August 2021 Space News |
- 38 RQS trains to support SpaceX, Boeing US Air Force 30 Aug 2021 -- Pararescuemen, aircrew flight equipment Airmen and maritime operations specialists assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, conducted rescue training in the Banana River and Atlantic Ocean near Patrick Space Force Base, Aug. 23-27.
- US army decides against purchasing more Iron Dome missile batteries from Israel Press TV 27 Aug 2021 -- The US military has decided not to purchase Israel's Iron Dome to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells after testing the purported all-weather aerial missile system earlier this summer.
- Space Development Agency Transitioning to U.S. Space Force DoD News 26 Aug 2021 -- The Space Development Agency has already started the process of transitioning from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the U.S. Space Force, said the agency's director.
- Spacecom Attains Initial Operational Capability, Commander Says DoD News 24 Aug 2021 -- The U.S. Space Command reached initial operational capability today and is on the path to meeting full operational capability in the near future, its commander said.
- Kendall, Raymond stress importance of space and Space Force's success in separate, high-profile speeches US Air Force 24 Aug 2021 -- Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall offered unambiguous support Aug. 24 for the still-evolving U.S. Space Force, noting the critical role space plays in the nation's security, the essential functions space enables in everyday life, and why access must be assured as space becomes more congested and contested.
- Chinese Astronauts Conduct Second Space Walk Outside New Space Station Module VOA 20 Aug 2021 -- The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) says two of the three crew members on board the Chinese space station module Tianhe have conducted their second spacewalk since the crew arrived there in June.
- AEGIS Ashore Romania Celebrates Five Years of BMD Contribution to NATO US Navy 19 Aug 2021 -- The Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System (AAMDS) located at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, Romania, celebrated the fifth anniversary of its shift to NATO Command and Control, as a U.S. contribution of capability to the Alliance, August 19, 2021.
- Bezos' Blue Origin Sues US Gov't Over $2.9Bln Lunar Landing Contract Given to SpaceX Sputnik 16 Aug 2021 -- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin filed a lawsuit against the US government over NASA's decision to award the $2.9 billion lunar landing contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX, a spokesperson said in a statement to Sputnik on Monday.
- After Near-Disaster With New Russian Space Module, More Murk Over Mysterious Holes RFE/RL 13 Aug 2021 -- When a newly arrived Russian module sent the International Space Station spinning and nearly knocked it off its orbit, experts and longtime space watchers held their breath, and then exhaled when no lasting damage was detected.
- Vice Admiral Discusses Potential of AI in Missile Defense Testing, Operations DoD News 12 Aug 2021 -- Mountains of data are generated when the U.S. military conducts missile testing, and not all of that data is even used, simply because there's more information to be processed than there are people to process it, the director of the Missile Defense Agency said.
- US Seeks Upgrade of Missile Defenses by Linking Multiple Sensors, Northrop Grumman Says Sputnik 10 Aug 2021 -- A contract for the next upgrade of the US Ground-Based Midcourse Missile Defense (GMD) system will attempt to fuse data from disparate sensors into a composite picture to improve the system's reliability, Northrop Grumman said on Tuesday.
- £9.5m investment for military space communications UK MOD 09 Aug 2021 -- The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have awarded a £9.5 million contract to In-Space Missions Ltd for the build of the Titania satellite, which will undertake vital research on the next-generation of communications technology.
- Boeing Says Starliner August Test Launch Still Possible VOA 09 Aug 2021 -- The aerospace company Boeing said Monday it could still test launch its Starliner crew capsule this month. The company had canceled a scheduled launch of the craft last week.
- AFMC takes on role as servicing major command for Space Force US Air Force 04 Aug 2021 -- Air Force Materiel Command is adding on a new role as the designated servicing major command for the U.S. Space Force.
- China rolls out extra-large tank parts and liquid booster engine for new heavy-lift carrier rocket Global Times 04 Aug 2021 -- Experts have hailed the development of China's super-heavy-lift Long March-9 carrier rocket as a milestone, as the country's first 9.5-meter-diameter rocket tank bottom and the liquid booster engine were rolled out in recent days.
- NASA: Boeing Starliner Crew Capsule Test Launch Indefinitely Postponed VOA 04 Aug 2021 -- The U.S. space agency, NASA, said the test flight of aerospace company Boeing's Starliner Crew Capsule, delayed twice in the past week, has now been put off indefinitely to allow more time to troubleshoot problems with the spacecraft.
- Space Command, Navy Share Commonalities in Keeping Open Lines of Communication DoD News 03 Aug 2021 -- The oceans are big, but space is even bigger, the commander of U.S. Space Command said. Still, the Navy and Space Command share a lot in terms of what they do, and there's opportunity for both to leverage off of each other to increase their effectiveness in carrying out their missions.
- China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-3 completes new monitoring missions PLA Daily 01 Aug 2021 -- China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-3 returned to its homeport in east China's Jiangsu Province Sunday after completing a new round of maritime monitoring missions.
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