Space is getting crowded — nowadays, over 45,000 human-made objects orbit Earth. A portion of that figure is indeed ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory creates a cislunar orbit map to help predict satellite stability and improve collision avoidance in increasingly crowded Earth orbits.

Satellites and spacecraft in the vast region between Earth and the moon and just beyond—called cislunar space—are crucial for ...

An illustration of Lunar Flashlight in cislunar space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech If there is a buzzword for space in the 2020s, it’s “cislunar.” NASA talks about the lunar Gateway as the “cislunar ...

Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released the first National Cislunar Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy to address how U.S. S&T leadership will support responsible, ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory identified its Cislunar Highway Patrol System as one of several Department of Defense programs aimed at expanding cislunar capabilties. (AFRL) WASHINGTON — The Air ...

The new contest for the moon is no longer a two‑country sprint but a crowded relay, with state agencies setting the course and private firms grabbing the baton. As China and the United States compete ...

A U.S. Air Force lab expects to issue a solicitation for the Cislunar Highway Patrol System by next month. (Air Force Research Laboratory) WASHINGTON — The Air Force Research Laboratory could award a ...

Recently, analysts predicted that a rocket stage from a Chinese space mission would crash into the moon. The impact was predicted to happen in March 2022. Did it? The world didn’t know until late June ...

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