On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin launched six women—Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez—on a suborbital journey to the edge of space. The headlines ...

The Apollo space missions of the 1960s, which took humans to the moon for the first time, relied on brute-force propulsion more than technological sophistication. The onboard Apollo Guidance Computer ...

Delegates to Abu Dhabi Space Debate (ADSD) are set to discuss the most pressing challenges and opportunities within the space sector. Over a thousand policymakers, governments, industry, academia, and ...

"We've got a whole generation behind Artemis," said Walther Pelzer, head of Germany’s space agency, "and I think that would be a huge mistake if we would disappoint these young people." Credit: Tom ...

HOUSTON—Recent remarks by NASA’s acting administrator help define his commitment to keeping the U.S. ahead in space by returning Artemis astronauts to the Moon ahead of China and leading the way to ...

How difficult will it be for future astronauts on Mars to establish a sustainable settlement? This is what a recent preprint submitted to Elsevier hopes to address as Dr. Florian Neukart, who is an ...

Can international cooperation keep space peaceful? We examine the challenges and opportunities for safeguarding space security. The 1960s were a landmark decade for space exploration, featuring ...

Astronaut and geophysicist Andrew Feustel is a veteran of three NASA spaceflights and alumnus of Purdue EAPS. Currently he is Lead Astronaut with Vast. He spoke with Lucy Flesch, Frederick L. Hovde ...

As the space economy accelerates into the commercial frontier, once the exclusive domain of the Cold War geopolitics and scientific discovery, it is now increasingly defined by private investment, ...