Author: Pat Host

United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno insists Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 engine is still in contention to serve as the first stage of ULA’s Vulcan next- generation launch vehicle, despite rumors...

Rocket reusability, Earth observation and big data promise to be hot topics at the 33rd Space Symposium, taking place in Colorado Springs, Colorado this week. Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) President Eric Stallmer...

Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., defended intervening in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program because he didn’t want the program, and its potential...

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Despite a vision from top Air Force officers that reusable rockets can play roles in future military missions, a conservative safety culture on launch ranges and institutional...

[Via Satellite 10-18-2016] Though the Pentagon sees “great leverage” in some of the small satellite developments that industry is bringing forward, it still needs to figure out how to properly...

[Via Satellite 08-02-2016] The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently expressed pessimism that the Defense Department’s (DOD) new Principal Deputy Space Adviser (PDSA) could truly improve how the Pentagon...

[Via Satellite 07-14-2016] Procurement bureaucracy and Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations are discouraging small businesses from contracting with NASA, according to industry executives. Carol Craig, president and CEO of Craig...

[Via Satellite 06-27-2016] Debate over the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation’s (AST) dual role of both promotion and oversight dominated House Transportation aviation subcommittee’s first hearing in seven years...

[Via Satellite 06-09-2016] Moon Express and SpaceIL are the only two Google Lunar Xprize competitors to have produced the verified launch contracts required to stay in the $30 million contest...

[Via Satellite 05-11-2016] U.S. President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is proposing legislation that would provide a narrowly-tailored authorization process for newly-contemplated and pioneering commercial space...