Maj. Gen. Keener: The exercise will help Space Command ‘better understand commercial challenges, requirements, and how we can better work together’ The post Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players appeared first on SpaceNews.
18/03/2026 22:14SAN FRANCISCO — TransAstra is performing a study, funded by investors and customers, to explore the technical feasibility of moving a 100-metric-ton asteroid to a stable near-Earth orbit. “We want to bring an asteroid to the Earth-moon system and turn it into a robotic research outpost for materials processing and manufacturing in space,” Joel Sercel, […] The post TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing appeared first on SpaceNews.
18/03/2026 20:00South Korea’s plans for a national security constellation are coming into sharper focus after a March 18 solar array supply deal set the stage for a first demonstrator as early as the second half of 2027. The post Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation appeared first on SpaceNews.
18/03/2026 15:57At the dawn of the Space Age, then President-elect John F. Kennedy spoke to the American people of “a new frontier” of unknown opportunities and perils, unfulfilled hopes and unfilled threats, uncharted science and unsolved problems. Six years later, Star Trek expanded on President Kennedy’s new frontier premise with tales of the starship Enterprise boldly […] The post Frontier justice: navigating the future legal landscape for private actors in space law appeared first on SpaceNews.
18/03/2026 14:00China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in December 2027. The post China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test appeared first on SpaceNews.
18/03/2026 13:45NASA’s planetary science program, while spared steep cuts proposed last year, is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue. The post NASA grappling with planetary science funding shortfall appeared first on SpaceNews.
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