Last week, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein announced a solicitation for proposals for the collection of lunar regolith by private companies.This surprising announcement is yet another part of NASA’s efforts to return to the Moon (with the first woman and next man) and establish a sustained presence on Earth’s closest celestial neighbor.
Read More »Boeing to face independent ethics probe over lunar lander bid, Reuters reports
Boeing to face independent ethics probe over lunar lander bid, Reuters reports
Read More »Board-Level Qualification Testing for Rad-Hard MOSFET Packaging
For Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) QPL qualification, high-reliability rad hard MOSFETs undergo extensive screening and quality-conformance testing to ensure that devices perform to specification in the harshest environments, sometimes for 15 years and longer. Both the US and European communities have developed specifications detailing quality conformance testing sequence.
Read More »Northrop Grumman wins $13.3bn nuclear missile contract from U.S. Air Force
Northrop Grumman wins $13.3bn nuclear missile contract from U.S. Air Force
Read More »Amergint completes acquisition of Raytheon’s space-based optics business
Amergint completes acquisition of Raytheon's space-based optics business
Read More »NASA Seeks Next Class of Flight Directors for Human Spaceflight
NASA Seeks Next Class of Flight Directors for Human Spaceflight
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: ESPI Brief 43 – U.S. Defense Space Strategy
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the European Space Policy Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is ESPI Briefs No. 43: ‘The new U.S. Defense Space Strategy’, originally published in July 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Global Maritime Awareness is Gaining Focus
The US Naval Intelligence Maritime Intelligence Integration Office (NMIO) recently hosted a virtual meeting sponsored by NATO ACT (Allied Command Transformation) on tools being used to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: Talking With Renesas About Rad-Hard Devices
Lately there has been a lot of attention paid to the heavens. Specifically, near-Earth space, between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geosynchronous. We recently pointed out in “Money! In! Space!” that there is a business renaissance in space businesses and the related infrastructures. Startups in the space (pun intended) have been expanding old applications, creating new ones, and promising ones over the horizon, from intraorbital satellite taxis to future honeymoon lunar “cruises”.
Read More »Arianespace postpones Vega/SSMS launch due to storm over South Korea
Arianespace postpones Vega/SSMS launch due to storm over South Korea
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