SpaceX overcame parachute, thruster problems in Crew Dragon development
WASHINGTON — To get a new, state-of-the-art crewed spacecraft ready to carry astronauts, SpaceX and NASA had to overcome problems with a technology long thought ...…
Air Force: Report on space acquisition reforms ‘not finalized’
The Air Force sent the report to congressional committees May 21 and notified them the next day that what they had received was not the final version.
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Two payloads qualified for U.S. Space Force early warning satellites
Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team designed competing sensor payloads for the Next-Gen OPIR geosynchronous satellites.
WASHINGTON — Two sensor payloads ...…
Rocket arrives as China targets July for Tianwen-1 Mars mission launch
HELSINKI — China is gearing up to launch its Tianwen-1 Mars mission following the delivery of a Long March 5 launch vehicle to Wenchang launch center.
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