LeoSat and partners put satellites on a diet
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – With partners Hispasat of Spain and Sky Perfect Jsat of Japan, LeoSat Enteprises will look for ways to make its satellites “better, faster...…
Virgin Galactic preparing for next phase of SpaceShipTwo test flight program
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Virgin Galactic’s chief executive says the company is approaching the “next phase” of the flight test program for the company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital ...…
Air Force funding three new rockets to compete with SpaceX but only intends to buy launch services from two providers
What does it mean that SpaceX did not receive a contract? “SpaceX does not need development money for Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy,” said Charles Miller, president of ...…
China to launch unmanned test flight of next-generation crewed spacecraft in 2019
HELSINKI — China will perform a first test flight of a full-scale 20-metric ton model of a successor to its Shenzhou spacecraft for human spaceflight next year...…
NASA addressing problems with Hubble and Chandra space telescopes
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — As one group of engineers continues to diagnose a gyro problem that has sidelined the Hubble Space Telescope, another is dealing with a problem ...…