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DoD industrial base plan targets weak links in supply chains (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — U.S. defense officials said Oct. 29 the Pentagon is evaluating measures to address critical vulnerabilities in the defense industrial supply chain. This […]
Korean SAR satellite firm Lumir goes public; Shares slide after initial rally (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean satellite developer Lumir saw its share decline steadily following a brief rally on its first day […]
Mysterious features on asteroid Vesta may be explained by saltwater (Image Credit: Space.com) On a large asteroid named Vesta, mysteriously curved gullies and fan-shaped deposits may have formed from short-lived flows of saltwater, a new study reports — a discovery that’s quite surprising because Vesta shouldn’t really have any water at all. Vesta, the second […]
Boeing considers selling its space business, including Starliner: report (Image Credit: Space.com) Boeing may sell off its space business, including its Starliner program, amid large financial losses for the company, a media report suggests. The discussions are said to be “at an early stage,” according to an exclusive in the Wall Street Journal. The reported […]
SpaceX’s Starship booster was ‘1 second away’ from aborting epic launch-tower catch (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX’s historic rocket catch earlier this month was even more dramatic than it looked. That catch occurred on Oct. 13, during the fifth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket. Starship’s huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, came back to […]
Once You Notice This Weird Thing About James Webb Space Telescope Images, You Won’t Be Able to Unsee It (Image Credit: futurism-com) Weird, but cool. Pointy Perfection Ever notice something about those images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — other than the fact that they look absolutely incredible, that is? If they felt […]
Jeff Bezos Reportedly Has Secretive “Personal Reasons” for Wanting to Escape to Mars (Image Credit: futurism-com) “There’s no democracy in space.” Deep Lore At some point, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos reportedly made a cryptic admission to a power broker — and that strange comment is taking on new significance in light of another recent […]
Space Force Component Eyes More Exercises in Indo-Pacific (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 22, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article Two years after standing up, U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific is bolstering partnerships and expanding exercises across the Indo-Pacific theater, said Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Mastalir, the Space Force’s first component commander. The command is replacing […]
Space Force Adds 6 New Satellites to Its MEO Missile Warning Constellation (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 23, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article Space Systems Command is adding six more satellites to its medium-Earth orbit missile warning/missile tracking constellation, awarding a $386 million contract to Millennium Space Systems. The order doubles to 12 spacecraft […]
SDA Sets Approved Vendor Pool to Compete for Experimental Satellites (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 23, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article The Space Development Agency has created a pool of non-traditional defense space vendors to compete for experimental and demonstration satellite contracts in low-Earth orbit, director Derek M. Tournear announced Oct. 23. The Hybrid […]
