As the Space Force looks to improve its live testing and training capabilities, the service is considering upgrading existing satellites with more robust sensors to support that mission. Through a ...

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft experienced multiple thruster and helium leak issues, delaying its return to Earth. A successful hot fire test of the spacecraft's reaction control system (RCS) thrusters ...

Orbit Fab tested its GRIP satellite refueling nozzle at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Credit: Orbit Fab WASHINGTON — Orbit Fab, a ...

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B spaceplane is conducting a groundbreaking mission involving a novel aerobraking maneuver to dispose of unneeded equipment. This maneuver uses atmospheric drag to rapidly ...

The Defense Ministry provides further details regarding its successful launch of the “Ofek-19” satellite into space today at 10:30 p.m., using a “Shavit” launcher at Palmachim airbase, alongside the ...

After several years of lab-testing ideas for orbital manufacturing technology, the US Department of Defense's research arm has decided to head into orbit for the latest round of experiments. … DARPA's ...

Lockheed Martin (LMT) announced today that it has completed on-orbit testing of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, designated MUOS-1, paving the way for the U.S. Navy’s ...

Startup small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit on July 10 completed what it expects to be the final unpowered flight test of its two-stage, liquid-fueled LauncherOne expendable rocket, clearing ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the first ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the first ...