The Department of Defense has released its 2024 Commercial Space Integration Strategy, which outlines a plan to incorporate commercial space solutions effectively into national security space architectures, Defense .gov reported. The strategy includes four primary goals: ensuring access to commercial solutions throughout conflict, pre-crisis integration, establishing security for commercial solutions and supporting the development of […]
NASA has awarded Science Applications International Corporation an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide safety and mission assurance engineering support to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. Set to start June 1, the contract has a five-year base period and two one-year options, with a total maximum value […]
U.S. Space Force officials are calling for greater investment in artificial intelligence and machine learning to ensure the United States remains a leader in space. Speaking at the Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Security Forum on Wednesday, Space Forces-Space Commander Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess said that while some units have completed integrating the technology, AI could be […]
Twelve university team finalists are set to compete in the Human Lander Challenge, a competition that focuses on finding solutions to the dust cloud problem besetting spacecraft during landings, NASA said. The finalists include teams from the Colorado School of Mines, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Texas A&M University, Ohio Northern University, Texas State University, the College […]
Three sounding rockets will lift off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on April 8, the day North America will experience a total solar eclipse. The Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path sounding rockets, which will be launched at different times, will provide data to determine the effects of the sudden dimming of the sun […]
NASA has announced the science instruments astronauts will use during the upcoming Artemis III mission to the moon’s surface. The three instruments will gather critical data on the lunar environment, geology and the means for long-term lunar habitation, laying a foundation for future Mars exploration, NASA said. The selected payloads will investigate planetary processes, lunar […]
SpaceWERX and AFWERX AFVentures, the Department of the Air Force’s commercial investment arm, have launched the Strategic Funding Increase and Tactical Funding Increase programs for 2024. According to a notice of opportunity issued by the organizations, the program helps bridge the transition between the SBIR/STTR Phase II efforts and the Phase III scaling initiative, allowing […]
The National Reconnaissance Office has issued a broad area announcement seeking innovative proposals to advance its space launch capabilities. The Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement program is designed to enhance launch technology across multiple areas, including ground operations and on-orbit services, SpaceNews reported. Areas of interest outlined in the BAA include in-space mobility […]
Airbus will develop and build a twin spacecraft for the continuance of the joint space mission of NASA and the German Space Agency geared at monitoring the Earth’s gravity field and climate. The Pasadena, California-based NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory awarded the task for the mission called GRACE-C, which stands for Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment-Continuity. […]
The Department of Defense has an opportunity to harness private industry’s remote-sensing constellations investment for Ground Moving Target Indication technology, according to Industry executives who joined the Satellite 2024 conference held from March 18 to 21 in Washington, D.C. In search of GMTI capability, the U.S. Air Force and the Space Force have tapped the National […]
