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JPL chief Laurie Leshin on science, Mars and budget infighting

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is home base for building pioneering spacecraft that have probed every planet in our solar system, including...

Space investors question the merits of vertical integration

TAMPA, Fla. — The benefits of buying space companies to pursue vertical integration are becoming less apparent in the current economic climate.  Buying out suppliers...

Sea-Air-Space 2024: All the cutting-edge tech at Navy’s largest show

ExpandAutoplayImage 1 of 15Sea-Air-Space attendees step out of the naval conference in National Harbor, Maryland, to observe the solar eclipse April 8, 2024. (Colin...

SpaceX launches Space Force weather satellite designed to take over for a program with roots to the 1960s

SpaceX launched a military weather satellite designed to replace aging satellites from a program dating back to the 1960s. The United States Space Force-62...

Hundreds of satellites to give military faster tactical comms and data

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A space-focused program spreading hundreds of small satellites in low orbit aims to bring clearer communications and faster data transfer...

Space Force lays out commercial partnerships plan to speed procurement

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Space Force’s long-awaited commercial space strategy offers near-term action steps to improve the way it procures private-sector space capabilities,...

L3Harris taps Mercury Systems to supply solid-state data recorders for missile-warning satellites

COLORADO SPRINGS — Mercury Systems announced a $31 million contract April 10 to supply solid-state data recorders to L3Harris Technologies for the U.S. Space...

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral

Update 1:58 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launched the Starlink 6-48 mission. SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites during a mission from Cape Canaveral Space...

Spy agency eyes May launch of first proliferated constellation

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The National Reconnaissance Office could launch the first satellites in its proliferated space architecture as soon as next month, according...

ULA concludes six decades of Delta rocket flights with final Delta 4 Heavy mission

The second time was the charm for the finale of the Delta family of rockets. Following an issue with a gaseous nitrogen pipeline beyond...

Max Space announces plans for inflatable space station modules

COLORADO SPRINGS — A startup has unveiled plans to develop inflatable modules that the company believes can be made larger and less expensive than...

Rocket Lab wins $14.4 million contract to launch Space Test Program experiment

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