off aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket on Thursday, Aug. 4, from Cape Canaveral Space Force
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The National Science and Technology Council has released a strategic plan for developing a coordinated approach to addressing risks posed by orbital debris to space exploration initiatives. The National Orbital Debris Implementation
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NASA is seeking industry input on capabilities and ideas for astronaut crew rescue services in support of the space agency’s Commercial Crew Program and Exploration Ground Systems missions. In a SAM.gov notice
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Northrop Grumman has fired a five-segment solid rocket booster for NASA’s Space Launch System during a two-minute full-scale static fire test at the company’s facility in Promontory, Utah. The Flight Support Booster-2
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L3Harris Technologies, the contractor specializing in defense and aerospace offerings, has won a potential $700 million contract from the Space Development Agency for the manufacture of a satellite fleet. Through the Tranche
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NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos have agreed to perform integrated crewed flights to the International Space Station, Reuters reported Friday. “Flying integrated crews ensures there are appropriately trained crew members on
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The National Reconnaissance Office’s first national security payload was launched to orbit onboard a Rocket Lab spacecraft as part of the agency’s Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket program. Rocket Lab’s Electron
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The Department of the Air Force has wrapped up the draft environmental assessment of six locations it is considering for the headquarters of U.S. Space Command. The department conducted the evaluation in
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has generated an infrared image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, also known as Webb’s First Deep Field. The agency said Tuesday the deep field captured by the
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