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NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory
Without a rescue, NASA's Swift Observatory is expected to reenter the atmosphere later this year.
No location · Aug 20, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Force Funding Could Be Record High, If Congress Agrees
The Administration is requesting $71 billion for the U.S. Space Force in FY2027, more than twice what it has now. An ana...
No location · Aug 19, 2026 · WedgetailNo-Go for Katalyst’s Reboost of NASA’s Swift Observatory
Katalyst Space and NASA concluded today that reboosting the Swift Observatory with Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft will not b...
No location · Aug 19, 2026 · WedgetailPentagon rebuffed repeated requests for Golden Dome brief: CBO
David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office’s National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office...
No location · Aug 19, 2026 · WedgetailDoD expands R&D on clearing expired satellites from orbit
The stated goal is to clean out obsolete satellites, though the capabilities could also be used in weapons that move a t...
No location · Aug 18, 2026 · WedgetailNASA Ground Control Software Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Commands
Critical AIT-GUI flaws expose spacecraft commands and scripts to unauthenticated attackers
No location · Aug 18, 2026 · WedgetailJapan launches second US military payload to monitor space above Indo-Pacific
The data from the hosted payloads on QZS-7 and its predecessor QZS-6 will feed into the US Space Surveillance Network op...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Force brings 5 companies on-board Space Data Network
The new awards are aimed at demonstrating the ability of multiple satellite networks to connect to the Space Force’s eme...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailWishing for rockets
The demand for launch services is higher than ever, but the supply of rockets today is very constrained. Jeff Foust repo...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailTwo futures on the Moon
The race to return humans to the Moon pits not just two countries but two political philosophies. Alexander William Salt...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailColonizing Antarctica and other anti-space fables
One argument that critics of space settlement make is that it would be far easier to settle Antarctica. Milan Cirkovic o...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailArmy gears up to ‘engage’ enemy surveillance satellites
The Army’s space superiority efforts are focused on countering adversary ISR satellites, as well as conducting “stratosp...
No location · Aug 13, 2026 · WedgetailThe Commercial Space Race
A strong commercial space industry is an important partner for the U.S. government, as it contributes to building more r...
No location · Aug 13, 2026 · WedgetailSpace-based interceptor contractors passed first Golden Dome milestone: Guetlein
The Defense Department will not decide whether to produce operational space-based interceptors until after industry demo...
No location · Aug 12, 2026 · WedgetailJoint force needs kinetic and non-kinetic weapons for space war: Whiting
“We’re a combatant command and we fight to win wars,” US Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting told the annual Army S...
No location · Aug 12, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Launch Delta 45 partners with Florida National Guard to strengthen hazmat response
The multiday training strengthened interagency coordination, refined joint chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, ...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailInternational lunar consultations: future-looking developments at the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
The UN's Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Space established an "action team" in 2024 to study how to coordinate lunar a...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailDecisions without deciders: authority at machine speed in the space enterprise
Space activities increasingly rely on automation and AI to make decisions faster than humans. Bharath Gopalaswamy and Da...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailWho will believe the space logs in 2040? Space governance and the quantum audit problem
Satellite activities are extensively logged, providing an audit trail for tracking down problems or determining blame. B...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailSeeing through the storm: SAR imagery's evolution beyond defense applications
Synthetic aperture radar imagery had long been considered primarily a tool for defense applications. Kateryna Sergieieva...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailSchiess confirmed as new Chief of Space Operations
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to succeed Gen. Chance Saltzman as the new CSO.
No location · Aug 07, 2026 · WedgetailRegulation is liberation: the case for wider Australian space laws
Australia cannot build a resilient space sector while its legal framework remains incomplete and fails to keep pace with...
No location · Aug 07, 2026 · WedgetailDAF, Texas Space Commission establish strategic alliance to accelerate defense space innovation
The Department of the Air Force and the state of Texas partnered in a landmark collaborative agreement to accelerate the...
No location · Aug 04, 2026 · WedgetailThe roads to the Moon
NASA has announced plans for a lunar base starting with its current Artemis architecture. Ernesto Gabriel Arias discusse...
No location · Aug 03, 2026 · WedgetailPrice it like a Tomahawk, not a Falcon 9: the case for sovereign microlaunch as deterrence
Very small launch vehicles are at an economic disadvantage to larger vehicles. However, Evangelos Dimitriou describes ho...
No location · Aug 03, 2026 · WedgetailGovernment funding before VC: the inverted capital stack for space startups
Many space startups seek, and often struggle to raise, venture capital to scale their businesses. Samson Williams argues...
No location · Aug 03, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Force selects technical direction agent for SBI program
The U.S. Space Force has selected Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory to serve as technical direction ...
No location · Jul 31, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Force outlines acquisition wins amid ongoing Department wide transformation at Air and Space Summit
Thomas Ainsworth, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, highlighted the Spa...
No location · Jul 30, 2026 · WedgetailCouncil on Foreign Relations visits Cape Canaveral SFS to discuss plans for the future of launch
The Council on Foreign Relations visited Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June, 26, 2026.
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailTurning intelligence into advantage: US, Coalition Forces convene for SpaceTAT '26
The event brought together U.S. and Five Eyes coalition space operators, system experts, and intelligence professionals ...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailPreserving the legacy of the ISS
The International Space Station is scheduled to be retired as soon as the end of the decade. Jeff Foust reports this is ...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailOrbiting Solar Observatories: Nancy Grace Roman and solar science from spinning spacecraft
NASA's next major space telescope, launching in a month, is named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman. Trevor Williams di...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailStarship may become useful before it becomes reusable
SpaceX's Starship performed its latest suborbital test flight last week, inching closer to orbital missions. Paul Almond...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailAffordability for Artemis
One question about NASA's revised plans for Artemis is how much it will cost to get astronauts back to the Moon. Robert ...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailTo win the Moon, divide the labor
NASA is relying heavily on commercial partnerships in its plans to return to the Moon and establish a base there. Alexan...
No location · Jul 27, 2026 · WedgetailCMSSF visit to PACOM highlights maturation of space integration
Throughout the tour, CMSSF observed real-world operations demonstrating how U.S. Space Forces Pacific is actively drivin...
No location · Jul 24, 2026 · WedgetailKourou Conducts First Dual-Payload Lunar Relay Launch
Two communications relays bound for lunar orbit lifted off from French Guiana, the first European dual manifest for cisl...
Kourou, French Guiana · Jul 23, 2026Vikram-1: A success for India's entire space ecosystem
On Saturday, Indian startup Skyroot Aerospace successfully reached orbit on the first flight of its Vikram-1 rocket. Aje...
No location · Jul 20, 2026 · WedgetailGetting to yes -- or no
The US commercial space industry has pushed for years for a "mission authorization" system to approve novel space activi...
No location · Jul 20, 2026 · WedgetailThe arsenal's new owners
The space industrial base is undergoing major changes with new players and new investment. Bharath Gopalaswamy and Danie...
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