A Blue Origin-led team has completed an assessment of system requirements for an integrated landing platform intended to support NASA's Artemis mission to the moon.
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright and Terry Broadman, a 35-year Alliant Techsystems veteran, have joined the advisory board of Firefly Aerospace.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 8, 2019 “” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) hired former NASA acting administrator Robert Lightfoot to serve as vice president of strategy and business development for the space sector beginning Monday, GovCon Wire reported April 30. Lightfoot, a past Wash100 awardee, joins four other recent business development executive appointments at the company […] More
NASA has pushed back from 2019 to May 2020 the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope to give the program’s engineers more time to test and integrate the telescope and spacecraft components. “All the observatory's flight hardware is now complete, however, the issues brought to light with the spacecraft element are prompting us to take […] More
Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security, NASA and the Small Business Administration will serve as keynote speakers at the Senior Executives Association’s 2017 Presidential Rank Awards Leadership Summit on Dec. 7. DHS Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot Jr. and SBA Administrator Linda McMahon will headline the inaugural event, which aims to recognize the service of […] More
NASA has concluded a comprehensive review of the potential launch schedule for an integrated flight test of Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. The space agency said Thursday it assessed the impact of manufacturing and supply challenges on Orion’s first European service module as well as tornado damage that affected the space agency’s New Orleans-based Michoud […] More
NASA has wrapped up a technical and programmatic assessment of the Orion spacecraft, which the agency is building with Lockheed Martin in a bid to send astronauts to an asteroid or Mars. The agency pledged $6.77 billion to fund Orion development efforts from October 2015 through the spacecraft’s initial crewed mission by April 2023 following […] More
