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Trump Confirms SPACECOM Move to Alabama

The official relocation to the Redstone Arsenal installation is the latest chapter in a multi-year back-and-forth that started in the final days of Trump’s first term.

International • Policy

Op-ed: Space Science Is Part of the Space Race with China

Beijing is pressing ahead with an ambitious space science effort designed to close the gap with—or even exceed—US capabilities in the coming decades. If our elected leaders believe that America’s continued leadership in space is paramount, they must press our national lead in space science.

Polaris • Policy

Scientists Call For New Agency to Promote, Oversee Space

The Federation of American Scientists recommended that the Space Promotion and Regulatory Agency should be formed by merging the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation and the Commerce Department’s Office of Space Commerce.

Business • Military

True Anomaly Hires Sarah Walter As COO

“I am a big proponent of go fast, fail, learn and repeat, and continue to get better.”

Launch

Rocket Lab’s Neutron Pad Is Open For Launch

Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the oceanside Launch Complex 3 on Thursday. While pausing to mark the milestone, however, Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said there’s still a lot of work to be done—and that the company is racing to meet its goal of launching Neutron on its first flight by the end of the year.

Civil

NOAA’s Weather Sat Do-Over Starts With Less

The next-generation of US weather satellites isn’t so next-generation anymore.

Civil • Europe • Startups

Inside Aerospacelab’s Pitch to Build IRIS2

Payload sat down with Benoît Deper, Aerospacelab’s founder and CEO, to discuss the startup’s pitch to manufacture Europe’s secure satcom constellation.