Commercial lunar activity is accelerating faster than the United States' regulatory framework can accommodate. The Astrobotic Peregrine mission exposed a regula

In the aftermath of World War II, it seemed obvious to many that the future of warfar would involve rockets in orbit designed to deliver nuclear weapons. Dwayne Day and Hans Dolfing examine one study…

Ukrainian cruise missiles struck a Russian factory last month that produces Soyuz rockets, with some reports claiming the attack caused serious damage. Bart Hendrickx examines the evidence to better…

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[Dr Güneş Ünüvar is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter and a Board Member and Legal Advisor of the Moon Village Association (MVA). The MVA is a permanent observer at COPUOS. The a…

The Falcon 9 has been one the most successful launch vehicles in the history of the Space Age, but it won't fly forever. Jeff Foust reports on how the space industry is coming to grips with the…

An expert outlines the body of international law governing the placement and use of weapons in outer space.

The head of the RAF says the UK faces "unprecedented threats" from adversaries in space, as a new unit is created to defend Britain's satellites.

The European Union also is funding a series of grant making projects designed to bring innovative technologies into the EU SST program, and support startups to strengthen the industrial base.

Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.

They should fly their capsule. The government paid a lot of money for that."

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I’m coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in my hometown of Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaini…

Lessons from aviation and nuclear power show how to preserve human skills

The space economy has surpassed $600 billion in annual value, with some projecting it will reach a trillion by the 2030s. Jonathan Panter is joined by

Earth’s orbital environment is a finite resource. Some of its orbits are getting crowded and increasingly churning with deadly, fast-moving pieces of defunct satellites and rockets that threaten our…

In the summer of 1962, scientists gathered at the University of Iowa to discuss the future of space research. Danny Robb examines the far-reaching impacts of that little-known event.

How to make government work again.

The largest MoD investment detailed in the new strategy is a planned £880 million between 2026/2027 and 2029/2030 for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and space control "activities."

The company pledged to overhaul their agent ‘misalignment incident’ reporting.

Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."

The Secure Space Network will deploy close to 50 SCIFs around the nation to improve access to classified information for smaller businesses to do work with the military.

Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."

The Space Force spent nearly $124 million on commercial space data and services between 2023 and 2025, according to the GAO.

As the Cold War space race between the US and USSR raged, US officials tried to understand what the Soviet Union was doing. Andrea Zullo reviews several reports from that era to summarize where those…

Editor’s Note: The following article draws on themes from the author’s forthcoming book titled US Counterterrorism Operations in Afghanistan: Jackpots,

The whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English

LLMs can't tell who's speaking. We show they identify roles by writing style, not tags, and exploit this with CoT Forgery, injecting fake reasoning that models mistake for their own thoughts.

Launch vehicles have used solid rocket motors for decades, although many new vehicles eschew the. Michael Puckett discusses the factors that led to adoption of solid motors on many early launch…

The demand for launch services is higher than ever, but the supply of rockets today is very constrained. Jeff Foust reports on the various factors that make getting a ride to orbit today difficult…

Questions about how Position, Navigation, and Timing capabilities will evolve in the years ahead span technology, policy, commercial participation, resilience and the needs of an increasingly varied…

Attempts at control are futile. Policy should now turn to defense.

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Executive Summary: On April 9, when providing an update on the arrival of its next lunar exploration probe to the Wenchang Launch Center, the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) China Manned Space…

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded researc...

Blue Origin has traced the explosion of its New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test in May to a valve in the rocket’s BE-4 engine.

The most successful deterrent threats leave no evidence behind. No missiles fly. No networks go down. No troops cross borders. Nothing happens. For

With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it is working with NASA on ways to prevent similar collisions in the future.

An Air Force office recently took over the sprawling M-code project, meant to give jam- and spoof-proof GPS receivers to potentially a million pieces of tech.

Spain commits up to $2.3 billion for national military communications for IRIS²

The International Space Station is scheduled to be retired as soon as the end of the decade. Jeff Foust reports this is providing new urgency to efforts to preserve some aspects of the station before…

In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce informed the Dutch company ASML that it suspects one of its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines has reached