2022 was a tough act to follow in the world of civil space achievements, with NASA’s groundbreaking Artemis 1 mission marking the long-awaited first flight of the Space Launch Vehicle, the James Webb Space Telescope commencing its science operations, Juno conducting a remarkable Europa flyby, and China successfully completing the […]
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WAIMEA, Hawaii — After a slow start, the Commerce Department says it is making progress on establishing a civil space traffic coordination system that will rely on both commercial and government data. During a panel discussion at the AMOS Conference here Sept. 21, Richard DalBello, director of the Office of […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. and Indian officials agreed this week to expand civil space cooperation, including training Indian astronauts and flying payloads on commercial lunar landers. In meetings this week in Washington, held with little public fanfare, the United States and India agreed to expanded cooperation in civil space and laid […]
WASHINGTON — The new head of the Office of Space Commerce says he’s talking with industry on how his office can best take over civil space traffic management while also potentially taking on more regulatory responsibilities. Speaking June 22 at the Fourth Summit for Space Sustainability by the Secure World […]
WASHINGTON — Senate appropriators, frustrated with the lack of progress by the Commerce Department on space traffic management, are threatening to withhold other funding until it gets detailed plans from the agency. In the report accompanying its version of a commerce, justice and science spending bill for fiscal year 2022, […]
BEIJING — As their respective spacecrafts headed to Mars, China and the US held consultations earlier this year in a somewhat unusual series of exchanges between the rivals. China’s National Space Agency confirmed Wednesday that it had working-level meetings and communications with NASA from January to March “to ensure the […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s decision to continue the National Space Council has won approval, and relief, from the space industry, who see it as the latest sign that the White House is not contemplating major changes to space policy. A National Security Council spokesman said March 29 that the […]
WASHINGTON — NASA sought congressional approval to talk with Chinese counterparts and obtain information on the orbit of China’s new Mars spacecraft, a move intended to lower the risk of a collision with other Mars orbiters. NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk revealed the rare, but not unprecedented, discussions with China […]