Two major aerospace organizations are moving house. The UK Space Agency announced yesterday that it’s moving its HQ from Swindon to Oxfordshire and opening three additional satellite offices. Stateside, Aerospace Corp. announced that it will base its operations outside DC instead of in El Segundo, where the majority of its employees reside.
Research and development lab Aerospace Corp. moved its headquarters this week to Virginia from El Segundo but reaffirmed its commitment to its South Bay campus by announcing a $100-million investment there.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched at 5:30 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida as part of the USSF-124 mission, to deliver six satellites into orbit under the National Security Space Launch Program (NSSL).
Congressional inaction coupled with core inflation, have resulted in the first reduction in budgetary buying power for the U.S. Space Force for FY 2025, placing research and development at risk.
Melanie Stricklan, co-founder and former CEO of Slingshot Aerospace, was appointed executive director of Space Workforce 2030.
Troy Meink, principal deputy director of the NRO, said the agency is leveraging new commercial capabilities for certain missions where small satellites can meet requirements at lower cost.
Making a lasting impact on the future of STEM, Latinas continue to find opportunities where they can excel and break the glass ceiling for the next generation of Latina leaders.
The past week saw a one-two punch of U.S. budgets for federal space programs, with Congress passing the final spending bill for fiscal year 2024
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Cargo Vanguard program gets “real boy” status as a Space Force prototype effort — and a new name, Point-to-Point Delivery (P2PD) — in the service’s fiscal 2025 budget request.
On SpaceX’s 22nd birthday, Starship put on a show. The rocket’s 49-minute flight out of Starbase, Texas was overwhelmingly successful—Starship reached orbital velocity, opened and closed the payload door that will deploy Starlink sats on future flights, and initiated a propellant transfer.
