JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) -- Air Force senior leaders from the active-duty, Reserve, Guard, and department civilians recently participated in a Department of the Air Force Total Force Integration, or TFI, symposium discussing how all components meet the demands of the total force.During the four-day event held March 14 -17, more than 3,700 Airmen, [...]
Could planetary protection considerations hinder our plans to send humans to Mars? The post Mars exploration and the debate about planetary protection appeared first on SpaceNews.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force selected Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to host the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center, which is the first center capable of joint and multinational force training. The JITTC will provide the ability for attendees to blend synthetic and live-fly training while focusing on training events [...]
The U.S. Space Force awarded a $1.6 million contract to a team led by Arkisys to demonstrate robotic satellite assembly. The post Arkisys and partners to show how they would build a satellite in orbit appeared first on SpaceNews.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. hosted Qatar Emiri Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Jassim Al-Mannai for an official counterpart visit March 16 to further deepen the strong U.S.-Qatar defense and security partnership. As part of the visit, Al-Mannai received a full honors arrival, was awarded a Legion [...]
ATL Partners, a private equity firm, announced March 20 it has formed a new holding company called LightRidge Solutions to oversee a portfolio of space and airborne sensors businesses The post ATL Partners forms new holding company focused on space and air sensors appeared first on SpaceNews.
Even as the space industry complains of a shortage of launch capacity, SpaceX said it has room to increase an already surging pace of launches. The post Space industry deals with launch shortage appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA’s effort to return samples from Mars is facing increasing costs that is putting pressure not just on other planetary science missions but also a major heliophysics mission. The post Mars Sample Return cost growth threatens other science missions appeared first on SpaceNews.
Satellogic, the South American company known for high-resolution multispectral imagery, is advertising Earth-observation satellites for $10 million or less. The post Satellogic sells Earth-imagery satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX launched the last two satellites March 17 that SES needs to claim C-band spectrum clearing proceeds worth nearly $4 billion in total. The post SpaceX launches final two satellites in SES C-band clearing plan appeared first on SpaceNews.
