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The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth

By Thomas Cheney A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man’s home in Florida. NASA later confirmed that the object had...

A step forward in space export control reform

By Jeff Foust A decade ago, the commercial space industry in the United States celebrated a hard-fought victory in efforts to reform export controls. After...

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The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth

By Thomas Cheney A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man’s home in Florida. NASA later confirmed that the object had...

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The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth

By Thomas Cheney A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man’s home in Florida. NASA later confirmed that the object had...

The new attack surface: from space to smartphone

By Jamie Munro Imagine having seamless mobile broadband access anywhere on Earth, from the most remote deserts and oceans to disaster zones, all without...

A step forward in space export control reform

By Jeff Foust A decade ago, the commercial space industry in the United States celebrated a hard-fought victory in efforts to reform export controls. After...
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Secret X-37B spaceplane maneuvers could impact future space operations

The Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane is embarking on a new set of maneuvers that could inform future space operations for the service. The Boeing-built spacecraft...

TraCSS: Getting space traffic coordination on track

The Office of Space Commerce, a small office with NOAA, itself part of the Department of Commerce, announced in a statement it had turned...

Satellite servicing industry faces uncertain military demand

Βy Sandra Erwin The burgeoning in-space satellite servicing industry is positioning itself to transform orbital operations, from refueling to potential in-space repairs. Companies are eager...

The Military Test Space Station (MTSS)

by Hans Dolfing The US Air Force started a series of contractor studies in the late 1950s to look ahead and explore anything related to...

Why planetary protection matters to the future of space exploration

By Dylan Taylor The hiker’s motto you often hear cited when it comes to dealing with forays into the wilderness is, “leave only footprints, take...

NATO space domain, a new frontier of security

The space domain has rapidly evolved from a realm of scientific exploration to a strategic arena. From civilian industry to military operations and individual...

US Space Force moves to make its systems battle-ready by 2026

The Space Force this summer kicked off a campaign to ready itself for a potential conflict by closing high-priority gaps in its command-and-control architecture...

What will happen in the first space hostage crisis?

By JD Cole, Marc Feldman, and Hugh Taylor Hostage taking for profit is as old as humanity. More than 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar was...

US Space Force plans to put a multisatellite ‘carrier’ into orbit

Gravitics gets an up-to-$60 million contract to build a satellite that can spit out other satellites as needed. What’s better than being able to launch...

Is the United States doing enough to engage with China on space policy?

By Mariam Kvaratskhelia While Beijing has accused the United States of turning outer space into “a weapon and a battlefield,” it has no less a...

The age of space skepticism and a growing revolt against elites

Over the past decade, a new form of skepticism about human activities in space has emerged. It seems to be based exclusively in the...

NASA and SpaceX work to improve coordination of space traffic

As missions to low Earth orbit become more frequent, space traffic coordination remains a key element to efficiently operating in space. Different satellite operators...