Space

A NASA-funded study believes the United States could return a human to the moon in about five-to-seven years for roughly $10 billion using two independent and competing commercial service providers […]

The failed launch this June of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket (Defense Daily, June 29) was likely caused by a strut in the second stage liquid oxygen tank, which broke free […]

NASA on Friday lifted the April 8 stop work order issued to Orbital ATK [OA] for the agency’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) program, according to a NASA spokeswoman. NASA […]

Vulcan Aerospace intends to compete for smaller Defense Department launches after 2020 using its Stratolaunch carrier aircraft and multi-stage booster, company president Chuck Beames said Thursday. Beames said Vulcan believes […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday denied Ball Aerospace’s [BLL] bid protest of NASA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) contract award to Orbital ATK [OA] in March. GAO Managing […]

The Air Force on Wednesday launched its 10th satellite in the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF series. Launch took place at 11:36 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, […]

NASA is evaluating letting the private sector operate a smaller space station in low earth orbit (LEO) so it may focus on the region around the Moon, according to a […]

The upcoming launch of the 10th Global Positioning System IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-10) is set for Wednesday with the Air Force expecting no impact from the Space Exploration Technologies […]

The Air Force wants to cut launch range operations costs to below $2 million with its simplified, rail-guided, small launch vehicle called Super Strypi, according to a key officer. Air […]

A key lawmaker believes the Defense Department can reduce its current 15-to-20 year procurement process to three-to-five years by the time the current House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman leaves […]