The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into low-Earth orbit for nearly three days.

The Delta IV Heavy is set to liftoff on its farewell flight from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:40 p.m. on a last NRO mission (NROL-70), but this could easily change ...

NRO Director Chris Scolese says the agency is focused on speed, innovation and partnerships to address challenges in space ...

Additionally, NRO is working with Space Command to develop a more resilient, proliferated satellite architecture. “We all know that Russia and China are becoming very aggressive with space weapons.

The NRO began deploying its proliferated architecture with the launch of NROL-146 in May 2024, followed by NROL-186 in June, NROL-113 in September and NROL-167 in October. More launches are ...

Jan. 10 (UPI) --SpaceX launched new spy satellites into lower Earth orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, adding to ...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off and boosted multiple National Reconnaissance Office satellites into space Sunday to keep tabs on the behavior of potential enemy spacecraft in ...

The NRO and the U.S. Space Force successfully launched multiple national security payloads for the intelligence agency’s NROL-174 mission.