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A visualization of active and inactive satellites, discarded rocket bodies, orbital debris and other space objects around Earth, showing an increasingly cluttered and hazardous Earth orbit. Credit: AstriaGraph by the University of Texas at Austin.

Open letter from the Global Space Council: Governments must address a growing crisis in our orbits

by Anders Fogh Rasmussen July 15, 2025July 11, 2025

The space domain is changing faster than most realize. We are at the dawn of a new space economy — one that presents significant opportunities for people around the world. […]

European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) President Lisa Campbell sign a cooperation agreement between Europe and Canada June 6 at CSA headquarters. Credit: CSA

From the Magazine

A new approach to space diplomacy: Hard-hitting calculations outweigh foreign-policy considerations

by Debra Werner July 9, 2025July 8, 2025

The administration’s anti-consensus Mars plan will fail

by Casey Dreier June 16, 2025June 15, 2025

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of interstellar observation, an international team of researchers was able to serendipitously view an exploding supernova in a faraway spiral galaxy. Credit: NASA STSCI

Trump assaults American space science

by Robert Zubrin May 9, 2025May 6, 2025

Computer-generated image of objects in Earth orbit that are currently being tracked. Credit: NASA

Reaping space’s decline? Why to choose the durability of due regard over the debris of military devastation

by Michael Garetto-Balmer February 24, 2025February 21, 2025

Policy & Politics

What Trump’s first weeks back in office mean for space

by Mike Gruss February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

A July 6, 2015 image of Africa and Europe taken by NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. Credit: NASA

Why more US-African space cooperation is the answer

by Scott Firsing and Zolana João February 6, 2025February 3, 2025

The 2021 Perseid meteor shower, photographed over West Virginia. Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA

A call to stargaze with strangers

by Sarah Walker January 31, 2025January 30, 2025

SLS in transition: from Biden to Trump

by Donald F. Robertson January 23, 2025January 22, 2025

Vice President Kamala Harris convenes the third meeting of the National Space Council under the Biden administration on Dec. 20, 2023. Credit: NOAA

Why organizing the White House for sustained space leadership is necessary

by Audrey Schaffer January 20, 2025January 22, 2025

Stellar Dispatch

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Starris and TRL11 announce partnership to deliver intelligent video payloads

LLNL and Starris sign CRADA to support tactically responsive space missions

Tendeg completes construction of purpose-built antenna manufacturing facility for proliferated constellations