On 6 April 2020, US President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Guoyu Wang On Space Law Ambiguities
On 6 April 2020, US President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources.
Read More »Germany’s Exolaunch Signs Rideshare Satellite Launch Agreement With SpaceX
Berlin-based Exolaunch, a leading launch services and deployment system provider for small satellites, revealed on 14 April 2020 that it has signed a rideshare launch services agreement with SpaceX.
Read More »Russia Wary Of Space Privatisation After Trump Executive Order, But Willing To Talk
Responding to President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources, Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the personal press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, told the TASS news agency that any attempt at “privatizing” space would be considered “unacceptable.”
Read More »Quality Control Issues Delay Russian Proton-M Launches
Three Proton-M launch vehicles have been returned from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to their manufacturer in Moscow after newly introduced Roscosmos quality control measures found defective components and parts in them.
Read More »UK Space Technologies To Boost NHS Coronavirus Response
A new drive to fund space-enabled technology and services that can strengthen the NHS response to coronavirus has launched on 14 April by the UK Space Agency.
Read More »Help Pave The Way For Artemis: Send NASA Your Mini Moon Payload Designs
Future exploration of the Moon and beyond will require tools of all shapes and sizes — from sweeping orbiters to the tiniest of rovers.
Read More »Space Tango Wins NASA Utilization Awards For LEO Commercialization Of Biomedical Applications
Kentucky-based Space Tango, a leader in the commercialization of low-Earth orbit (LEO) for discovery and on-orbit manufacturing across a wide range of applications, today announced the award of three projects focused on biomedical application development on the International Space Station (ISS)
Read More »Virgin Orbit’s VOX Space Wins US$35M US Space Force Launch Contract
VOX Space, the Virgin Orbit subsidiary which provides responsive and affordable launch services for the U.S. national security community, has been selected to launch three dedicated missions for the U.S. Space Force (USSF), delivering multiple spacecraft to orbit for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program-S28 (STP-S28)
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Peter Marquez On The Need For The EO
On 6 April 2020, US President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources. This order addresses US policy regarding the recovery and use of resources in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies. Starting today, …
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