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US DoD space access program
The Space Test Program (STP) is the primary provider of spaceflight for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) space science and technology community
Space_Test_Program
Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
in July 2017, SpaceX announced that the first test flight would take place in December 2017, pushing the second launch (Space Test Program 2) to June 2018
Falcon_Heavy
List of launches of SpaceX's fully reusable Starship
Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)". Space.com. Retrieved January 16, 2025. Davenport, Justin (May 22, 2025). "Starship program at critical
List_of_Starship_launches
The United States space programs include NASA for civil space, the United States Space Force for military space, and the National Reconnaissance Office
List of space programs of the United States
List_of_space_programs_of_the_United_States
NASA-led lunar exploration program
The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aimed at returning humans
Artemis_program
NASA rocket engine testing facility in Mississippi
of the Mississippi Test Facility (now known as Stennis Space Center) on Oct. 25, 1961, for testing engines for the Apollo Program. A high-terrace area
Stennis_Space_Center
Space launch vehicle
carrying the HTV-2a Hypersonic Test Vehicle. Its first orbital launch occurred on September 26, 2010, placing the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite
Minotaur_IV
Space exploration program conducted by the Soviet Union from 1951 to 1991
missile tests in 1948. In the 1950s, the Soviet program was formalized, led by Sergei Korolev. The Soviet space program set many records in space exploration
Soviet_space_program
Effort by SpaceX to make rockets that can fly multiple times
Also in May 2014, SpaceX announced an extensive test program for a reusable, powered landing space capsule called DragonFly. The tests were to be run in
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program
1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
Applications Program, which consisted of Skylab, a space station that supported three crewed missions in 1973–1974, and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, a
Apollo_program
American spaceflight and AI company
Force Space and Missile Systems Center awarded SpaceX two EELV-class missions: Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) and Space Test Program 2 (STP-2)
SpaceX
Expendable launch system program of the United States Space Force
NSSL program launches the nation's most valuable military satellites; contracts to launch lower value payloads, such as those of the Space Test Program, are
National Security Space Launch
National_Security_Space_Launch
U.S. Space Force space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command
the spacecraft, and the Space Systems Division was developing the Titan IIIM booster. However, the program only had a single test flight, OPS 0855, before
Space_Systems_Command
Reusable superheavy-lift general-purpose launch vehicle
Artemis program, with a docking test as part of Artemis III, currently scheduled for 2027, and a crewed lunar landing scheduled for 2028. SpaceX began
SpaceX_Starship
2015 space flight simulation video game
Kerbal Space Program is a 2015 space flight simulation video game developed by Mexican studio Squad for Linux, macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation
Kerbal_Space_Program
American space and aeronautics agency
and Space Administration (NASA /ˈnæsə/) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as
NASA
Spaceflight programme in China
The China Manned Space Program (CMS; Chinese: 中国载人航天工程; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zàirén Hángtiān Gōngchéng), also known as Project 921 (Chinese: 九二一工程; pinyin:
China_Manned_Space_Program
Launch facilities used by SpaceX
addition, SpaceX uses a suborbital test facility, the SpaceX Rocket Development and Test Facility in McGregor, Texas. It is also where it tests all Merlin
SpaceX_facilities
1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which
Space_Shuttle_program
National space program of North Korea
The North Korean space program is the program of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to develop its space capabilities. North Korea first claimed
North_Korean_space_program
space programs, both civilian and military, through regulatory agencies. The early history of U.S. space policy is linked to the U.S.–Soviet Space Race
Space policy of the United States
Space_policy_of_the_United_States
Space Shuttle test vehicle, used for glide tests
September 17, 1976, it was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from a modified Boeing
Space_Shuttle_Enterprise
2020s class of partially reusable spacecraft
final flight test of the spacecraft before it began carrying astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Prior to
SpaceX_Dragon_2
Fifth launch of SpaceX Starship
Starship flight test 5 was the fifth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle, and the first "catch" at the launch tower of a returning Super Heavy
Starship_flight_test_5
NASA human spaceflight program for the International Space Station
The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) provides commercially operated crew transportation service to and from the International Space Station (ISS) under contract
Commercial_Crew_Program
First integrated test launch of SpaceX Starship
