Space
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SpaceSpaceX Tests Falcon Heavy’s Center Booster
SpaceX has test-fired the center booster of its new Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, the company announced May 9. The “center core” test occurred last week at the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Expects FY 2018 Budget To Continue Funding Improved Satellite Resiliency
The U.S. Air Force, which has strived in recent years to make its satellites more resilient to potential attack, expects to receive funding in the Trump administration’s upcoming fiscal year […]
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SpaceAerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 Engine Completes Critical Design Review
Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] announced May 8 that its AR1 engine, one of two contenders for the first stage of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Vulcan next-generation launch vehicle, has successfully completed […]
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SpaceAir Force’s X-37B Spaceplane Finishes Two-Year Trip
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B reusable spaceplane returned to Earth May 7 after spending almost two years in space, its longest mission ever. The Boeing [BA]-built orbital test vehicle landed on […]
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SpaceTime Ripe For U.S. Military To Pursue Fast Access To Space, Experts Say
Efforts to achieve low-cost, fast access to space for the U.S. military stand to benefit from an increasingly favorable financial, political and technological climate, Air Force and industry experts said […]
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CongressCongress Tells Intelligence Agencies To Integrate Space Efforts
The newly enacted fiscal year 2017 intelligence authorization act requires the director of national intelligence (DNI) to develop a plan to better integrate the intelligence community’s space and counter-space efforts. […]
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SpaceSpaceX Launches NRO Satellite For First Time
SpaceX launched a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite for the first time May 1, and achieved a secondary goal by landing the rocket’s first stage in Florida. A Falcon 9 […]
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Air ForceAir Univ. Study Suggests Air Force Further Use OTAs For Low Cost Access To Space
A December study produced by Air University suggests the Air Force further use the Pentagon’s other transaction authority (OTA) to partner with domestic commercial firms pursuing quick and rapid launch […]
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Air ForceMeyerson Laments Air Force Lethargy Toward Streamlining Commercial Launch Licensing
A top commercial space executive on Wednesday lamented the Air Force’s slow pace toward eliminating duplicative requirements and approvals for commercial launches, despite a pair of 2016 letters from a […]
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SpaceSpaceport Colorado Awaits FAA Licensing Decision Later This Year
Colorado hopes to have an answer from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its spaceport site operator license application later this year, according to a key official. Spaceport Colorado Airport […]