By Greg Hadley, Published by Airforce Magazine, 25 July 2022 FARNBOROUGH, U.K.—Military and defense industry officials are proud to say the Global Positioning System of satellites has entrenched itself as the world standard of position, navigation, and timing. But new threats—and some futuristic considerations—are leading some to think bigger than
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 14 July 2022 Four Pentagon offices are working together on an ambitious hybrid architecture that spans orbits as well as classification levels, officials told Breaking Defense. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has taken the first steps toward a future “hybrid space architecture” comprising military and
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 25 May 2022 LONG BEACH, Calif. — Virgin Orbit expects to perform its first launch from England in late August, pending award of a British launch license, a company executive said May 25. In a speech at Space Tech Expo here, Jim Simpson, chief
By Nanasee Wagh, Published by Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2022 This thing could fly as soon as 2026. A nuclear thermal flight project aims to propel astronauts to parts of space between the moon and Earth.DARPA is looking for proposals to design and build the engine, in hopes of using
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 4 May 2022 The next phase of DRACO is a 'full and open competition' WASHINGTON – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on May 4 issued a solicitation for proposals for the next phase of a demonstration of a nuclear powered spacecraft. The project,
By Katyanna Quach, Published by The Register, 23 April 2022 The US Space Force has created a unit, the 19th Space Defense Squadron, to monitor activity in the region beyond Earth's geosynchronous orbit, all the way out to the Moon and yonder. Commander of the 18th SDS, Lt. Col. Matt
Published by Future Space Tech, 4 April 2022 In november last year Russia blew up a defunct satellite, creating shrapnel that will orbit the Earth for decades. The “direct ascent” missile test was a first for Russia and echoed a similar weapons test carried out by China in 2007, which
By Aidan Poling, Published by Georgetown Security Studies Review, 4 March 2022 January 27th, 1967 has a bitter-sweet legacy in the history of space travel. In Cape Canaveral Florida, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chafee were killed during a rehearsal for the inaugural flight of the Apollo program. The
