The U.S. Space Force wants to know what the space domain awareness software tracking capabilities industry can provide as it looks to phase out multiple old systems at many operating locations that serve the SDA mission.

The first of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines earmarked for the debut flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket arrived at the manufacturer’s West Texas facility on July 31 for acceptance testing. 

The U.S. Space Force is set to complete its Space-Based Infrared System missile detection and missile warning constellation this week with the launch of GEO-6 set for Aug. 4.

The recent release of the first science imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a spectacular hint of what is to come from the challenging space observatory—dramatic new imagery and scientific insight into the formation of the first stars and galaxies.

NASA’s Canadian, European and Japanese space agency partners are speaking enthusiastically about the potential for advances in science and technology during the remaining years of the International Space Station and plans by the U.S. agency to transition those activities to commercial successors.

President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to be the second chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force.

Boston Materials and Textron have agreed to jointly develop a new thermal protection system they say will enable a reusable rocket to be launched “again within hours of reentry into the atmosphere.”

NASA and the European Space Agency are dropping plans for a dedicated Mars rover to fetch rock and soil samples being collected by the ongoing Perseverance science rover.