Space

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) goal of sending a non-NASA crew to the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2015 is proceeding according to plan, according to a […]

The Justice Department (DoJ) yesterday gave commercial satellite imager DigitalGlobe [DGI] antitrust clearance in connection with its pending merger with GeoEye (GEOY), according to a DoJ spokeswoman. In an internal […]

The Air Force said Dec. 28 it awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.9 billion contract to produce the fifth and sixth satellites of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications […]

Congress moved Tuesday to relax stringent commercial satellite export control laws by returning to the president the authority to determine appropriate requirements after years of military-level oversight. The compromise fiscal […]

The White House should take the lead in forging a new national consensus on NASA’s future or else the agency will not be able to develop or achieve long-term priorities, […]

The Air Force yesterday successfully launched its secretive unmanned space vehicle prototype, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., according to service spokesman Capt. […]

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) President Gwynne Shotwell yesterday issued a challenge to rival United Launch Alliance. “I bet I beat ULA on marginal cost,” Shotwell said in response to a […]

The Air Force’s reusable unmanned space vehicle prototype, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is scheduled for a third launch today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., service spokesman […]

Iran has a “genuine and ambitious” space launch program that is not just a cover for ICBM development, according to a Dec. 6 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report obtained by […]

The United States can’t continue to use “expensive” commercial space launch provider United Launch Alliance unless competition helps reduce launch costs, according to a key lawmaker. “ULA, they do the […]