NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission spacecraft has successfully concluded a week-long checkout of a half dozen primary science and navigational instruments.
The vice administrator of the China National Space Administration said the relay spacecraft designed to communicate with the planned Chang’e 4 lander on the Moon’s far side would also be available to international users operating there.
U.S. NAVY’s MQ-4C Triton UAV received DOD milestone C approval Sept. 22. DRS NETWORK AND IMAGING SYSTEMS has $339.3m U.S. Army contract for Joint Effects Targeting System. Work to be complete Sept. 21, 2021. RAYTHEON declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.7325 per outstanding share of common stock, payable on Nov. 10 to shareholders of record as of close of business Oct. 5. NEW MEXICO SPACEPORT AUTHORITY Board of Directors selected Daniel Hicks as new chief executive officer of SPACEPORT AMERICA, NM.
Pentagon acquisition czar Frank Kendall says another field office for outreach to the technology sector will open later this year like the offices already opened in Silicon Valley and Boston. Speaking at the ComDef 2016 conference in Washington earlier this month, Kendall listed the new office, another Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIU(X)) branch, as one of his last task items this year before the Obama administration ends and he may—or may not—leave office with it. He did not say where the new office will open.
Observations of Jupiter’s intriguing ice- and ocean-covered moon Europa made with the Hubble Space Telescope offer the first visual evidence for geyser-like plumes of salty water erupting 125 mi. into space.
JP Aerospace has launched the latest subscale prototype in its Airship to Orbit project to provide affordable access to space using lighter-than-air vehicles.
The U.S. Air Force has completed safety inspections on four ground surveillance aircraft—almost 25% of the fleet—and the jets have returned to flight, the service says.
The Airbus Perlan Mission II team has wrapped up its first season of flights in Argentina en route to attempting to set a glider altitude record of 90,000 ft. in the stratospheric Perlan 2.
The new commander of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command won't take his “foot off the gas” when it comes to laser weapon development for an AC-130J Block 60 gunship.
British ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker will face prosecution from the U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over the fatal inadvertent ejection of a member of the Red Arrows aerobatic team.
India has successfully launched eight satellites into two different orbits using one rocket, marking one of the most complex launches in the history of the country’s space missions.
The U.S. State Department has awarded AAR Airlift Group a potentially $10 billion, 11-year award to provide airlift support under a counter-narcotics, crime and anti-terrorism effort.
Without a clear idea of what kind of capabilities an FVL Medium power plant might need, the program office will leave the engine choice up to the contractor eventually selected to build the new aircraft.
Investigators examining the Sept. 1 pad explosion have found evidence of an apparent rupture in the helium system used to pressurize the upper-stage liquid oxygen tank.
