Stories about space regulations and policy, and what they mean for companies.
The EU Space Act, published in June, would establish a unified, EU-wide approach to regulating space activities, and address issues related to space safety, resiliency, and sustainability. However, the space act is poised to unleash a Pandora’s box of consequences, including putting a brake on innovation and raising the costs of doing business in space.
Industry leaders shared nuanced views with Payload on what a DSIT-run UKSA might mean for the future of the country’s space ambitions.
The organizations’ plan is to educate members of Congress on the importance of NASA science, and the wide-ranging benefits the agency provides to the whole country.
NASA will begin “moving away” from Earth sciences, Acting Administrator Sean Duffy told Fox News last week—a sharp shift in the agency’s focus since it was established in 1958.
As a former space shuttle pilot and commander whose crews helped build the ISS, I am appalled that NASA has reportedly changed its plans for future commercial space stations.
Between the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (BBB) and the Trump administration’s budget request, the Space Force could see a budget of $40.2B in fiscal 2026.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are aiming to promote US leadership in space—and ensure commercial space players are in lockstep with the government along the way.
Environmental reviews, system safety regs, and explosion models, oh my.
“Senegal chooses to join the great human adventure that has always driven us to explore the unknown,” Maram Kairé, the director general of the Senegalese Agency for Space Studies, said at a ceremony at NASA HQ in DC. “This signature marks a meaningful step in our space diplomacy and in our ambition to contribute to the peaceful exploration of outer space.”
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took the helm for his first full day as NASA’s interim administrator on Friday.
Buried in the hundreds of amendments approved by the committee, lawmakers asked for a number of reports or briefings on many space topics.
The commercial space economy runs on rare Earth minerals, but the rare Earths in space today have one thing in common: the vast majority come from China.
