Space

The Space Force in 2021 selected Millennium and Raytheon, an RTX company, for the Epoch 1 program.

The demonstration is intended to show that commercial satellites can connect via laser communications to the PWSA.

The launch took place from the company’s Launch Site One near Van Horn, East Texas.

The EU's first commissioner for defense and space wants closer alignment between the two activities, and has also signaled a willingness to shake up Europe’s approach to launchers.

Qatar Airways has operated the world’s first Starlink-equipped Boeing 777 aircraft from Doha to London on Tuesday, 22 October 2024.

Reaching the Moon to do something useful there involves preparation—which is now underway as agencies and companies aim to return humans to the lunar surface.

Cobalt-60 is a radioactive isotope of cobalt that generates heat as it decays.

Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut will splash down into either the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coasts.

Intelsat has lost power on one of its satellites serving Europe, Africa and some of Asia-Pacific, and it will likely be unable to recover the spacecraft.

SpaceX is receiving $733.6 million for the two launches.

The audit recommends that the agency conduct at least one schedule risk analysis prior to introduction of the new Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2).

The astronauts are NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt and Jeannette Epps. The cosmonaut is Alexander Grebenken.

The CP-12 mission is led by Draper Laboratory, and the APEX 1.0 lunar lander is being developed by Ispace Technologies U.S.

The Sierra Space trash compaction and processing system uses a catalytic oxidation technique to process volatile organic compounds and other gaseous byproducts.

The company, which has about 700 employees, cut about 30 jobs, but is hiring for about 55 positions.

NATO and Japan entered the Individually Tailored Partnership Program in July 2023 to cover 16 cooperation areas.

Landing of the Starship upper stage is targeted for early 2025.

A Google-backed nonprofit is leaning heavily on deploying artificial intelligence to detect fires.

The study is part of a technology demonstration project known as Megawatt funded to JAXA by Japan’s Ministry of Education.

JAXA has selected ArkEdge Space to study the feasibility of a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) position, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite constellation.

Russian energy giant JSC Gazprom plans to deploy a low Earth orbit communications network to service the country’s government and business users.

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson plans a near-space ride as co-pilot for Space Perspective’s first crewed balloon flight into the stratosphere.

NATO partners have linked arms on a responsive space launch initiative that could use Europe’s growing network of spaceports.

The mission would deliver back to Earth scientifically selected samples of the Martian surface being gathered by the agency’s Mars Perseverance rover.

The two companies said the first of three launches is due to take place next year.