By Thomas Burghardt, Published by NASA Spaceflight, 30 June 2022 Virgin Orbit has scrubbed the launch the fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after propellant temperature was deemed to be “slightly out of bounds”. The decision was made prior to the take off of Cosmic Girl, the carrier aircraft. The
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 30 June 2022 The unit's mission is to 'outwit, outreach and win in the space domain.' The United States Space Force has activated a new unit that is tasked with providing "critical intelligence on threat systems, foreign intentions and activities in the space domain."
By Brett Tinglet, Published by Space.com, 29 June 2022 The need for speed is real when it comes to missile defense. The Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has selected Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Missiles and Defense to continue developing prototypes of a Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI), a planned
By Caroline Delbert, Published by Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2022 Black carbon in the atmosphere is like dressing Earth in a black shirt on a sunny day. A new study shows what will happen if spaceflight increases by a factor of ten.This estimate is in line with the trajectory of
By The Associated Press, Published by CPR News, 28 June 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1,000 Air National Guard troops who are assigned to space missions are mired in an identity crisis. Torn between the Air Force, where they have historically been assigned, and the military's shiny new Space Force where they
By Jonathan E. Hendry, Published by Simple Flying, 28 June 2022 The company will launch its "Straight Up" mission from Mojave Air and Space Port as soon as tomorrow as it prepares to commence UK launches. Virgin Orbit’s upcoming Straight Up mission will send two satellites into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 28 June 2022 The X-37B is just a week away from setting a new mission-duration mark. The U.S. military's X-37B robotic space plane is closing in on a mission-duration record. The X-37B launched to Earth orbit on May 17, 2020 on the sixth mission
By Tim Baker, Published by Sky News, 27 June 2022 Chemicals which damaged the ozone layer were banned in the 1980s by the Montreal Protocol, and since then the protective shield has started to replenish. But the services being touted by Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos could threaten
