Traditionally, selecting the leader of NASA has not been a top priority for incoming presidential administrations. While nominations for cabinet-level posts are announced well before Inauguration Day, the choice of […] The post Demystifying Jared Isaacman, Trump’s NASA nominee appeared first on SpaceNews.

In the waning hours of the Biden administration, the Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity was released. The order is a sweeping opus that covers […] The post What President Biden’s second cybersecurity executive order means for the space economy appeared first on SpaceNews.

The United States and Norway have signed an agreement to allow the export of American space hardware to Norway for launches there. The post U.S. and Norway sign technology safeguards agreement for launches from Andøya appeared first on SpaceNews.

Finland signed the Artemis Accords Jan. 21, the first country to do so this year amid questions about the future of the agreement in the new administration. The post Finland signs Artemis Accords appeared first on SpaceNews.

The space infrastructure company is acquiring a drone manufacturer whose technology has been deployed with Ukraine’s military forces The post Redwire expands into defense with $925 million purchase of Edge Autonomy appeared first on SpaceNews.

With the United States space sector already generating more than $380 billion annually and supporting 100,000 American jobs, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA stand at a crossroads. Isaacman […] The post Transforming NASA: enabling America’s commercial space leadership appeared first on SpaceNews.

In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Alex Greenberg, Co-founder and COO, Loft Orbital. The post Alex Greenberg, Loft Orbital – Commercial Space Transformers appeared first on SpaceNews.

China could look to laser power transmission from lunar orbit to supply spacecraft on the moon and solve one of the big challenges for its lunar exploration plans. The post China explores using orbiting lasers to power spacecraft on the moon appeared first on SpaceNews.

European satellite maker Thales Alenia Space and Spanish operator Hispasat have secured government funding to develop a geostationary payload that uses quantum technology to distribute encryption keys. The post Europe to develop geostationary quantum encryption payload appeared first on SpaceNews.

The second Trump administration started with soaring rhetoric about sending humans to Mars but confusion about who was leading NASA on an acting basis. The post Second Trump administration begins with confusion on acting NASA leadership appeared first on SpaceNews.