#space-policy

A new paper highlighted by Universe Today argues that the fast growth of satellite megaconstellations could amplify the climate impact of rocket launches, especially through long-lived soot in the stratosphere.

NASA has announced an agencywide realignment intended to speed mission execution, sharpen center specialization, and align the agency more directly with current U.S. space policy priorities.

NASA is seeking up to 10 creative partners through unfunded Space Act Agreements to help tell stories around Artemis, nuclear propulsion, aeronautics and other agency programs.

NASA says it will compete the next Jet Propulsion Laboratory management contract, ending a long run of sole-source awards to Caltech and opening the door to alternative operating models.

NASA and partner governments used a workshop in Lima to review lunar mission plans and operational principles as six new signatories pushed the Artemis Accords coalition to 67 countries.

NASA has named Brian Hughes senior director of launch operations, giving the former chief of staff direct responsibility for launch operations at Kennedy Space Center and Wallops as the agency pushes for stronger space

A new SpaceNews commentary lays out a case for shifting from launch-centric growth toward an in-orbit economy built on servicing, recycling, transport, and manufacturing from materials already in space.

The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new batch of unidentified anomalous phenomena files, including images and transcripts tied to military reports and NASA’s Apollo program.

Paraguay has become the 67th signatory to the Artemis Accords, joining a recent surge of countries signing on as NASA pushes for broader international coordination in lunar exploration.

House and Senate appropriators are signaling resistance to a fiscal 2027 NASA budget request that would cut the agency by 23% and eliminate dozens of science missions, opening a high-stakes fight over U.S. space policy.

Members of the House Science Committee from both parties criticized a proposed fiscal 2027 NASA budget that would cut overall spending by 23%, with especially steep reductions in science and aeronautics.

NASA’s decision to pause the Lunar Gateway now carries a new technical complication: corrosion reported in both of the station’s primary habitation modules.

A revised draft of the proposed EU Space Act is facing criticism from U.S. and industry officials who say it creates new ambiguity about compliance, extends regulatory reach, and could conflict with export-control rules.

Taiwan’s space agency chief is urging other countries to join a shared communications constellation, framing space collaboration as both a resilience strategy and a way to reduce diplomatic isolation.

After Artemis 2 returned safely to Earth, NASA chief Jared Isaacman cast the mission as the start of a longer campaign aimed at a crewed lunar landing, a sustained moon presence, and eventually Mars.

NASA’s effort to advance privately operated space stations has slowed after an ambitious 2025 schedule, leaving developers waiting for the next Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations solicitation.

A new expert discussion around possible extraterrestrial contact suggests that the hardest part of disclosure may be managing public reaction, expectations, and trust.

U.S. space companies are broadly welcoming a Commerce Department proposal for a voluntary certification path for currently unregulated commercial space missions such as on-orbit refueling, repair, and close-up inspection

New proposals involving one million data-center satellites and 50,000 orbital mirrors have triggered sharp warnings from astronomy groups over light pollution and lost scientific observations.

As the Artemis 2 crew arrives in Florida for an April 1 launch attempt, NASA is tying the mission to a wider restructuring that emphasizes lunar surface operations over a Moon-orbiting outpost.