WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency expects to decide in February how to address a 20% funding shortfall in its exploration program. At the agency’s ministerial conference last month, ESA’s
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency expects to decide in February how to address a 20% funding shortfall in its exploration program. At the agency’s ministerial conference last month, ESA’s
Paris, December 2025 — The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology of the Sultanate of Oman (MTCIT) and Novaspace announce the second Edition of the Middle East Space Conference
The modern space economy is increasingly powered by dual-use satellites that support both civilian services and national security needs. These assets deliver critical capabilities, from communications to Earth observation, but
WASHINGTON — Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop three new reusable suborbital vehicles for technology demonstrations and other applications. The
WASHINGTON — The White House issued a sweeping executive order on space policy Dec. 18 covering topics from NASA’s exploration plans to space security. The order, “Ensuring American Space Superiority,”
A recently issued Executive Order revises how the government implements Space Policy Directive-3, removing the longstanding expectation that basic space situational awareness (SSA) services, including conjunction warnings, would be provided
WASHINGTON — A joint venture between Germany’s Rheinmetall and Finnish synthetic aperture radar satellite maker Iceye has secured its first major contract, agreeing to operate a space-based surveillance constellation for
WASHINGTON — HawkEye 360, a U.S. commercial satellite company that tracks radio-frequency signals from orbit, announced Dec. 18 it has acquired defense contractor Innovative Signal Analysis, deepening its push into
At a time when space is unmistakably a contested warfighting domain, the United States risks slowing its own progress not because of a lack of technology or talent, but because
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss talks with Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo about what he calls “almost a watershed year” for the Space Development Agency.






