NASA, SpaceX and Blue Origin have all successfully launched superheavy-lift rockets. These massive vehicles are designed to carry a much heavier load.
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The closer to Earth a satellite flies, the clearer a picture it can take of the surface. But low-flying satellites also have to deal with atmospheric drag.
Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is now the second, after SpaceX, to land a rocket booster for reuse.
The US space agency has opened up a lunar lander contract held by Space X to competition.
The International Space Station has hosted astronauts and spacefarers continually for 25 years.
Africa’s new space agency has an important role to play in coordinating satellite data and boosting connectivity.
The Starship program has already experienced more failures than many other space missions in the past. Will it ever see success – and if so when?
Getting into space is now a joint effort between states and companies, with plenty of opportunity for companies and countries willing to be flexible or neutral.
As ‘space tourism’ grows and private companies become more involved in orbital missions, space law has failed to keep up. Urgent reform is called for.
Private companies are now major players in space. How can they be held accountable if they damage the property of others or trash the Moon?
Granting tech leaders direct control over government functions fundamentally alters the relationship between private power and public governance.
Trump’s return as US president could hasten the SpaceX Earth to Earth project.
SpaceX has brought both well-paying jobs and rocket debris to southern Texas.
A rocket needs to overcome the force of gravity to leave Earth behind.
This year should see the first working prototype of a data centre designed for space.
Could humans expand out beyond their homeworld and establish settlements on the planet Mars? The idea of settling the red planet has been around for decades. However, it has been seen by sceptics as a…
NASA administrators have hard choices to make, but the outcomes are often out-of-this-world exciting.
The Space Launch System is a crucial part of America’s plans to return to the Moon.
We already have some clues to what the Trump administration will change on space policy.
The outcome of the election could have important implications for the world’s richest man.
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