The final milestone that Artemis 1 must achieve to make the mission a complete success is the splashdown.
Author: Mark R. Whittington, Opinion Contributor
Challenger debris discovery reminds us that space exploration can cost lives
Recently, divers came upon some of the debris of the space shuttle Challenger.
NASA war-games an asteroid impact disaster and it goes badly
The exercise presented a number of sobering conclusions.
How much does NASA return to the American economy?
The number of jobs NASA generates is a bad metric for determining the space agency’s value.
Time for the United States to extend SpaceX’s Starlink to Russia
Starlink could prove a potent weapon in our new Cold War.
William Shatner doesn’t much like space travel
Shatner went on a suborbital hop on Blue Origins’ New Shepard rocket last year.
Will Russia rejoin the international community through space, post-Putin?
The first thing a new Russian regime should do regarding space is to offer to sign the Artemis Accords.
SpaceX studies extending the life of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble has returned an incredible amount of scientific data in the decades it has scanned the heavens.
After NASA’s test to deflect asteroid threats, it’s time to better detect what is coming
The farther away a killer asteroid can be detected, the easier it would be to deflect in time.
NASA’s flagship mission to Uranus should use nuclear propulsion
Nuclear propulsion technology will enable future planetary probes to bridge the interplanetary gulfs faster