Starship flight test 1 was the maiden flight of the integrated SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on April 20, 2023. The
Starship_flight_test_1
Use of outer space for military aims
militarisation of space involved the placement and development of weaponry and military technology in outer space. The early exploration of space in the mid-20th
Militarisation_of_space
Family of SpaceX spacecraft
from the ISS. The Cargo Dragon continues to carry cargo under the CRS program. SpaceX has also proposed versions named Red Dragon for Mars exploration and
SpaceX_Dragon
Reusable robotic spaceplane used by US military since 2010
Defense in 2004. Until 2019, the program was managed by Air Force Space Command. An X-37 first flew during a drop test in 2006; its first orbital mission
Boeing_X-37
NASA space program partnership with space companies
After completion of its test series, a Crew Dragon spacecraft made its first operational Commercial Crew Program flight, SpaceX Crew-1. The flight launched
Development of the Commercial Crew Program
Development_of_the_Commercial_Crew_Program
US reusable automated cargo lifting-body spaceplane
International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program. Development of Dream Chaser began in 2004 as a project of SpaceDev, which
Dream_Chaser
Former suborbital spaceplane for space tourism
successfully performed its first powered test flight. Virgin Galactic planned to operate a fleet of five SpaceShipTwo spaceplanes in a private passenger-carrying
SpaceShipTwo
American scientific satellite
at their Seal Beach, California facility. The program was funded and led by the DoD's Space Test Program (STP) as mission P91-1 (the first STP mission
ARGOS_(satellite)
Proofs of the SpaceX booster's reusability
The Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests were a series of controlled-descent flight tests conducted by SpaceX between 2013 and 2016. Since 2017, the first
Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests
Falcon_9_first-stage_landing_tests
NASA program
providing added quality and mission assurance to meet program objectives. LSP operates under the NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD). Since 1990
NASA_Launch_Services_Program
Group of American women who passed astronaut screening tests
physiological screening tests as the astronauts selected by NASA for Project Mercury. While Lovelace called the project the Woman in Space Program, the thirteen
Mercury_13
NASA research facility in Alabama
The first Saturn V test flight was made on November 9, 1967. On July 16, 1969, as its crowning achievement in the Apollo space program, a Saturn V vehicle
Marshall_Space_Flight_Center
Artemis program crewed spacecraft
spacecraft used by NASA for the Artemis lunar exploration program. It consists of a crew module (CM), a space capsule built by Lockheed Martin, and is paired with
Orion_(spacecraft)
First operational flight of the SpaceX Starship
and the first operational flight of the SpaceX Starship launch system. Building on the preceding flight-test campaign, the mission marked a significant
Starship_flight_14
Artificial satellite, US Department of Defense
Fragmentations (PDF) (14th ed.). NASA Orbital Debris Program Office. May 2008. pp. 15, 144. Space Test Program P78-1 at Ball Aerospace Kracht, Rainer. "My Solwind
Solwind
NASA concept to support the International Space Station
The Orbital Space Plane (OSP) program was a NASA spaceplane concept in the early 2000s designed to support the International Space Station requirements
Orbital_Space_Plane_Program
Class of partially reusable crew capsules
International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. Under development by Boeing under NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), it consists
Boeing_Starliner
American super heavy-lift expendable rocket first stage of Saturn V, test unit
program. S-IC-T was assembled at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, where it underwent its initial static fire testing on
S-IC-T
Constellation of American meteorology satellites
TSI Calibration Transfer Experiment, launched on the U.S. Air Force Space Test Program Satellite-3 (STPSat-3) on November 19, 2013, is also part of JPSS
Joint_Polar_Satellite_System
Facility located in Mojave, California
Mojave Air and Space Port (IATA: MHV, ICAO: KMHV) is a general-use public airport with three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development
Mojave_Air_and_Space_Port
China has one of the most active space programs in the world. With launch vehicles of the Long March rocket family and four spaceports (Jiuquan, Taiyuan
Chinese_space_program
U.S. Space Force general
of Defense’s Space Test Program and the Air Force's Hosted Payloads Office. As STP director, he also led the Rocket Systems Launch Program, where he was
D._Jason_Cothern
SpaceX private launch site
the main testing and production location for Starship launch vehicles, as well as the headquarters of the American space technology company SpaceX. Located
SpaceX_Starbase
century, human spaceflight programs were sponsored exclusively by governments, through either the military or civilian space agencies. With the launch
Human_spaceflight_programs
Trials of the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise
The Approach and Landing Tests were a series of sixteen taxi and flight trials of the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise that took place between February
Approach_and_Landing_Tests
United States Space Force Launch unit
