In the first few months of 2025, there's been a flurry of private venture space missions. Some have been successful, such as American company Firefly Aerospace landing its spacecraft Blue Ghost ...

SpaceX alternately gained the ire of both the United States and Russia: first for providing Ukraine with internet access ...

That's something Phuro has been working on in this part of the world: modeling prototypes, understanding future problems, and ...

Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

This includes both outer space and celestial bodies such as the moon. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits territorial claims in outer space and on celestial bodies in order to avoid disputes.

A successful rescue mission will be a relief to Nasa but some legal experts fear space tourists may not have the same legal ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were stranded on the ISS for 286 days after their Starliner spacecraft was ...

With the rise of private space ventures, existing international space laws, established during the Cold War, are inadequate.

The militarization of space has reached a critical juncture, with intelligence reports suggesting that Russia may be developing a nuclear-capable satellite. If confirmed, this development could have ...

Relatedly, the Outer Space Treaty, to which 115 countries are parties, emphasizes that outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, and exploring outer space is ...