NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency needs a stronger industrial base to move at the pace required by the new space race.
Marlink has been selected by Groupama-FDJ United to deploy an advanced hybrid communications network across the team’s fleet of race vehicles.
NASA aims to ramp up flight cadence to the Moon, build a lunar base, and beat China in the modern space race.
Christina Koch said the Artemis II crew treats the mission as a relay race for Artemis III.
The Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space originated with a 1981 United Nations resolution.
Russia supports initiatives such as the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, or PAROS, to strengthen space security.
The Space Force's "Race to Resilience" frames 2026 as the pivotal year for transitioning to a full-spectrum warfighting architecture.
Catalan company Sateliot is leading the European race to launch the first 3GPP standard nanosatellite constellation for IoT connectivity without terrestrial infrastructure.
Beijing emphasized that commercial satellites are increasingly integrated into reconnaissance and battlefield communication architectures, aggravating the risk of an arms race in outer space.
Isaacman emphasized the need for a competitive technology race between SpaceX's Starship program and Blue Origin's Blue Moon project.
The race to fly a reusable rocket in China's commercial space sector now includes Space Pioneer with Tianlong-3, LandSpace with Zhuque-3, Galactic Energy with Pallas-1, and CAS Space with Kinetica-2.
The United States is in a space race with China, which plans to put a manned lander on the lunar surface by 2030.
Vast Space has adopted an aggressive timeline strategy to outpace better-funded competitors in the race to replace the International Space Station.
Duffy stated that the US is in a race against China and needs the best companies to help reach the Moon first.
China’s commercial space sector has a five-way race to be the first to fly a reusable rocket, involving iSpace, Space Pioneer, LandSpace, Galactic Energy, and CAS Space.
Brendan Carr described the competition between the US and China in space as 'Space Race 2.0'.
NASA's acting administrator, Sean Duffy, emphasized the importance of winning the lunar race against China.
Professor Craig Smith, the Mike Miller SmartSat Chair in Telecommunications at UniSA, stated that the partnership will strengthen Australia’s position in the global space race.
Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy linked the United States' need to win the space race to a concept of 'manifest destiny to the stars.'
The legislation aims to rally allies in orbit to remain competitive against China in the second space race.