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The company won the $4 billion ‘Space Force Range Contract’ for Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg operations. The award had been challenged by the previous incumbent RGNext The post Amentum begins work at U.S. space launch ranges after protest is withdrawn appeared first on SpaceNews.

LONDON – A day after the British government announced plans to fold the UK Space Agency into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), industry leaders said the move could streamline Britain’s space policy but also warned it risked undermining transparency and distracting from upcoming European talks about funding for space programs. The European

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host David Ariostor speaks with Al Tadros, Chief Technology Officer at Redwire, to explore the future of space infrastructure and commercialization. The post The future of space infrastructure appeared first on SpaceNews.

Despite the arrival of privately funded lunar mining companies, advancements in space resource legislation (such as the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015) and lunar prospecting missions such as LUPEX, one legal hurdle remains that will likely impact the pace of investment in future lunar mining activities: property rights on a celestial body. This issue

United Launch Alliance is leaning more into reusability as it advances work on recovering the engine section of the Vulcan rocket and embarks on another project. The post ULA making new efforts on Vulcan reusability appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceX would get just 1% of the $625 million in rural broadband subsidies proposed by West Virginia, the third state in a row to give satellites only a marginal role in the federal government’s BEAD program. The post West Virginia joins states handing satellites a tiny share of rural broadband subsidies appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) current informed consent framework under 14 CFR §460.45 falls dangerously short of adequately warning space flight participants (SFP) about the true risks they face, particularly long-term health consequences that may not manifest until months or years after their journey. This regulatory gap threatens both SFP safety and industry credibility as

Comments by NASA’s acting administrator have created uncertainty about the future of Earth science programs at the space agency. The post Duffy comments seed doubts about future of NASA Earth science appeared first on SpaceNews.

Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that is making a very close flyby of Earth in 2029. The post Smallsat missions proposed to study asteroid Apophis appeared first on SpaceNews.

One of the products Globalstar is pitching are “covert” tracker devices for military platforms The post Globalstar pursuing defense market with secure satcom services appeared first on SpaceNews.