By Alexia Austin for Nature – Amid rapid space-industry growth, Jamie Morin, head of Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy, highlights the need for international cooperation and leadership.
Space Force Racing to Meet Training, Testing Demands
Courtney Albon, DefenseNews – To prepare for potential wars in the near future, U.S. Space Force plans to rely on capability from industry to address its biggest training gaps: understanding how the service’s satellites interact with one another on orbit and simulating that in a virtual training environment.
NASA’s Return To Moon Delayed To Address Technical Risks
Mark Carreau, Aviation Week – NASA moved future Artemis launches to 2026 and 2027, after the Orion crew capsule’s heat shield from Artemis I charred in an extensive, unanticipated fashion.
New EU space commissioner outlines priorities
Jeff Foust, SpaceNews – Andrius Kubilius, the new European Union commissioner responsible for space, says he will focus on improving European competitiveness and security in space, including passage of a long-delayed space law.
SpaceX launches fifth mission for NRO’s proliferated architecture
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the NROL-126 mission on November 30. It was the fifth launch of the NRO’s proliferated architecture of imaging satellites built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman.
GPS Without Space? DOD Looks to Quantum for an Answer
Shaun Waterman, Air and Space Forces Magazine – Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the Pentagon’s acquisition outpost in Silicon Valley, is seeking commercial partners to help develop alternatives to GPS, including quantum sensing technology.
Space Force looks to bulk up against anti-satellite weapons
Brad Dress, The Hill – The U.S. Space Force is building up its space defense architecture to help modernize the Space Surveillance Network (SSN), which monitors objects and potential threats in space.
Startups Race to Make Space-Based Power a Reality
Argyris Kriezis, Payload – Companies like Star Catcher, Aetherflux, Reflect Orbital, and + Volta Space are working on commercializing energy generation from low Earth orbit (LEO) structures.
Aerospace Corp’s CEO talks literal moonshots and Space Agenda 2025
Devin Coldewey and Theresa Loconsolo, TechCrunch – President and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation, Steve Isakowitz, and Agency Chief Technologist at NASA, A.C. Charanya Charania, discussed how to build a thriving lunar ecosystem.
Lockheed Martin unveils solar power array for Artemis program
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews – Lockheed Martin completed critical tests of a lunar solar array prototype, demonstrating the technology’s potential for operating in the harsh environment of the moon’s south pole.