Pressure continues to increase on President Joe Biden to reassess the location of U.S. Space Command headquarters, as three members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation have requested that the executive branch conduct a “comprehensive review.”
Space Force Cancels Blue Origin, Northrop LSA Contracts Irene Klotz, [email protected] As expected, Blue Origin and Northrup Grumman—losing contenders in the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 2 procurement—have had their precursor Launch Service Agreements canceled, the Space and Missile Systems Center confirmed on Jan. 29.
ArianeGroup is gearing up for the hot-fire testing campaign of the first complete Ariane 6 upper stage, after it left the assembly and functional evaluation facility in Bremen, Germany.
NASA’s efforts to address the threat of mounting orbital space debris are insufficient and need to be augmented, an agency inspector general’s audit says.
After an early, productive start to a 7-hr. spacewalk, two NASA astronauts encountered difficulties installing a Ka band antenna outside the International Space Station on Jan. 27.
NASA plans to delay departure of the Osiris-Rex spacecraft from the asteroid Bennu from March 3 to May 10, with a May 24 backup, which will provide an early April opportunity for a final flyby.
President Joe Biden may opt to reassess the headquarters location of U.S. Space Command, which was previously selected during the waning days of the Trump administration.
Joining former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and Israeli entrepreneur Eytan Stibbe on the first privately financed U.S. mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will be real estate and technology investor Larry Connor of Ohio and Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Mark Pathy, Axiom Space said on Jan. 26.
Satellite operator Inmarsat announced on Jan. 25 that it will provide satellite communications for a UK government initiative to create a zero-carbon emissions regional air transportation network.
BAE Systems will conduct a demonstration flight of its PHASA-35 high-altitude pseudo-satellite in the U.S. this year for potential Defense Department customers.
As Virgin Orbit gears up for the start of operational missions following its successful Jan. 17 demonstration flight, the California-based space company has revealed it has been selected to launch the first military satellite for the Netherlands.
NASA and Boeing are now targeting March 25 for the launch of an uncrewed CST-100 Starliner on the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station—four days earlier than previously planned.
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine began a new job on Jan. 25: senior advisor to Acorn Growth Companies, an Oklahoma-based private equity firm focused on midsize aerospace, defense and intelligence companies.
The Transporter-1 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10 a.m. on Jan. 24 following a one-day delay due to weather.
NASA plans the first in a series of spacewalks next week to equip the European Space Agency’s new Bartolomeo science platform outside the International Space Station (ISS) with communications systems, and then prepare for future upgrades to the orbiting lab’s solar power system.
The European Commission is to order the first 12 satellites for the second generation of the Galileo navigation constellation from Airbus and Thales Alenia Space.