ballistic missile tests and evaluation. The Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45) is the host wing for Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Space_Launch_Delta_45
Atomic clock used for radio navigation in space
of the U.S. Air Force's Space Test Program 2 (STP-2) mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on 25 June 2019. The Deep Space Atomic Clock was activated
Deep_Space_Atomic_Clock
Space Shuttle orbiter (1983–1986)
low production volume of orbiters, the Space Shuttle program decided to build a vehicle as a Structural Test Article, STA-099, that could later be converted
Space_Shuttle_Challenger
First international crewed spaceflight mission
symbolic "handshake in space" became an emblem of détente during the Cold War. The Americans referred to the flight as the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),
Apollo–Soyuz
Planned United States spaceflight (1967)
high-oxygen test environments had occurred before the Apollo fire. In 1962, USAF Colonel B. Dean Smith was conducting a test of the Gemini space suit with
Apollo_1
Space Shuttle orbiter test model
Test Article (MPTA-098) was built by Rockwell International as a testbed for the definitive propulsion and fuel delivery systems for the U.S. Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Article
Space_Shuttle_Main_Propulsion_Test_Article
Reusable spacecraft under development by SpaceX
Starship Program, Block 3 and Mars". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved June 10, 2025. "UPGRADES AHEAD OF STARSHIP'S SECOND FLIGHT TEST". SpaceX. Archived
SpaceX_Starship_(spacecraft)
Proposed human Mars program by SpaceX
SpaceX Mars colonization program (also referred to as Occupy Mars as a joking reference to the Occupy movement) is the stated long-term objective of the
SpaceX Mars colonization program
SpaceX_Mars_colonization_program
Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)
exploration programs and led to the establishment of the Constellation program in 2005 and the eventual retirement of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.
Space_Shuttle_Columbia
Ongoing space research program
The International Space Station program is the space program of the International Space Station. It is tied together by a complex set of legal, political
International Space Station program
International_Space_Station_program
Overview article
Satellites (SPHERES) Space Test Program-H2-Microelectromechanical System-Based (MEMS) PICOSAT Inspector (STP-H2-MEPSI) Space Test Program-H2-Radar Fence Transponder
Scientific research on the International Space Station
Scientific_research_on_the_International_Space_Station
NASA super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used in the Artemis Program
Facility for comprehensive testing at Stennis Space Center in January 2020. The static firing test program at Stennis Space Center, known as the Green
Space_Launch_System
Space service branch of the U.S. military
Space Force engineers graduate from the Defense Acquisition University and the U.S. Air Force Flight Test Engineer course, or a comparable program. Acquisition
United_States_Space_Force
Partially reusable launch system and space plane
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was the Space Transportation System
Space_Shuttle
Spacecraft capable of aerodynamic flight in atmosphere
Defense in 2004. Until 2019, the program was managed by Air Force Space Command. An X-37 first flew during a drop test in 2006; its first orbital mission
Spaceplane
Weapons used in space warfare
against hostile adversary action". The Soviet Almaz secret military space station program was equipped with a fixed 23mm autocannon to prevent hostile interception
Space_weapon
1963 international agreement
The Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), formally known as the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, prohibited
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty
1961–1966 US human spaceflight program
human spaceflight program to fly. It was conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early
Project_Gemini
Historical period started in 1957
Test Project that marked the conclusion of the Space Race in 1975. The Space Age is characterized by changes in emphasis on particular areas of space
Space_Age
First Space Shuttle mission, first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia
STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on April
STS-1
Lunar research program (2004–present)
robotic Moon missions by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), part of the Chinese space program. Chang'e 1 (2007) and Chang'e 2 (2010) orbited
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program
American satellite family
Environmental Research Satellite program. The OV program was phased out in the late 1960s, succeeded by the Space Test Program, which focused on tailored satellites
Orbiting_Vehicle
In flight tests of SpaceX's fully reusable superheavy-lift vehicle
SpaceX conducted eleven flight tests of prototype rockets for the Starship development program from 2019 to 2021. These tests included prototypes of the
List of Starship upper stage flight tests
List_of_Starship_upper_stage_flight_tests
US Nuclear thermal rocket engine project (1956–1973)
Administration (NASA), and was managed by the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO) until the program ended in January 1973. SNPO was led by NASA's Harold
NERVA
Space capsule type for cargo delivery from space
Falcon 9. Starfall can loiter in space indefinitely. Reentry[clarification needed] follows a pre-planned path. Initial tests splash down typically 1,300 km
