U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Blue Origin for the company’s New Glenn Rocket, more than three years after the company and Northrop Grumman [NOC] lost out in February 2019 to SpaceX and United ...
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released its first strategy for U.S. science and technology leadership in Cislunar space on Nov. 17. Cislunar space covers the region of space beyond Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO), but still within the gravitational influence of the Earth and ...
Lockheed Martin [LMT] will work with computing company NVIDIA to build a digital twin of global weather events for theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which the companies say will help NOAA address scientific challenges. Lockheed Martin received a contract to develop an ...
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has issued a solicitation for the commercial provision of hyperspectral imagery. NRO Director Chris Scolese announced the new NRO effort during a Nov. 15 Leadership Dinner speech at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). “We value our ...
AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Wednesday said its venture capital investment platform that includes Boeing [BA] has participated in an oversubscribed $10 million seed funding round in Solestial, a small firm focused on developing low-cost solar panels for satellites. Solestial on its website says ...
NASA successfully launched the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket early Wednesday morning in the Artemis I mission, earning launch heritage for the vehicle that has long been in development and delayed. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft is now en route to fly by the Moon, setting the stage for future ...