Artemis II astronauts describe their lunar voyage as surreal and profound ahead of Earth return
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How NASA's Artemis II mission rediscovered the majesty and mystery of the moon
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Could we actually terraform Mars? A new scientific roadmap lays out the blueprint—and the risks
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The Pentagon Bet Big on Commercial Satellites — Now the Hard Questions Are Catching Up
The Pentagon has stopped debating whether commercial satellites belong in its warfighting plans. It is now building strategy around the certainty that they do. A quiet but significant shift is underway inside the U.S. Space Force, one that moves commercial space from a nice-to-have supplement into the core of military planning. The catalyst was Ukraine, […]
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The Orbit Race Intensifies: China’s 23-Satellite Blitz Signals a New Chapter in the Battle for Space-Based Internet
China launched 23 satellites across two separate missions in just over 30 hours this week, pushing both of its national megaconstellations closer to operational scale in one of the most concentrated bursts of orbital deployment the country has managed yet. This 30-hour blitz crystallizes a strategy that distinguishes China’s approach from SpaceX’s playbook. Where SpaceX […]
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Earth from Space: Lava flow on Réunion Island
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures an active lava flow on the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Réunion Island. ESA’s Celeste broadcasts first navigation signal from low Earth orbit
The European Space Agency has achieved a European first with Celeste, successfully transmitting a navigation signal from low Earth orbit, following the launch of the mission’s first satellites on March 28.
The Space Symposium’s Real Agenda: Alliances, Workforce Gaps, and What Artemis II Actually Changes on the Ground
The 40th Space Symposium kicks off in Colorado Springs this month, and the question hanging over every panel, handshake, and hallway conversation is one the space industry has been dodging for years: Can the United States and its allies actually build the workforce needed to sustain the ambitions they keep announcing? The timing makes the […]
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How the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared detectors actually work, why they almost didn’t, and what their engineering lineage tells us about the limits of observation
JWST's infrared detectors are the product of decades of development, near-cancellation, and relentless engineering iteration. Understanding how they work reveals the true limits of astronomical observation.
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Artemis II Gave Us the First Deep-Space Health Data in Half a Century — Here’s What It Actually Tells Us About Human Limits
The Artemis II crew is reportedly splashing down today in the Pacific Ocean after spending approximately 10 days in deep space, and the biomedical data they carry home may prove as valuable as any photograph of the lunar far side. For the first time in more than 50 years, human beings have been exposed to […]
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