Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves, Commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, has announced the certification of Space Exploration […]
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NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) will fund 24 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep space […]
Op-ed | Launching the Small-satellite Revolution
Small satellites are fast, flexible and cheap, and they need launch services that are just as fast, just as flexible and just as cheap.
Delays in U.S. Military Satellite Studies Could Be Limiting
Several highly anticipated U.S. Air Force studies aimed at helping the service plan its next-generation satellite systems are taking months if not years longer than expected, much to the frustration of senior Pentagon officials.
Op-ed | ORS: A Program Worth Fighting For
“Our nation faces a $16 trillion debt, and it only makes sense to evaluate and recommend changes or even terminate programs if they are not strategic or fiscally sound,” writes U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (R-N.M.). “ORS, however, is a program that makes perfect sense from both the monetary and military perspective.”
Movement Toward Common Satellite Ground System Gains Momentum
The U.S. Air Force is studying the feasibility of a common ground system that would be available in the early 2020s to track and communicate with national security satellites, a move service leaders see as a way to save money, increase capability and improve responsiveness.
U.S. Air Force Hopes To Wring Some Utility from Balky SENSE Nanosats
The U.S. Air Force plans to award Boeing a $400,000 contract to correct problems on a pair of experimental weather satellites that launched in 2013 but are not yet providing data.
Op-ed | The Future of Space Ground Solutions
Satellite ground systems historically are stove-piped systems but today’s space ground activities need solutions that are designed to provide common, affordable, modular and extensible frameworks that allow for future sustainment and decreased life-cycle costs.
Honeywell becomes Global Xpress aeronautical service provider to Inmarsat Government
Inmarsat Government, the leading provider of secure, global, mission-critical telecommunications to the U.S. public sector, announced that it has executed a service provider agreement with Honeywell to […]
NASA Science Leads New York City Climate Change 2015 Report
The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) 2015, co-chaired by a NASA researcher, published its latest report which details significant future increases in temperature, precipitation and sea level […]