Space

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) is working toward providing the Air Force RD-180 relief in the form of additional national security waivers, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Thursday. Lawmakers are […]

Raytheon [RTN] completed three preliminary launch readiness exercises for the Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites, milestones needed in preparation for launch into orbit, the company said Thursday. The exercises […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) followed through on its recent threat by not submitting a bid for the Air Force’s first competed space launch mission in years, a Global Positioning System […]

The head of a commercial space trade group is confident President Barack Obama will sign into law the commercial space launch bill that passed the House Monday evening. Commercial Spaceflight […]

The House on Monday at press time was set to vote on a compromise commercial space launch bill that, if approved, would arrive on President Barack Obama’s desk for possible […]

Orbital ATK [OA] purchased additional insurance coverage under its existing plan for Virginia-owned property at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility after an insurance gap among the three parties caused the […]

There is no funding for future launches of the Air Force’s Super Strypi rocket, placing the launch vehicle’s future in doubt following a launch failure Tuesday evening. Air Force spokesman […]

NASA on Thursday both delayed its Cargo Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract award and eliminated Boeing [BA] from contention for the program thought to be worth as much as $14 billion. […]

The Air Force on Saturday successfully launched its 11th satellite in the Global Positioning System IIF series (GPS IIF-11). Launch took place at 12:13 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air […]

A NASA team was unable to isolate a single technical root cause for Orbital ATK’s [OA] Antares launch failure, but instead found three credible technical root causes (TRC), of which […]