On Aug. 21, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the Boeing-built X-37B Space Force space plane to orbit on its eighth mission.

It won't have any crew, but the U.S. Space Force is set to send the Boeing-built X-37B spacecraft—which looks like a miniature space shuttle—back for a long-duration mission to orbit during a ...

Studying the signals that humanity beams through the solar system has allowed a team of NASA researchers to pinpoint where and when astronomers should hunt for alien technosignatures.

With the particular needs of scientists and engineers in mind, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have co-designed with Micron a new hardware-software ...

Free-space optical (FSO) communication systems are growing in popularity due to the features they offer for Civilian and Defence applications. Features like high data rates, non-licensed spectrum, and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Vadem Clio is a handheld ...

In this paper, a conventional multiuser space-time line code (MSTLC) transmission scheme is enhanced to a new enhanced MSTLC (EMSTLC).

Space Force part-time roles will be “role-specific and designed to be episodic,” covering functions such as test and evaluation, training support, education and headquarters staff work.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to eliminate environmental protection rules for commercial space companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin.

As thousands of satellites go to orbit each year, traffic control is getting ever more complicated.

The contract, awarded under NASA’s Flight Opportunities program managed by the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, tasked Momentus to conduct a terrestrial study that explored ...