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How a Strategic Shift Preserved American Spaceflight

A strategic policy and programmatic pivot preserved American spaceflight, averting a looming capability gap and maintaining continuous U.S. launch activity. The change reshaped the balance between government and commercial roles, ensuring missions and access to space could continue without interruption.

2025-12-04T06:24:23.328980-08:00

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Cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev removed from SpaceX Crew‑12 for violating U.S. national‑security rules

2025-12-02T15:12:30.898134-08:00

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Casey Dreier wins 2025 Icon Award for defending NASA science amid sweeping budget cuts

2025-12-02T16:08:46.954095-08:00

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Isaacman urges Congress to fund nuclear propulsion and speed commercial Moon push to beat China

2025-12-02T10:32:41.907210-08:00

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Ars Technica

Congress says NASA's Artemis plan 'cannot work' and urges cancellation of Artemis III Congress warned NASA’s Artemis plan "cannot work" and urged cancellation of Artemis III and subsequent lunar missions, calling for an immediate reassessment of the program’s strategy and funding. The committee's statement escalates oversight pressure on the agency and its contractors as Congress weighs funding and program direction.

2025-12-04T15:30:30.860768-08:00

Congress says NASA's Artemis plan 'cannot work' and urges cancellation of Artemis III

Space Intel Report

FCC warns EU Space Act could be anti-competitive, urges transatlantic dialogue The Federal Communications Commission says it remains concerned the EU’s proposed Space Act could have anti-competitive effects on the space sector, but expressed hope that continued dialogue with European counterparts will yield consensus and address U.S. objections. The comments were made in Tupper Lake, NY.

2025-12-04T07:49:56.918007-08:00

FCC warns EU Space Act could be anti-competitive, urges transatlantic dialogue

politico.eu

EU to monitor drug traffickers from space and drones under new five‑year strategy European Commissioner Magnus Brunner unveiled a new five-year drugs strategy directing EU authorities to use satellites and drones to monitor and disrupt transnational drug trafficking. The plan positions space-based surveillance and unmanned systems as core tools to target traffickers and their cross-border networks.

2025-12-04T06:24:44.198743-08:00

EU to monitor drug traffickers from space and drones under new five‑year strategy

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How a Strategic Shift Preserved American Spaceflight A strategic policy and programmatic pivot preserved American spaceflight, averting a looming capability gap and maintaining continuous U.S. launch activity. The change reshaped the balance between government and commercial roles, ensuring missions and access to space could continue without interruption.

2025-12-04T06:24:23.328980-08:00

How a Strategic Shift Preserved American Spaceflight

SpaceNews.com

The Overlooked Space Race: On‑Orbit Servicing and Extending Satellite Life On-orbit servicing — refuelling, repair, inspection and life-extension — is emerging as a strategic battleground as operators seek to preserve satellite value, cut replacement costs and mitigate orbital congestion. The capability could reshape satellite economics and operational risk in increasingly crowded LEO regimes.

2025-12-04T04:07:42.922747-08:00

The Overlooked Space Race: On‑Orbit Servicing and Extending Satellite Life

The Guardian

French Guiana: a remote EU outpost hosting Europe’s only spaceport, vast rainforest and a testing-ground military mission Bordering Brazil, French Guiana is a remote EU outpost that hosts Europe’s only spaceport at Kourou, contains some of the world’s most biodiverse rainforest, and has become the focus of a French military mission whose scope is testing the limits of western power projection in the region.

2025-12-03T21:10:05.047598-08:00

French Guiana: a remote EU outpost hosting Europe’s only spaceport, vast rainforest and a testing-ground military mission

Australian Aviation

CASA and Australian Space Agency formalise cooperation to align spaceflight and air navigation rules Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the Australian Space Agency have signed an agreement to formalise cooperation, information‑sharing and regulatory alignment between spaceflight operations and air navigation rules. Officials say the framework aims to clarify procedures, improve deconfliction and boost industry confidence as Australia's commercial launch and satellite activity grows.

2025-12-03T20:47:26.715772-08:00

CASA and Australian Space Agency formalise cooperation to align spaceflight and air navigation rules

Payload

Isaacman: my ties to SpaceX were 'strictly business' Jared Isaacman said his ties to SpaceX were 'strictly business', arguing the relationship was transactional rather than personal. "In that respect, my relationship is no different than that of NASA," he said, drawing a direct comparison between commercial and institutional partnerships.

2025-12-03T19:44:00.304389-08:00

Isaacman: my ties to SpaceX were 'strictly business'

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