Blue Origin is flying its own hardware as a payload. Even though it doesn’t have a paying customer, a successful flight would mark the first of two required certification flights needed by the U.S. Space Force so it could potentially be awarded lucrative future national security missions alongside SpaceX and ULA.
A SpaceX Starlink launch on Wednesday tied the 2023 record, which saw a combination of 68 launches from SpaceX, three from United Launch Alliance and one from Relativity Space, from pads at either Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
A bipartisan group of 125 lawmakers is urging the leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services committees to maintain the authority of governors over their state’s National Guard forces as the Air Force proposes moving some of them into the Space Force.
The entire Florida National Guard was joined by Guard forces from at least seven other states as they began route clearance, search and rescue, and other missions before dawn Thursday after the fast-moving storm struck Wednesday night.
Friday saw a critical test of the Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. joint venture’s ability to loft spy satellites for the U.S. government. The Pentagon has been putting pressure on the company and levying fines over delays with Vulcan.
The first site is on the northwest coast of Australia, the second site is planned for Wales, and the final site will be in the U.S. The three nations will operate the arrays together, producing a “game-changing” radar system.
New Glenn rockets are more than twice as powerful than the Falcon 9. It’s the debut that could see Blue Origin compete alongside SpaceX and ULA for lucrative national security missions in the future.
Monarch Joint Venture, a nonprofit that supports butterfly populations, has been working with the Defense Department to monitor the insects at dozens of military installations in the U.S.
The U.S. Army captured bragging rights as the year’s top military Call of Duty team, defeating squads from the U.S., U.K. and Canadian armed services to win the glittering trophy at Call of Duty Endowment Bowl V.
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that if he is reelected to the White House, he will create a Space National Guard to support the newest military branch that he established under his previous term in office.