It will likely cost about $1.2 trillion to develop and operate President Trump’s planned “Golden Dome” missile defense system, according to a new Congressional Budget Office report.
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Two private companies are partnering up to establish a repeatable debris removal service for low Earth orbit, and they want to debut it in 2027.
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Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is the new CEO of Quantum Space, a company developing maneuverable spacecraft for use by the U.S. military and commercial operators.
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The United States Space Force has created a new program to develop space-based missile interceptors, with the goal of being able to demonstrate their capability by 2028.
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Astroscale’s 2027 ISSA-J mission will mark the first attempt to inspect multiple spacecraft across different orbits in a single flight.
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The head of the U.S. Space Force said the United States’ ongoing war in Iran shows the service has become a fully “combat credible” force.
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SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets 19 hours apart, both carrying batches of Starlink satellites. The liftoffs took place from Florida and California on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 (by local time zone).
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In response to a request from the U.S. government, Planet Labs made a decision not to share photos of Iran as well as the larger conflict region in the Middle East indefinitely
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Scientists used SWOT to observe the 2025 Kamchatka tsunami, and their resulting work gives an unusually clear view into tsunamigenesis.
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SpaceX Starlink spacecraft was seen prior to breaking up in orbit by a satellite.