Department of Defense Awards Relativity Space New Responsive Launch Contract
Thursday, 18 March 2021 06:04
Relativity Space has been awarded its first orbital launch contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
This contract was awarded as a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Launch Enterprise follow-up effort to the DoD Space Test Program (STP) Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI) to identify capable commercial solutions for low-cost Lockheed Martin well-positioned to capitalize on key technologies with Aerojet Rocketdyne acquisition
Thursday, 18 March 2021 06:04
Following the news that Aerojet Rocketdyne's shareholders have voted to approve the Lockheed Martin acquisition;
Anthony Endresen, Aerospace and Defense Associate Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on what this deal will mean for Lockheed Martin:
"If Lockheed Martin's acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne is successful, the company will be well-p AFRL exchange officer leads international space collaboration
Thursday, 18 March 2021 06:04
Air Force Research Laboratory exchange officer to the United Kingdom Capt. Jacob Singleton, plays an important role in promoting international cooperation in military research, development and acquisition among the United Kingdom (UK), United States and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.
Through the Department of Defense Engineer and Scientist Exchange program, Singleton h Mapping Liberia's ecosystems to understand their value
Thursday, 18 March 2021 06:04
Conservation scientist Trond Larsen and his team trekked through a remote forest in Liberia, recording the plants, animals, and insects that they saw. They noted whether the forest was intact or degraded. Far above their heads, NASA's Earth-observing satellites collected data about the terrain as the satellites continued their well-travelled orbits over Africa.
The data collected by the te Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland's ice
Thursday, 18 March 2021 06:04
In 1963, inside a covert U.S. military base in northern Greenland, a team of scientists began drilling down through the Greenland ice sheet. Piece by piece, they extracted an ice core 4 inches across and nearly a mile long. At the very end, they pulled up something else - 12 feet of frozen soil.
The ice told a story of Earth's climate history. The frozen soil was examined, set aside and th The world's oldest crater from a meteorite isn't an impact crater after all
Thursday, 18 March 2021 06:04
Several years after scientists discovered what was considered the oldest crater a meteorite made on the planet, another team found it's actually the result of normal geological processes.
During fieldwork at the Archean Maniitsoq structure in Greenland, an international team of scientists led by the University of Waterloo's Chris Yakymchuk found the features of this region are inconsistent Nelson expected to be nominated for NASA administrator
Thursday, 18 March 2021 02:05
WASHINGTON — The White House plans to nominate Bill Nelson to be the next administrator of NASA, putting the former senator in charge of the agency he once advocated for on Capitol Hill.
According to several sources, the administration is expected to formally announce the nomination as soon as March 19.
Recruiting startup Evona expands to serve global market
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 21:41
SAN FRANCISCO – Evona, a U.K. space industry recruiting startup, is preparing to establish a U.S. office as part of a campaign to help satisfy global demand for space sector employees.
Bristol-based Evona has been growing rapidly since it was founded in 2019 to recruit workers for entrepreneurial space companies.
NASA performs full-duration SLS Green Run static-fire test
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 21:21
WASHINGTON — NASA completed what appeared to be a successful static-fire test of the core stage of the Space Launch System March 18, two months after a similar test was cut short by technical problems.
The SLS core stage, mounted on a test stand at the Stennis Space Center, ignited its four RS-25 engines at 4:37 p.m.
Op-ed | Don’t discount the FAA’s role in the private space race
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 20:19
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has disrupted long-held beliefs of how the space business works and permanently expanded thinking about government contracting with industry. This impact has been felt throughout the national security, civil, and commercial space enterprises. Because of the lawsuit that it settled with the Air Force in 2015, old assumptions about the government’s launch market for national security launch services are gone.
Rogers: Proposed cuts to military spending ‘my biggest concern’
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 20:05
WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said March 18 that he will challenge any proposed cuts to the Defense Department’s budget and called on the U.S.
Apax Partners seeks buyers for maritime connectivity provider Marlink
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 19:30
TAMPA, Fla. — Marlink’s private equity owners have put the maritime connectivity provider up for sale, according to industry sources close to the matter.
A private equity source said Apax Partners, which bought Marlink from Airbus for an undisclosed sum in 2016, has hired bankers to explore a sale process.
For some scientists, Mars 2020 is a mission of perseverance
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 19:28
NASA testing giant rocket for next Moon mission
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 19:20
NASA was preparing for a key static test of its troubled Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Thursday as the agency prepares to return to the Moon.
The second "hot fire" test will see all four of the rocket's RS-25 engines fire simultaneously and achieve a maximum of 1.6 million pounds of thrust (7.1 million newtons).
A two-hour window for the test began at 3:00 pm Eastern time (1900 GMT). At around 4:00pm, NASA said the text was expected within 45 minutes.
It will be the second such test involving the 212-foot (65-meter) high core stage at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, after the first was cut short in January.
Air Force to build space environment research facility in New Mexico
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 17:57
WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate announced plans to open a new facility later this year focused on space environment research.
The Skywave Technology Laboratory will be a 3,500 square foot, $3.5 million facility located in a remote area on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, AFRL said March 18.