Artemis II: splashdown
Today, at 17:07 local time on 10 April (01:07 BST/02:07 CEST 11 April), NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its crew splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis II mission. ESA’s European Service Module powered this historic mission that took four astronauts around the Moon and back for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Moog Technology Keeps Artemis II Astronauts Safe During Historic Lunar Mission
East Aurora, NY – Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems, highlights the critical […]
Orion splashes down to successfully end Artemis 2 mission
The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years successfully concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean April 10.
An 83% Budget Cut to the Office of Space Commerce Puts America’s Space Traffic Management Future in Limbo
The Commerce Department’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal reportedly allocates just $11 million to the Office of Space Commerce, representing the second consecutive year the White House has proposed gutting the agency responsible for building America’s civil space traffic management system. The figure marks an estimated 83% reduction from the office’s 2024 budget of approximately […]
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The quiet devastation of being the reliable one in every group you’ve ever been part of, and how it slowly teaches you that dependability can become a cage
Being the dependable person in every group feels like strength until the social contract collapses into a one-way resource drain. The psychology of chronic reliability reveals how competence becomes a cage, and why the door out is harder to find than 'just set boundaries.'
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An 83% Budget Cut Tells You Everything About Washington’s Real Priorities on Space Traffic Management
The White House budget proposal suggests spending approximately $11 million on the Office of Space Commerce in fiscal year 2027, reportedly an 83% drop from the $65 million the office received in 2024. To put that in perspective: the first Trump administration created the policy directive that established this program. The second Trump administration is […]
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'Howl at the moon': NASA's bid to boost space enthusiasm
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Artemis II's record-breaking journey around the moon ends with dramatic splashdown
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U.S. Sanctions Didn’t Stop Spacety — They May Have Made It Stronger
Spacety, a Chinese satellite manufacturer sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2023 for its alleged ties to Russia’s Wagner Group, has reportedly raised approximately $190 million in equity financing from state-linked funds and domestic venture capital. The funding round is one of the largest recent capital raises in China’s commercial space sector — and it […]
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Why the Soviet Buran shuttle flew once and never again — and what its cancellation reveals about how empires choose between prestige and survival
The Soviet Buran shuttle flew once, landed itself autonomously in a crosswind, and was abandoned — not because the engineering failed, but because no one could answer the question of what it was for. Its story reveals how empires collapse when they optimize for matching competitors instead of serving their own needs.
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