Washington DC (UPI) Apr 8, 2025
NASA will kick off its 31st annual Rover Competition this week in Alabama, giving students from around the world a chance to show their engineering prowess in the space agency's " obstacle course games. On Friday, student teams will gather for NASA's annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge near the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville to compete at the U.S. Space & Rocket Cen

Image: P160C solid-propellant rocket motor rolls out to its test stand

The program will distribute unclassified threat data to more than 900 space companies registered through the Space Systems Command's "Front Door" portal

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Redwire and ispace U.S. have agreed to collaborate on future lunar missions, seeking to tap into what the companies see as growing interest from companies and governments.

Astroscale U.S. will refuel two U.S. Space Force spacecraft in geostationary orbit on a mission scheduled for launch in 2026.

Gen. Stephen Whiting said the Pentagon is actively pursuing cutting-edge technologies and establishing requirements for new capabilities to counter China in space

"We are finally at the cusp for both nuclear electric propulsion and nuclear thermal propulsion," said Kristin Houston, president of space propulsion and power systems at L3Harris Technologies