Space

For more than 20 years, an obscure U.S. law concealed satellite imagery of Israel’s activities in the occupied territories. Because of an abrupt reversal, satellite technology can now be used to defend Palestinians’ human rights.

The Defense Department hasn’t done enough to secure satellites and prepare for greater militarization of space, experts say, as it rolls out a new strategy for the domain.

The newly reestablished U.S. Space Command will focus on preventing, not fighting, a conflict in space.

Getting off this planet is more important than hypothetical Martian bacteria.

Arrests in Hong Kong, a proroguing prime minister, and criticism of World Bank funding in Xinjiang.

The United States officially resurrects U.S. Space Command, but the fight for a Space Force is not yet done.

The private sector can give the United States a much-needed rocket boost.

The solutions to climate change lie far, far away.

The latest front in a return to Cold War rivalry is the effort to build an all-American rocket for military launches.

Michael Waltz, Congress’s first Green Beret, talks about the new Space Force and America’s budding commercial launch industry.

U.S. commercial space efforts are being undercut by aggressive Chinese plans.

What’s at stake in Turkey’s local elections, and how the United States drives out Chinese talent.

Hsue-Shen Tsien was driven out of the United States by political paranoia. Will the same happen to a new generation of Chinese talent?

A new space race may be on, but the United States should opt for peaceful exploration rather than military presence.

Tehran’s military is advancing ever farther into outer space—and the threat is bigger than Washington is letting on.

Defense officials are worried about a remote compound Beijing says helped it land on the far side of the moon.

The U.S. president rolled out the most ambitious missile defense strategy since the end of the Cold War.

The president appears to be tired of Pentagon officials slow rolling his orders.

James Mattis accepts tactical retreats to retain influence with Donald Trump. But the losses are piling up.