ESA and JAXA finalize agreement on Apophis asteroid mission
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have finalized an agreement to collaborate on a mission to study the…
Germany awards $1.9 billion SAR satellite deal to Rheinmetall-Iceye venture
WASHINGTON — A joint venture between Germany’s Rheinmetall and Finnish synthetic aperture radar satellite maker Iceye has secured its first…
HawkEye 360 expands defense footprint with acquisition of Innovative Signal Analysis
WASHINGTON — HawkEye 360, a U.S. commercial satellite company that tracks radio-frequency signals from orbit, announced Dec. 18 it has…
Congress’s SBIR standoff is slowing Space Force innovation — it must act now
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…
2025 was “almost a watershed year” for the Space Development Agency
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…
The Army’s contribution to joint space operations
Recent analysis by Reeves in the Mitchell Institute’s “Charting a Path to Space Superiority: The Cross-Domain Imperative” identifies the need…
Space community celebrates Isaacman confirmation
WASHINGTON — The space community welcomed the confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA’s next administrator, expressing hope he can lead the…
Things to come: Important bellwethers for space exploration in 2026
NASA is at an inflection point. 2026 will now begin with a newly-confirmed Jared Isaacman as a NASA Administrator with the White House…
Senate confirms Isaacman as NASA administrator
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator Dec. 17, concluding arguably the most unusual effort to select a leader…
Lux Aeterna to land first reusable satellite in Australia
TAMPA, Fla. — Denver-based Lux Aeterna announced plans Dec. 17 to land its debut reusable satellite at the Koonibba Test Range in South…