At an Oval Office ceremony Feb. 19, 2019, President Trump signs Space Policy Directive 4 to establish a Space Force. Credit: SpaceNews

Military Policy & Politics

Trump signs Space Force policy directive, now comes the heavy lifting

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-76 payload for the NRO - sits on the launch pad April 29 at Launch Complex 39A. The rocket will have to wait at least 24 hours for liftoff after SpaceX scrubbed the launch planned for April 30 due to an issue with a first-stage sensor. Credit: SpaceX

Launch Military

Air Force awards $739 million in launch contracts to ULA and SpaceX

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Civil Commercial

New House space subcommittee chair plans to address commercial space issues

Commercial
Virgin Galactic reschedules SpaceShipTwo flight for Feb. 22

Virgin Galactic scrubbed the Feb. 20 flight test for SpaceShipTwo, the air-launched suborbital spaceplane, due to high winds in Mojave, California. The flight test is now scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22.