Coronavirus
Scout wins defense contract to demonstrate utility of commercial data from sensors in space
Startup Scout Space won a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force to augment military systems with commercial data from space-based sensors
NASA hosted payloads waiting for rides to orbit
NASA continues to face difficulties in sending some of its payloads to orbit as hosted payloads on commercial satellites.
Preparing for a Space Symposium like no other
The 36th annual Space Symposium expects to attract 7,500 to 8,000 attendees to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs and a virtual platform streaming presentations and discussions.
Recruiting in trying times: How Lockheed Martin Space hired thousands (plus 700 interns) in a pandemic
Almost overnight, Lockheed Martin Space with about 23,000 employees switched from its traditional in-person approach to virtual recruitment, interviewing and training.
From the pandemic to going public: Space startups face hiring challenges
For many companies in the industry, filling job openings can seem as difficult as rocket science. For others, it simply involves rockets.
Efforts to streamline security clearances slowed, not halted by pandemic
For years, space industry executives bemoaned the amount of time employees waited for security clearance investigations to conclude. While there are some improvements, the COVID-19 pandemic slowed some clearance investigations.
Pandemic forces university space programs to adapt
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the task of training the next generation of aerospace engineers and entrepreneurs.
Researchers explore COVID-19’s environmental impact
Researchers are continuing to explore the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Earth’s environment and to consider any implications for public policy.
Virgin Galactic delays SpaceShipTwo test flight because of pandemic
Virgin Galactic is postponing a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle that was scheduled for this week after the state of New Mexico reinstated a stay-at-home order in response to a surge of COVID-19 cases.
Euroconsult: Record number of smallsats launched in 2020
Despite the coronavirus and the challenges that the pandemic has presented to the space industry, the number of satellites launched in 2020 will hit an all-time record.
Pentagon has not shown COVID stimulus helps small businesses, says HASC chairman
Rep. Adam Smith: “We remain concerned that COVID relief money isn’t getting to the right people."
Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic
Arianespace on Aug. 15 launched two communications satellites and a satellite servicer on an Ariane 5 rocket, completing the company’s first launch since the reopening of the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
Coronavirus adds to ViaSat-3 launch delay
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed some work on the first ViaSat-3 broadband satellite, making a launch in mid-2021 unlikely, Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg said Aug. 7.
Senate pandemic relief bill offers $1.5 billion for NASA
A coronavirus pandemic spending package introduced in the Senate this week would provide $1.5 billion in supplemental funding for NASA, although agency leadership says the exact amount of money the agency needs to cover its costs remains to be determined.
VOX Space president questions DoD’s handling of stimulus funding for small launch industry
Mandy Vaughn said notifying companies of contract awards and immediately rescinding them shows “a little bit of discombobulation."
Industry executive: Defense Production Act small launch contracts should have been competed
SmallSat Alliance Chairman Chuck Beames: 'I think they messed up.'
