Astronauts can assemble observatories with apertures as large as 20 meters from large components delivered by the Space Launch System (SLS), according to Hubble servicing veteran John Grunsfeld.
The head of U.S. Air Force Space Command says it is true that the military would rather not carry the burden of helping anyone and everyone with collision avoidance and orbital analysis.
New Zealand-based space launch company Rocket Lab has completed the qualification of the second stage of the Electron launch vehicle which will be lofted from a newly constructed site on the east coast of the country’s North Island.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) acknowledges it faces a complex challenge as it strives to improve the quality and analysis as well as the timely acquisition and distribution of the environmental data it traditionally gathers and distributes to enhance weather forecasting by opening a door for the commercial sector.
Global cooperation will be required to launch an interstellar reconnaissance mission to the nearest solar system, using a powerful laser beam to propel tiny “nanocraft” to relativistic speeds. But the technology exists or is expected to be available within several years, according to Internet investor Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Initiatives program.
In a major boost to the “Make in India” initiative, the U.S. on April 12 agreed to develop new partnerships in the pursuit of a range of cutting-edge projects, while India mulls two proposals from U.S. aerospace primes to bolster the country’s fighter production.
The European Space Agency's director general believes a “Moon Village," open to all, has a better chance of combining global resources for the more challenging and expensive push to Mars.
Space-policy panelists at the annual Space Symposium here used the nascent satellite-servicing industry as an example of the problems that arise when technology outstrips government oversight and regulation.
The Littoral Combat Ship LCS 3 USS Fort Worth will make preparations to get underway from Singapore under its own power and transit to San Diego this summer for an extensive repair period after the ship’s combining gears were significantly damaged in January.
India will launch its new Earth observation satellite, Cartosat-2C, in May, in an effort to boost the country’s military reconnaissance and surveillance capability.
The U.S. Air Force still needs to change its approach to setting requirements and providing funding for its space battle management and command and control (BMC2) efforts, according to the general who has tactical control of the Defense Department’s space operations.
