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• Accelerate U.S. lunar exploration with a robotic sample return campaign

  

  A realistic and cost-effective path for the United States to advance the exploration and development of the moon, and to keep our nation in the forefront of that enterprise, is to dramatically increase robotic exploration efforts and to focus with urgency on a comprehensive campaign to collect and return geologic samples from a wide range […]

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• Crafting a Democratic space policy in the Trump era

  

  In space policy today, Republican views dominate. The party holds majorities in the House and Senate, while the White House is stretching — or breaking — the limits of executive power. Democratic views on space are largely couched in terms of opposition to White House initiatives, such as proposed cuts in NASA’s budget or efforts […]

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• The race to defend satellites from cyberattacks

  

  Deloitte’s ‘Silent Shield’ payloads will test cyber defenses in orbit

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• Reflex Aerospace raises 50 million euros

  

  German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace has raised 50 million euros ($57.4 million) as it rides a growing wave of interest and investment in European space systems.

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• China delays Shenzhou-20 crew return after suspected space debris impact

  

  China’s human spaceflight agency has delayed the scheduled return to Earth of a crewed Shenzhou spacecraft due to a suspected space debris impact.

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