SpaceX_Starfall
Initial American crewed spaceflight program (1958–1963)
the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a
Project_Mercury
Largest field of space debris in history
Satellite Launch Center or nearby. Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine first reported the test on 17 January 2007. The report was confirmed on 18
2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test
2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test
Reusable first-stage rocket developed by SpaceX
2024). "Starship is ready for its 5th test flight, SpaceX says (photos)". Space.com. Retrieved August 12, 2024. SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 6 (Booster
SpaceX_Super_Heavy
Satellite demonstration program
Demonstration Program is a series of spacecraft missions for testing technology and ideas put forward by universities and private companies. The program demonstrates
Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration Program
Innovative_Satellite_Technology_Demonstration_Program
habitation facilities. The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program. Most often space stations have been research stations, but they
List_of_space_stations
Private Spanish launch services provider
expand their test facilities to include a vertical test stand to qualify the complete Miura 1 suborbital rocket. In early August 2018, PLD Space and the Teruel
PLD_Space
US military organization
Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP), the Research and Development Space and Missile Operations program (RDSMO), and test and evolution functions
Advanced Systems and Development Directorate
Advanced_Systems_and_Development_Directorate
Space experiment satellite
ANDE is part of the Space Test Program of the United States Department of Defense, and was deployed in September 2006 from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment
Atmospheric_Neutral_Density_Experiment
Space Shuttle and SLS main engine
the Space Shuttle program. Subsequent flights will make use of a simplified RS-25E engine called the Production Restart, which is under testing and development
RS-25
Military rocket launch site in Florida
renamed "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station" in December 2020. The CCSFS area had been used by the United States government to test missiles since 1949,
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station
Space travel by primates
test of emergency procedures. Chimpanzees Ham and Enos also flew in the Mercury program, with Ham becoming the first great ape or Hominidae in space.
Monkeys_and_apes_in_space
SpaceX fairing catching and wet recovery vessels
The SpaceX fairing recovery program was an experimental program by SpaceX, begun in 2017 in an effort to economically recover and reuse expended launch
SpaceX fairing recovery program
SpaceX_fairing_recovery_program
Military satellite
March 2007, from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch was contracted by the Space Test Program to launch the STPSat-1
ASTRO_(satellite)
both crewed and powered to test crew procedures and orbiter systems. List of Space Shuttle missions Space Shuttle program Mission was intended to have
List_of_Space_Shuttle_crews
List of space missions by NASA
Apollo 1 was unlaunched due to a fire during testing that killed the astronauts, and is not counted here. One Space Shuttle mission ended with the destruction
List_of_NASA_missions
Third launch of SpaceX Starship
Starship flight test 3 was the third flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on March 14, 2024. Starship successfully
Starship_flight_test_3
United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's
Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base
Cancelled regional jet airliner project by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
Perrett, Bradley (17 October 2014). "MRJ Test Program Laid Out As Prototype Revealed". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on
Mitsubishi_SpaceJet
NASA satellite testing a new rocket fuel
Falcon Heavy rocket on 25 June 2019, on a test mission called Space Test Program 2 (STP-2). The cost of the program was projected to be US$45 million. The
Green Propellant Infusion Mission
Green_Propellant_Infusion_Mission
US program to develop a hypersonic weapon
DARPA Says". space.com. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2021. "Falcon Technology Demonstration Program HTV-3X Blackswift Test Bed" Archived 2010-12-20
DARPA_Falcon_Project
Upcoming crewed mission of the Artemis program
Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will test rendezvous and docking operations between Orion and test
Artemis_III
Missions and flights of NASA's Apollo Program
The Apollo program was a United States human spaceflight program carried out from 1961 to 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
List_of_Apollo_missions
American astronaut (born 1937)
aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission;
Robert_Crippen
Analysis of software performed when running a program
limited to: behavior, test coverage, performance and security. To be effective, the target program must be executed with sufficient test inputs to address
Dynamic_program_analysis
US–USSR spaceflight capability rivalry
communications proposing a cooperative American and Soviet space program. In 1963, the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed by more than 100 signatories
Space_Race
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