24 June 2020
US steps up space weaponisation rhetoric
... by creating, within the Department of Defense, the US Space Command, to plan for combat; the Space Development Agency, to speed up acquisition; and, with Congress’ approval, the US Space Force, to cultivate personnel. Kitay sees it all as “the...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... coronavirus-free and, potentially, the safest place for humans on or off Earth The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMSC), responsible for Space Force procurement, plans to maintain the flow of contracts to small businesses and support innovative...
07 June 2021
Bezos to join auction winner on first crewed New Shepard flight
... Launch Alliance, a Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture, following the US Space Force’s decision to no longer work with the company on phase 2 of its National Security Space Launch project. The company are however in the lead when it comes...
24 November 2021
NASA successfully launches its DART mission
...9 rocket carrying NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has launched from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Launch time was 10:21 pm PST on 23 November (1:21 am 24 November). Shortly after launch...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
... most of the Artemis program) will see the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS), receive $2,585.9 million, of which... was requested – for the establishment of the US’s new Space Force. This soon-to-be sixth military service can now be created after...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
... firm said. In further developments, Kavandi said Sierra Nevada officials were planning to tour the space center and adjacent Cape Canaveral Space Force Station this week to search for a suitable building to process Dream Chaser between launches...
