CU Boulder Establishes Space Policy Professorship
A new professorship at the University of Colorado Boulder aims to bridge the gap between space engineering, business, and law, by emphasizing the importance of space governance to the whole industry.
Policy
Stories about space regulations and policy, and what they mean for companies.
NOAA Proposes Terminating TraCSS Program
NOAA’s FY 2026 budget proposal, released yesterday, includes plans to gut the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and terminate federal funding for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). While internal memos in April revealed the Trump administration’s designs to push the system into the private sector, the Congressional justification document formalizes the agency’s plan. […]
EU Watch: The Potential Impact of the Space Act
The act aims to boost the region’s space industry by cutting red tape, creating one standard for legal and technical requirements, and ensuring Europe’s space industry remains safe and sustainable.
Firefly Greenlit for Future Swedish Launches
Firefly Aerospace hit another milestone in its quest to reach orbit from Europe.
ESA Watch: 2040 Vision Takes Center Stage in Paris
ESA is thinking big in Technology 2040, a new report that provides a roadmap for the region’s future in space over the next ~15 years.
EO CEOs Slam ‘Shortsighted and Perilous’ Budget Request
Leaders at six of America’s biggest remote sensing firms are urging Congress to reject cuts proposed in the Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 budget plan—a proposal that would dramatically reduce the government’s purchasing of commercial EO data.
Why Is SpaceX The Master of Launch?
Billions of dollars have yet to buy a SpaceX competitor.
ESA Watch: Setting the Stage for November
This week, ESA member states declared that they will carry on with their ambitious space science and exploration plans—with or without the US.
Dems Worry Golden Dome Will Launch Arms Race
“If we’re going to put something up in the sky for $500 billion and it just starts an arms race and then it doesn’t work because they can get around it, then that’s a massive waste of taxpayer dollars.”
Commercial Space Federation Launches Supply Chain Council
What do penguins and US space industry suppliers have in common? It’s safer for both to travel in packs.
Trump Ditches Isaacman Amid Record NASA Cuts
“They always say [NASA budgets are] dead on arrival—this is extra dead.”
Dark Sky Advocates Fight Against a Bright Future
Advocates for dark and quiet skies are outgunned.