A major command of the U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday in an operational test aimed to demonstrate weapon system readiness, safety and effectiveness. Air Force
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The Space Development Agency (SDA), which is tasked to build a national space architecture, plans to conduct an experiment that studies planet Earth's infrared background. The Northrop Grumman-made Prototype Infrared Payload or
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NASA has installed software designed to facilitate the flight and guidance of the Space Launch System rocket, which will lift the Orion spacecraft for future exploration missions. Engineers from the agency's Alabama-based
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Top military space researcher Col. Eric Felt has called on a balanced U.S. Space Force investment and planning strategy to produce short-term results and address long-term issues. The Air Force Research Laboratory
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Shawn Barnes, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration, said the Space Force could improve contracting through an organized portfolio-based approach. He said Tuesday at the Sea-Air-Space
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The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) has received the responsibility of being the designated servicing major command (MAJCOM) for airmen with the U.S. Space Force. AFMC will provide USSF-attached airmen with
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U.S. Space Command chief Army Gen. James Dickinson has called on space and naval operators to cooperate in defending communications on their respective domains. Dickinson pointed out that his USSPACECOM and the
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NASA has launched a spacecraft designed to help researchers study the soft X-ray emissions and growth of the Sun's corona. The space agency said Monday that its Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer
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The Senate on Friday voted to confirm Margaret Vo Schaus, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, as the next chief financial officer of NASA. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that
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NASA has tested the performance of a hazard detection lidar (HDL) technology in potentially producing images of extraterrestrial planetary surfaces and supporting safe landing for space exploration. The space agency said Wednesday
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