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A small unmanned rotorcraft is set to take off with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

NASA has selected three interdisciplinary research groups to study the formation and future of life in the universe under separate five-year grants worth up to $21 million combined. The space agency said

A new policy that would facilitate the transition of the Defense Department’s space traffic management functions to the Commerce Department is now headed to the White House for President Donald Trump’s final

NASA could decide in late May whether the space agency will add a small helicopter on the Mars 2020 rover as part of technology demonstration efforts, SpaceNews reported Friday. The space agency’s

NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration under the Department of Energy have jointly conducted a demonstration of a new nuclear reactor system being developed for long-term space missions. The Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology or KRUSTY is

The U.S. Strategic Command and Denmark’s defense ministry have signed an agreement to exchange space situational awareness data and services. The deal expands the number of Stratcom’s global SSA data-sharing partners that include

House members have passed a bill that streamlines the space-based remote sensing regulatory system, modifies the implementation of international regulations in the U.S., enhances national security and simplifies regulations for space operators,

Jim Bridenstine took his official oath of office as the 13th NASA administrator at a ceremony that took place Monday at the space agency’s Washington headquarters. Vice President Mike Pence swore in Bridenstine

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced at the 34th Space Symposium that the service will share its educational courses on space with U.S. partners starting in 2019 as part of the

The U.S. Air Force has teamed up with the National Reconnaissance Office to build a new satellite designed to provide space situational awareness capability, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Gen. Jay Raymond, head of