The U.S. Space Command will be born Aug. 29. The new United States Space Command will officially be up and running by the end of the month, Vice President Mike Pence said today (Aug. 20) at a meeting of the National Space Council. The U.S. Space Command will be …
The Trump administration wants to get back to the moon—but Beijing's single-minded focus could outpace a NASA with competing priorities. Shortly after New Year’s Day, a boxy gold-toned spacecraft made a soft landing on a corner of the solar system never before visited from Earth: …
Musk promises roller-coaster feel to rocket flights around the world Elon Musk, no stranger to outlandish pledges, just teased around-the-world flights aboard one of his rockets. The chief executive of Tesla Inc. TSLA, +1.83% and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was tweeting about SpaceX’s latest mission when he veered toward the …
On the eve of Bastille Day, the president confirmed plans to boost the country's defense capabilities by harnessing outer space. China, Russia and the US have recently fueled fears about the militarization of space. French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday announced the creation of a new …
The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX likes the idea of an agency that provides “defense in space,” noting that the world might follow US President Donald Trump’s example and introduce their own space military departments as well. Musk gave his comments as a part of an interview …
Senator Ted Cruz wants Congress to approve the formation of a ‘space force’ tasked with protecting ‘the nation’ against space pirates. Naturally, the people of Twitter responded in an appropriately dramatic fashion. Cruz made the comments during a senate committee hearing on aviation and space on Tuesday. Cruz, …
Oh, to have a good night’s sleep! Indeed, many of us are sleep deprived; trudging around the workplace, lumbering the kids to-and-from school, like zombies auto piloted by coffee. In fact, according to the American Sleep Association, sleep deprivation is a significant issue. 35 percent of adults surveyed …
NASA is working hard to bring back U.S. astronauts to the lunar surface. U.S. space agency NASA initially set its return to the Moon in 2028. However, in response to Vice President Mike Pence’s challenge to uphold NASA’s mandate to move the U.S. Space industry forward, …
What happens to a spacecraft once it dies? When a spacecraft completes its mission or runs out of fuel, it's sent to what NASA calls a Spacecraft Cemetery. Three thousand miles off the Eastern coast of New Zealand and more than 2 miles deep, it's the …
The fact that the Defense Innovation Unit is even considering the idea of a space station in orbit is a pretty big deal -- and an even bigger deal if it grows over time to accommodate a human crew. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit wants options for …
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson called her office’s proposal for the new branch “a bold idea to dominate in space” in a Wednesday interview with CNBC’s Morgan Brennan.Wilson’s office estimated in a leaked memo it would cost about $13 billion for the first five years of …
Today, NASA executives announced that the space agency will open up parts of the International Space Station to more commercial opportunities, allowing companies unprecedented use of the space station’s facilities, including filming commercials or movies against the backdrop of space. NASA is also calling on …
The Pentagon is requesting $14.1 billion in the fiscal 2020 budget to invest in space operations, and a key part of that is the first allocation of funding for President Trump’s Space Force.More than $72 million would be to establish a headquarters for the Space …
