Perseverance to establish sample cache for later return to Earth Original Publication Date: 2022-10-31 11:18 NASA and the European Space Agency have selected a location on Mars to cache samples. It's one step in the overall process of returning those samples to Earth. The sample cache is part ...

For U.S. Space Force, Raymond’s retirement marks the end of an era Original Publication Date: 2022-10-30 09:01 Gen. John “Jay” Raymond will relinquish command to Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to attend the change-of-command ceremony. As the first official ...

As clock ticks on Amazon’s constellation, buying Starship launches not out of the question Original Publication Date: 2022-10-27 18:27 Amazon’s Project Kuiper needs half of its internet constellation to be operating by 2026. Most of the rockets that are under contract to launch these satellites ...

As clock ticks on Amazon’s constellation, buying Starship launches not out of the question Original Publication Date: 2022-10-27 18:27 Amazon's Project Kuiper needs half of its internet constellation operating by July 2026. Most of the rockets that are under contract to launch these satellites ...

Starlink’s survivability in war a good sign for DoD’s future constellation Original Publication Date: 2022-10-25 18:47 SDA Director Derek Tournear said Starlink's performance so far speaks to the power of a proliferated constellation. Russia in November demonstrated it can strike a satellite in ...

Starlink’s survivability in war a good sign for DoD’s future constellation Original Publication Date: 2022-10-25 18:47 Russian officials have made veiled threats to obliterate SpaceX's internet satellite network. To date, “how many Starlink satellites have the Russians shot down? … zero,” noted ...

Polaris Dawn crewed mission could suffer additional delays Original Publication Date: 2022-10-25 11:05 Polaris Program originally planned its first Crew Dragon mission to fly in the fourth quarter of this year. The four-person crew will perform the first spacewalk from a Crew Dragon spacecraft. ...

Apex raises seed round to mass produce smallsats Original Publication Date: 2022-10-24 13:00 Los Angeles-based Apex announced Oct. 24 it raised a $7.5 million seed round. Apex plans to enter the satellite manufacturing market with a bus called Aries. The bus is designed to support a range of ...

Space Force to award up to $50 million in contracts for Space Test Program experiments Original Publication Date: 2022-10-21 21:14 Space Force changing its approach to buying satellites for the Space Test Program. Instead of awarding separate contracts for STP missions, vendors will compete for ...

Ariane 6 first launch slips to late 2023 Original Publication Date: 2022-10-19 16:55 European Space Agency has again delayed the first flight of Europe's Ariane 6 launch vehicle. The new vehicle makes slow progress to the launch pad. The first flight of the rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, is ...