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One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be capable of blinding hundreds of satellites.

Managed by DARPA, the X-37B's missions have been secretive, with one mission lasting 908 days in orbit. -The spacecraft ...

The plane was originally built by Boeing for NASA, but the project transferred to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, in 2004. At nearly 30 feet long, it's one-fourth the size of ...

As the aircraft's name suggests, XS-1 looks and functions like a cross between an airplane and a space shuttle. Produced by Zach Wasser. Video courtesy of DARPA. Special thanks to Sean Kane.

In a new call for proposals, DARPA envisions living materials that could self-assemble into antennas, nets to capture debris, ...

VTOL X-Plane showcased ambitious goals for vertical flight and speed, yet program cancellation exposed new directions in ...

According to a description of the request, DARPA is looking into the "feasibility" of creating "useful space structures" over 1,600 feet in length that could "disrupt the current state-of-the-art ...

this week seeking public input on its plan to create “large bio-mechanical space structures.” DARPA, which regularly dabbles in trying to turn science fiction into science, says that it is ...

Even for those of us who follow space news closely ... by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the XS-1 was designed to be a reusable launch system that could ...