NDAA 2025: Guard Transfers, CASR, and Commercial Ops
The House’s draft of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act would move forward with a hotly-contested plan to transfer space-focused Air National Guard members to the Space Force.
Pentagon Frets About ULA’s Vulcan Delays
“Currently there is military satellite capability sitting on the ground due to Vulcan delays.”
The Space Force Needs to Grow Up, Says CNAS
America’s newest military branch still has some maturing to do to earn the respect and support of the public and the nation’s adversaries, according to analysts.
FAA Prepares an EIS for Starship KSC Operations
The FAA is planning an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess SpaceX’s proposed modifications for Starship operations at KSC site LC-39A.
NASA Stuck in the Middle of Starliner Contractors’ Valve Fight
ValveTech CEO Erin Faville publicly urged NASA to cancel the launch of Boeing’s crewed Starliner “due to the risk of a disaster.”
International Partnerships Complicate Space Registry, State Says
The US needs to communicate better with both the private sector and international partners about objects in orbit as space becomes more global, a State Department official said Thursday.
2024 Q1 Orbital Launches by Country
There were 63 orbital launch attempts worldwide in the first quarter of 2024—10 more than the same time last year—and more than half of the record-breaking quarter can be attributed to SpaceX.
Redwire Returns First Bioprinted Cardiac Tissue from ISS
Redwire also returned 36 experiments from another module which grows pharmaceutical crystals.
Starliner by the Numbers: Payload Research
With Starliner slated to transport crew to the ISS for the first time next week, we’re digging into all the money spent to get here—from NASA’s contributions and seat pricing to the total development expenditures.
Xona Raises $19M Series A
Xona Space Systems is working to build an alternative to GPS in LEO, and it’s just secured an additional $19M to make that goal a reality.
Exclusive: Pixxel, Enabled Intelligence Team Up
Pixxel and Enabled Intelligence are announcing a new partnership under which the data labeling startup will annotate the space company’s hyperspectral imagery.
Russia Defends Veto of Nuclear Weapon Ban in Orbit at UN
Russia went toe to toe with the rest of the world on Monday at the UN General Assembly, where officials overwhelmingly condemned Moscow’s veto last month of a measure reaffirming that nuclear weapons would not be placed in orbit.
