The committee cut $900 million from the Space Force’s proposed $29.6 billion budget

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Armenia signed the Artemis Accords regarding safe and responsible space exploration June 12, the tenth country to do so this year.

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Nine members of Congress have asked NASA to reconsider any significant changes to operations of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory linked to proposed cuts in the space telescope’s budget.

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European-Chinese cooperation in lunar exploration could come to an end despite successful collaboration in the ongoing Chang’e-6 mission.

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The general population imagines space as something far off and unreachable, when it is omnipresent in their daily lives. This lack of awareness is dangerous for the space sector, particularly public space agencies, that increasingly need to justify their existence and funding in an era of commercial space ventures and climate change restrictions. 

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From expanding the Tiangong space station to a crewed moon landing by 2030, China aims to become the leading human spaceflight power.

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Congressional language intended to accelerate work on a future NASA space telescope has the side effect of forcing the agency to disband a team it created to guide the mission’s early development.

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Peru and Slovakia signed the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for responsible space exploration, bringing the number of countries who have signed to 42.

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The timeline and outcome of France's decision whether to join Operation Olympic Defender could mold international space relations.

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FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposed new rules May 29 to cover the risk of debris-generating accidental explosions in space.

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Sen. Roger Wicker argues that DoD must evolve its perception of the Space Force from an enabling service to one with ‘formidable offensive potential’

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Since no one group controls space, the open sharing of space situational awareness (SSA) data is critical to ensure safe space operations.

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European officials adopted a resolution to increase the competitiveness of Europe’s space industry, but members of that industry say the measure falls far short of what is needed.

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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson defended the cost and schedule performance of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration effort even as officials hinted as the possibility for changes in one upcoming mission.

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An amendment by Rep. Joe Wilson would require the Space Force to secure state governors’ approval before absorbing any Air National Guard space units into the service

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The U.S. government claims that a recently launched Russian satellite is a counterspace weapon placed in nearly the same orbit as an American reconnaissance satellite.

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As the stardust settles after the release of NSM-22, the space community should take a moment to see the opportunity it has been presented.

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Could commercial imperatives lay the groundwork for well-defined, coherent space traffic management norms and erect space sustainability guardrails?

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Omnispace says it is seeing interference from direct-to-device payloads on recently launched SpaceX Starlink satellites, offering an early test of new Federal Communications Commission regulations about such services.

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Lithuania has become the 40th nation to sign the Artemis Accords outlining best practices for responsible space exploration.

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A reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration passed by Congress will extend current restrictions on the agency’s ability to regulate commercial spaceflight occupant safety through the end of the year.

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The U.N. must form a parliament to properly regulate space mining and other international matters of dispute.

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Serbia has signed an agreement on participating in the China-led International Lunar Research Station.

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John Plumb: Russia's potential development of a nuclear weapons for space is “egregious”

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