There’s a very common question asked of people working in space exploration: Why explore space when we have so many problems on Earth? From Wi-Fi to satellite images of real estate, to matters of ...

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WHAT: On December 18, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” that seeks to establish “a space policy that will extend the reach of human discovery ...

The announcement arrived without technical diagrams or timelines laid out in detail. Instead, it came through a renewed ...

Section 1. Purpose. Superiority in space is a measure of national vision and willpower, and the technologies Americans develop to achieve it contribute substantially to the Nation’s strength, security ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. At an internal staff briefing last week, acting NASA ...

The December 18 swearing-in of Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator and the announcement of a new national space policy reasserts the Trump administration’s aim to achieve U.S. dominance in ...

NASA and the Department of Energy aim to deploy a lunar surface nuclear reactor by 2030 to support sustained Moon missions and future exploration under the Artemis program.

A panel of leading space industry executives will explore the trajectory of space technology over the next decade, examining how the long-imagined future depicted in comic books and science fiction is ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in a sweeping executive order issued on ...

In space policy today, Republican views dominate. The party holds majorities in the House and Senate, while the White House is stretching — or breaking — the limits of executive power. Democratic ...

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have been shaping space exploration for decades and now are expanding into space law. As more nations launch satellites, space probes, and military hardware ...