Space

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–New Zealand entrepreneur Peter Beck on Tuesday unveiled his electric, liquid oxygen/kerosene, 3D printed engine called Rutherford with a goal of using it in his Electron battery-powered rocket […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to recover the first stage engine of its Next-Generation Launch System (NGLS), called Vulcan, in mid-air after flight in an effort to dramatically […]

U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) is planning to bring in a body of commercial satellite industry officials in the coming months to tighten relations between government […]

Blue Origin said Tuesday it recently completed acceptance testing of its BE-3 rocket engine, calling it the first new hydrogen engine to be developed in the United States in more […]

Orbital ATK [OA] is designing a third stage to be integrated on United Launch Alliance’s [ULA] Delta IV Heavy rocket for a future NASA mission to study the sun’s atmosphere. The companies […]

The Air Force and the Defense Department’s acquisition team are working on changing the Pentagon’s launch capability contract with incumbent launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) in response to competition […]

The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the service’s ninth Global Positioning System IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-9) Wednesday at 2:36 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air […]

NASA has 10 months of funded schedule reserve on James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as the program enters a challenging phase, key stakeholders testified Tuesday. NASA Associate Administrator for Science […]

The upcoming launch of the ninth Global Positioning System IIF series satellite (GPS IIF-9)  will be the last of the IIF series to take place on a Delta IV rocket. […]

A key lawmaker vowed to maintain a United States heavy launch capability to avoid a gap between the retirement of United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) Delta IV rocket and the potential […]