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Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Dragon space capsule reached a top speed of 345 mph May 6 during its uncrewed pad abort test at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., […]

NASA in late March awarded 12 contracts as part of its Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) to advance concept studies and technology development projects in the areas of […]

The Air Force is anticipating customer resistance toward its use of automated flight safety systems at its space launch ranges, according to a key official. “(Customers) have their system, they […]

The Air Force is generating competition for space launch range support contracts like communications upgrades by targeting small businesses, according to the service’s top range officer. Air Force Spacelift Range […]

Orbital ATK [OA] is continuing to collaborate with International Space Company Kosmotras—a joint project formed by Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan—on ideas for the sputtering Dnepr Program, which involves converting ICBMs […]

An early morning April 29, last-minute amendment from Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) kept strong restrictions on the national security waiver available to the Defense Department to use RD-180s beyond ones […]

The Air Force vowed to scrub a launch competition between fiscal years 2018 and 2022 if it does not get legislative relief allowing a contractor to bid using the Russian-developed […]

M-Code, the Defense Department’s next generation military position, navigation and timing (PNT) capability, could be fielded by the end of the decade, if not sooner, according to a key Air […]

The Air Force on April 24 released a pair of key documents on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) related to its pursuit of a next-generation rocket propulsion system. The Air Force […]

The Senate on April 27 confirmed Dava Newman as NASA deputy administrator by a vote of 87-0. Newman is a professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems at […]