Collaborate Disseminate
There was a time when putting an object into low Earth orbit was the absolute pinnacle of human achievement. It was such an outrageously expensive and complex undertaking that only …read more Continue reading Democratizing Space, One Picosatellite at a Time
It looks as though things may have gone from bad to worse at Virgin Orbit, the satellite carrying spin-off of Richard Branson’s space tourism company Virgin Galactic. After a disappointing …read more Continue reading Virgin Orbit Pauses Operations, Seeks Funding
On the morning of November 15, a Russian missile destroyed a satellite in orbit above Earth. The successful test of the anti-satellite weapon has infuriated many in the space industry, …read more Continue reading Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Test Draws Widespread Condemnation
On April 28th, China successfully put the core module of their Tianhe space station into orbit with the latest version of the Long March 5B heavy-lift booster. This rocket, designed …read more Continue reading Look Out Below! China’s Heavy-Lift Rocket Due for Uncontrolled Reentry Within Days
Now that we drive around cars that are more like mobile data centers than simple transportation, there’s a wealth of data to be harvested when the inevitable crashes occur. After a recent Tesla crash on a California highway, a security researcher got a hold of the car’s “black box” and …read more
Continue reading Getting Rid of All the Space Junk in Earth’s Backyard
In the early days of spaceflight, when only the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union had the ability to put an object into orbit, even the most fanciful of futurists would have had a hard time believing that commercial entities would one day be launching sixty satellites …read more
Continue reading Developing Guidelines for Sustainable Spaceflight
When it comes to SpaceX, or perhaps more accurately its somewhat eccentric founder and CEO Elon Musk, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. For as many incredible successes SpaceX has had, there’s an equal number of projects or ideas which get quietly delayed or shelved entirely once …read more
Continue reading Everything We Know About SpaceX’s Starlink Network
With the destruction of the Microsat-R reconnaissance satellite on March 27th, India became the fourth country in history to successfully hit an orbiting satellite with a surface-launched weapon. While Microsat-R was indeed a military satellite, there was no hostile intent; the spacecraft was one of India’s own, launched earlier in …read more
Continue reading Humanity Creates a Cloud of Space Garbage, Again
The Beresheet lander will attempt the first private Moon landing on April 11. Continue reading Watch the First Private Moon Lander Ride to Orbit on a SpaceX Rocket