NASA and safety: more is better
By Roger Handberg
The ongoing crisis with the Starliner has moved in the direction of making crew safety the prime driver. As an organization,...
Space isn’t all about the “race”: rival superpowers must work together for a better future
By Art Cotterell
In recent years, a new “space race” has intensified between the United States and China. But what is this latest “race” about,...
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NASA and safety: more is better
By Roger Handberg
The ongoing crisis with the Starliner has moved in the direction of making crew safety the prime driver. As an organization,...
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NASA and safety: more is better
By Roger Handberg
The ongoing crisis with the Starliner has moved in the direction of making crew safety the prime driver. As an organization,...
Repurposing nuclear reactors used in space propulsion for high-density power on the Moon and Mars
By Ajay Kothari
In the recent NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Shortfall Ranking Report, “High Power Energy Generation on Moon/Mars” is rated #2 of 187 considered...
Space isn’t all about the “race”: rival superpowers must work together for a better future
By Art Cotterell
In recent years, a new “space race” has intensified between the United States and China. But what is this latest “race” about,...
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Why planetary protection matters to the future of space exploration
By Dylan Taylor
The hiker’s motto you often hear cited when it comes to dealing with forays into the wilderness is, “leave only footprints, take...
NATO space domain, a new frontier of security
The space domain has rapidly evolved from a realm of scientific exploration to a strategic arena. From civilian industry to military operations and individual...
US Space Force moves to make its systems battle-ready by 2026
The Space Force this summer kicked off a campaign to ready itself for a potential conflict by closing high-priority gaps in its command-and-control architecture...
What will happen in the first space hostage crisis?
By JD Cole, Marc Feldman, and Hugh Taylor
Hostage taking for profit is as old as humanity. More than 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar was...
US Space Force plans to put a multisatellite ‘carrier’ into orbit
Gravitics gets an up-to-$60 million contract to build a satellite that can spit out other satellites as needed.
What’s better than being able to launch...
Is the United States doing enough to engage with China on space policy?
By Mariam Kvaratskhelia
While Beijing has accused the United States of turning outer space into “a weapon and a battlefield,” it has no less a...
The age of space skepticism and a growing revolt against elites
Over the past decade, a new form of skepticism about human activities in space has emerged. It seems to be based exclusively in the...
NASA and SpaceX work to improve coordination of space traffic
As missions to low Earth orbit become more frequent, space traffic coordination remains a key element to efficiently operating in space. Different satellite operators...
Prospects for orbital data centers
By Lawrence Furnival
In the near future, orbital data centers could prove to be an important new revenue stream for launch providers and cloud services....
As space becomes more crowded, US Space Force turns to AI
The US Space Force will need to use AI in new ways to identify and track objects in space—also called “space domain awareness”—as space...
NATO Allied Command Transformation: Advancing the Alliance’s Role in the Space Domain at the Space Symposium
As NATO adapts to the evolving character of warfare in the 21st century, the space domain has emerged as a critical front for securing...
Guarding against cyberattacks in space
by Patrick Lin
If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly be returned to the communications...

