After much tinkering, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has at last finished the cryogenic cooler that will keep JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument at its frosty-cool operating temperature of minus 270 Celsius. Credit: NASA artist's concept

Missions Policy & Politics

House spending bill fires warning shot at JWST

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence is greeted by U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan as they arrive at the Pentagon, Jan 17, 2019. (DoD photo by Tech Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)

Policy & Politics

Trump unveils Missile Defense Review, promises funding for space sensors in 2020

SpaceX Port of L.A.

Business Launch

SpaceX to shift Starship work from California to Texas

Launch
Blue Origin reschedules New Shepard test flight

Blue Origin has rescheduled a test flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for Jan. 21 as the company edges closer to flying people into space.

Launch
Arianespace says full Ariane 6 production held up by missing government contracts
Business
Isotropic Systems gains Boeing as investor, partner on satellite user terminals
American Meteorological Society 2019
Air Force wants satellite weather data