A key aim of the U.S. Space Force, created in 2019, is to plan, equip and defend U.S. interests in space.PHOTO: ETIENNE LAURENT/SHUTTERSTOCK By Doug Cameron, Published by The Wall Street Journal, 28 March 2023 White House’s spending request includes plans for simulators, equipment to train Space Force members for battle
The emergency escape system is seen firing on the New Shepard spacecraft Monday morning after its rocket was lost. By Eric Berger, Published by Ars Technica, 27 March 2023 The company says it intends to return to flight "soon." A little more than six months after the failure of its
By George Dvorsky, Published by gizmodo, 27 March 2023 Rocket Lab plans to charge $50 million for flights aboard its Neutron rocket, placing it in direct competition with SpaceX’s Falcon 9. SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9 is currently in a class by itself, but rival companies are hoping to end
By Tara D. Soneneshine, Published by The Hill, 27 March 2023 Streaks of light across the sky in Northern California last week were not related to thunder or lightening or climate change. Experts believe they were caused by the re-entry of flaming space debris as huge chunks of communications equipment
Space Outpost’s MAPP lunar rover is scheduled to go to space in November of this year as a payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: Lunar Outpost By Kyle Barr, Published by Gizmodo, 27 March 2023 Lunar Outpost will engrave a crypto wallet passcode on its MAPP Lunar Rover
By Mark R. Whittington, Published by The Hill, 26 March 2023 The political question of whether the International Space Station (ISS) was worth the money was answered when an amendment to kill the orbiting space lab failed by one vote in the House of Representatives in 1993. Ironically, the late
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 March 2023 "We're ready to transition over to technology development," MDA Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill told the Center for Strategic and International Studies today. WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency “shortly” will move from studying designs for its new Glide Phase
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 March 2023 The bulk of SDA's FY24 request, some $4.1 billion, is in research, development, test and evaluation aimed at getting the first iterations of its planned satellites for both data relay, called the Transport Layer, and missile warning and tracking, called
