The test run by pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Dave Mackay was the first powered flight of a SpaceShipTwo vehicle since an Oct. 31, 2014, accident that killed one pilot, seriously injured the second and destroyed the original spaceship, VSS Enterprise.
The manufacturing of two key components for the Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers, the first nozzle for the P120 solid rocket motor and the first hydrogen tank for the Ariane’s upper stage, has been completed.
The RemoveDebris active debris removal mission will test both net and harpoon capture techniques and, after the testing is complete, the satellite will deploy a dragsail to ensure it re-enters and burns up.
On the heels of a report that Russia recently launched a PL-19 Nudol anti-satellite weapon, the head of the U.S. intelligence community says the government continues to track such incidents.
A flexible sensor that could enable ultrasonic imaging of parts with complex shapes has been developed by researchers at the University of California – San Diego (USCD).
DOD spending on major acquisition programs increased 10% in 2017, driven primarily by an increase in weapons buys planned to counter growing global threats.
The U.S. State Department has approved three potential Foreign Military Sales, including a request from Slovakia to purchase up to 14 new Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70/72 Viper aircraft.
A study shows the mortality rate from cardiovascular problems among Apollo astronauts who ventured to the Moon is much greater than for colleagues who did not.
SpaceX Dragon’s 14th NASA-contracted resupply mission spacecraft rendezvoused with the-six person International Space Station as scheduled early April 4.
