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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A step forward in space export control reform
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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...

