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Artemis Accords: One Small Step for NASA, Not So Giant a Leap for Space Law

May 15, 2020

WASHINGTON D.C. — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine today unveiled the “Artemis Accords” — a set of principles designed to allow the U.S. collaborate with other...


Swarm’s Rogue Satellites

April 3, 2018

Earlier this month, IEE Spectrum broke the story that Silicon Valley startup Swarm Technologies had launched several experimental satellites through the commercial arm of India’s space agency,...


Revived National Space Council Could Mean Space Policy Rethink

July 7, 2017

On Friday, June 30, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order reinstating within the White House the National Space Council, which was disbanded early in the...


Light Touch to Space Regulation under New House Bill

June 8, 2017

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the House Subcommittee on Space will mark up the American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017, representing the House’s next...


Moon Express Reveals Need for Space Law

June 6, 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. —­­  The FAA appears “poised to make history by approving the first private space mission to go beyond Earth’s orbit,” according to the...


Space Property Legislation A Victory for Commercial Space, but Has Troubling Loophole

November 11, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — Yesterday, the Senate approved by unanimous consent H.R. 2262, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act — legislation that recognizes property rights...