NASA’s PY4 mission’s four CubeSats launched on Monday, March 4, at 2:05 p.m. PST, to LEO aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Led by Carnegie […]
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NASA confirms DART mission impact changed asteroid’s motion in space
Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered […]
Northrop Grumman completes 1st BOLE solid rocket motor segment for NASA’s SLS
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed the first Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) motor segment for the next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster. BOLE adds nearly […]
Ascent Solar Technologies to fly space solar modules on NASA’s upcoming LISA-T mission
Ascent Solar Technologies (Nasdaq: ASTI) has announced that the Company’s solar module products will fly on NASA’s upcoming Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and AnTenna (LISA-T) mission, scheduled for launch this […]
NASA tech contributes to soft Moon landing, agency science underway
For the first time in more than 50 years, new NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations are operating on the Moon following the first successful delivery of the agency’s CLPS […]
DISA leaders brief small businesses on how to partner with the agency
On February 22nd, the Defense Information Systems Agency, U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency teamed up for a Fort Meade Alliance event. Over several sessions, DISA leaders shared with […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn debuts on launch pad
The New Glenn vehicle successfully rolled out and upended today for the first time on the pad at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36). This milestone represents the first view of the […]
Forrester’s Digest: Intelsat + FAST channels — Iridium — AST SpaceMobile — SpaceX
Intelsat has said that FAST channels (Free Ad-Supported Television) are booming worldwide and are disrupting traditional video consumption. According to Kantar, FAST is the quickest-growing, streaming option in the U.S., […]
Martians Wanted: NASA opens call for simulated yearlong mission to Mars
NASA is seeking applicants to participate in its next simulated one-year Mars surface mission to help inform the agency’s plans for human exploration of the Red Planet. The second of […]
Viasat’s 1st U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Ship installation
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has completed the first ship installation for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) under the Next Generation Wideband (NGW) Follow-On (FO) 10-year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity […]