Will it Take a Catastrophe for Nations to Take Issue of Space Debris Seriously? December 5, 2025 By Ian Whittaker and Lesley Masters China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the...
China Prepares to Bring Home 3 Astronauts Stranded After Collision With Space Debris November 12, 2025 By Bloomberg News China has activated emergency plans for three astronauts who are stuck in space after debris crashed into their spacecraft. A...
Hijacked Satellites, Orbiting Space Weapons: In 21st Century, Space Is New Battlefield August 20, 2025 By David Klepper As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television...
EU Revamps Regulations for Expanding Space Market June 26, 2025 The European Commission on Wednesday put forward the EU Space Act, a long-awaited overhaul of regulations affecting its fast-growing space...
Space War: Marsh Sues Willis Over Aviation Insurance Hires Soliciting Clients May 12, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurance broker Marsh USA is asking a New York court to stop several former employees and rival Willis Towers Watson...
Another Satellite Breakup Adds to Rising Problem of Space Junk October 22, 2024 A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and...
How Brexit Hobbled Britain’s Race to Space January 2, 2024 By Thomas Seal Britain’s push to become a “space superpower” is being undermined by political disarray and weak domestic investment, while showing how...
From Ukraine to Taiwan, Satellite Firms Wrangle With Geopolitics in Space October 6, 2023 By Peter Apps If China attempts to cut Taiwan off from the world by severing more than a dozen undersea cables that connect...
Billion-Dollar Satellite Risks Upending Space Insurance August 28, 2023 By Todd Shields and Loren Grush Viasat Inc. has more than $1 billion of orbiting satellites in trouble, and space insurers are girding for market-rattling claims....
Britain’s Satellite Launch Fails, but Virgin Orbit Expected to Try Again January 11, 2023 By Paul Sandle NEWQUAY, England – Britain’s hopes of becoming a prime launch site for small satellites remain intact despite the failure of...