The Air Force continues to grapple with how to protect its on-orbit space assets in the wake of China's successful test of an anti-satellite weapon in January, according to senior service officials. "First [we have to] make sure we have the situational awareness," Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne told reporters at the Air…

A shortage of funds will mean that NASA will see a delay of up to six months for the scheduled first launch of the next-generation Orion-Ares crew exploration vehicle, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said Feb. 28. That will only lengthen further an already "unseemly" four-year gap from when the existing space shuttle fleet is scheduled…

Members of the House Science Committee lambasted the oversight of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program in a May 11 hearing, citing soaring costs, schedules missed and performance fees paid to the contractor when some performance goals were not met. During an hours-long, heated hearing, Johnnie Frazier, the U.S. Department of Commerce…