Image: Lockheed Martin. Published by Booz Allen, August 2025 Defending America from the Ultimate High Ground The threat of ballistic missile attacks will continue to increase over the next decade, making it the “most catastrophic threat to the United States,” according to President Trump’s “Golden Dome for America” Executive Order.
Artist's rendering of X-37B releasing satellite: Boeing By Alexander William Salter, Published by Space News, 29 August 2025 President Trump’s recent executive order promoting commercial space competition highlights America’s unique advantage in the final frontier: our dynamic commercial space sector. American companies such as SpaceX, Planet Labs and Sierra Space are rewriting the rules
By Chinedu Okafur, Published by Business Insider Africa, 29 August 2025 Nigeria and Brazil have taken a historic step toward strengthening their bilateral ties by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on space technology, research, and innovation. Nigeria and Brazil signed an MoU to enhance cooperation in space technology and
Rocket Lab's Neutron launch vehicle will fly from Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island. (Rocket Lab) By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 29 August 2025 WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia— As Rocket Lab prepares to roll out its new Neutron rocket as a fresh competitor for military and commercial missions,
A group protested proposed NASA budget cuts and workforce reductions outside NASA Headquarters June 30. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 29 August 2025 WASHINGTON — The White House has moved to eliminate employee unions at NASA, among other agencies, on national security grounds. In an Aug. 28 executive
Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 August 2025 WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab’s newly acquired subsidiary Geost has secured an expansion of a U.S. Space Force contract to produce two optical payloads for missions in geostationary orbit. The
An illustration of the Golden Dome. Credit: Arcfield By Kevin Kelly, Published by Space News, 26 Augus 2025 The era of single-vector threats is behind us. That was Aerial Defense 1.0, when defenses were designed for ballistic missiles tracked by radar and defeated by linear kill webs. Threats came one
Rocket Lab's launch site on Mahia Peninsula. By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 23 August 2025 "Live, Laugh, Launch" was the 70th mission of Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle to date. Rocket Lab launched five satellites for a confidential customer this evening (Aug. 23) on the 70th overall liftoff of its
