O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which engineers ...

The Naval Research Laboratory has demonstrated a fully autonomous satellite ... to military users are in high demand from defense agencies like the Space Force and U.S. Space Command.

Redwire's space business will now become a defense business ... to observe things close up and in greater detail than perhaps satellite imagery alone could do. So that's what Edge does for ...

The Czech satellite SATurnin-1 has been placed in orbit thanks to cooperation with Elon Musk's company, SpaceX. It is the ...

Read about Space Force's contracting opportunity forecast for commercial satellite services in fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

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Bra manufacturer Playtex was called on to stitch together the space suits worn by Apollo astronauts after beating defense contractors to the job ...

Heavy internal losses and competition from Elon Musk's Starlink have led Europe's two largest players - Airbus and Thales Alenia Space - to consider pooling satellite activities in a new venture ...