Modernizing space programs while maintaining operations is one of the most challenging things, and rings true for the U.S. Space Force. It’s key though to keeping up with near peer competitors in the space front.…
November 4, 2024
Starting today with NASA where two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space were selected by the agency for additional review. Each proposal will be studied for a year and then…
November 4, 2024
A new challenge looks to digitally recreate the planning of each module of the International Space Station. It’s being put on by the organization Students for the Exploration and Development of Space or SEDS. “The…
November 4, 2024
The Spacecraft Cybersecurity Act was recently introduced in the House this past summer. The legislation would require NASA to secure a cybersecurity protection plan from manufacturers applying to use federal dollars to build NASA spacecrafts. The introduction…
October 9, 2024
Space Nuclear Systems are being utilized more and more these days. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that adding the word nuclear to anything mean safety needs to be of the utmost importance.…
October 9, 2024
The firm Aerospacelab, Inc. recently opened up a brand new satellite manufacturing facility in Torrance, California. The company plans on being to put out, on average, two satellites per week on a single shift schedule.…
October 9, 2024
Don’t know if you realize it but there’s a presidential election coming up in the next few weeks. Whoever does end up in the White House will have a lot decisions to make when it…
October 9, 2024
Space technology company Umbra has recently launched a new business line aiming to deliver high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites. Through the mechanisms of how the company is structured, it’s been able to bring down…
September 11, 2024
Next month, the Association of Commercial Space Professionals will be hosting the Space Nuclear Policy Summit in Washington D.C. It aims to get the two sides together, both nuclear and space, to help with some…
September 11, 2024
The company KBR may not be the most well know commercial space company for those outside the business, but it’s one of the larger firms that does a ton of work with NASA. Which is how it…
September 11, 2024
Starting things off today with the folks at DARPA and their very low earth orbit satellites, known as VeeLEOs, which have become important in a variety of surveillance and imaging applications. Trouble is, they’re so…
September 11, 2024
Federal Space projects require a lot of different organizations to take care of the many, many technical needs, whether for defense or exploration purposes. The problem is, many of those niche companies don’t exactly have long…
August 14, 2024
Though they are still grounded on earth, the observatories that stay looking at the sky are vital to exploring space and finding every nook and cranny in the universe. One of them, Carnegie Observatories does…
August 14, 2024
You can’t overlook the role venture capitalists have played in the rise of the commercial space industry. In an industry that relies on failed tests, there needs to be those sponsors who are alright with…
August 14, 2024
