The Senate Armed Services Committee has boosted spending on military space programs by $98.2 million. It is not clear yet if the Clinton administration will allow this to pass when the final version of the defense spending bill comes up for a vote this summer.

A short overview of the debate over whether or not the U.S. should have a separate space military force.

The excess capacity in worldwide space launch services is now at 35 percent and will grow higher in the years ahead, according to a recent study.

Area 51 fans, military buffs and free marketers may adore their new access to spy-quality satellite images of secret and international sites, thanks to the growth of the commercial remote sensing industry. But the public availability of such images -- for a fee -- also raises some thorny business and political issues.