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RPO itself is nothing new. In a report last September, the Secure World Foundation, a private foundation promoting cooperative solutions in space, detailed dozens of military RPO operations in geostationary and low earth orbits since the Cold War. Most of these involve American, Russian, or Chinese spacecraft sidling up to each…

On behalf of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris awarded former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor Tuesday for their bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space Station in 2020...Read More

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 2-6 mission with 49 Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload for the Italian company D-Orbit. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the…

Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft suffered damage at the International Space Station (ISS) in December when a leak caused it to lose a large amount of coolant. Following an investigation, NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, decided to send a replacement Soyuz spacecraft on February 20. But the unusual incident left the…

Elon Musk’s owned SpaceX has officially launched its Starlink satellite internet services in Nigeria, making Nigeria the first Africa country to have Starlink. Recall that SpaceX had announced back in May, 2022 that it had gained approval from the Nigerian government to begin operation in the country and on January…

Vice President Kamala Harris will award former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 4:15 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hurley and Behnken will receive the award for bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space Station in 2020...Read…

Home References Spaceflight The Polaris Dawn crew, from left to right: Anna Menon, Scott "Kidd" Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis. (Image credit: Polaris Program/John Kraus) Polaris Dawn is the gate-opener mission to the larger Polaris Program, a set of at least three anticipated missions bankrolled by a billionaire.  The…

Honoring our fallen heroes … Working on a nuclear option for space travel … And the next crewed mission to the space station …  A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Day of Remembrance: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance…

SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk told jurors on Monday he was sure he had locked up financial support from Saudi investors in 2018 to take his electric car maker Tesla Inc. private, and could even have used his stake in rocket company SpaceX to fund a buyout. At the trial…

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at the LC-2 pad in Virginia.Photo: Rocket Lab Observers along the U.S. East Coast could be in for a treat this week, as Rocket Lab is set to perform the first launch of an Electron rocket from its new Virginia launch pad. Rocket Lab, SpaceX, and…