Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit scored a success today on its second try to reach orbit. The LauncherOne air-launched rocket delivered 10 NASA-sponsored cubesats on this second demonstration [...]
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket fires its NewtonThree main engine moments after release from the Boeing 747 carrier jet, named “Cosmic Girl.” Credit: Virgin Orbit An air-launched rocket built [...]
Key point: Lasers could help knock out or fry enemy nuclear missiles. However, it would not be perfect defense. Space-based anti-missile laser weapons calls many military possibilities to [...]
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of January 17-23, 2021 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate will be in session for part of the week. [...]
OneWeb has now revealed that it has acquired additional funding from Hughes Network Systems and SoftBank Group. OneWeb is working on building a space-based global communications network that [...]
Lockheed Martin has completed assembly and testing of the Orion Artemis I spacecraft and has transferred possession to NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team on Jan. 14. Assembled at [...]
On Saturday, NASA undertook a hot fire test of the core stage for the agency’sSpace Launch System(SLS) rocket. This is the core of the craft that will launch theArtemis Imission to the [...]
The Space Launch System’s four RS-25 engines fire during an abbreviated Green Run test Saturday. Credit: NASA A critical test-firing of NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket in Mississippi ended [...]
NASA fired up the core stage of its massive new rocket — the Space Launch System (SLS) — on Saturday (Jan. 16) in a critical test that ended prematurely when the booster’s engines shut down [...]
The much-anticipated hot fire test of the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage ended today after about just one minute instead of the scheduled eight minutes. NASA is assessing the [...]