Commercial rocket companies are already changing the ways war will be waged in space

Commercial rocket companies are already changing the ways war will be waged in space

For decades, the United States has launched large, complex and expensive satellites into orbit to better support the war fighting endeavor. These space-based assets were designed to serve their purpose and live long operational lifespans — but for the most part, were never developed with the idea of space being a contested theater as it […]

SpaceX Wins $130 Million Air Force Contract For Falcon Heavy Rocket

SpaceX Wins $130 Million Air Force Contract For Falcon Heavy Rocket

The U.S. Air Force Space Command has awarded SpaceX a $130 million-dollar contract for the Falcon Heavy Rocket which the service will use to launch Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-52 satellite. This was the first large classified military contract for the company. The Falcon Heavy beat United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4 in a competition under […]

New head of Russian space agency under US sanctions — could this mean the end of cooperation in space?

New head of Russian space agency under US sanctions — could this mean the end of cooperation in space?

For decades, American and Russian space adventurers have enjoyed a form of political isolation from the turbulent relationship at play between their national governments. Despite the sanctions, allegations, name calling and rhetoric, American Astronauts and Russian Cosmonauts have worked side by side in places like the International Space Station, placing their national priorities to the […]

Rocket delays may mean reducing crew aboard International Space Station

Rocket delays may mean reducing crew aboard International Space Station

A lack of suitable government or commercial rocket platforms in the United States has prompted a NASA advisory committee to recommend reducing America’s crew commitments to the International Space Station. In July of 2011, NASA retired the last of its space shuttles and its only domestic means of putting astronauts into orbit. Since then, NASA […]

NASA needs a win — another robot is on its way to Mars

NASA needs a win — another robot is on its way to Mars

On Saturday, United Launch Alliance successfully launched an Atlas V rocket carrying the next robot destined for the surface of Mars: Insight. As the only planet (we’re aware of) that is entirely populated by robots, Mars has already seen an array of different machines specially designed to shed light the red planet’s mysteries, but none […]

Was SpaceX forced to cut live feed from Friday’s launch for ‘national security’ reasons?

Was SpaceX forced to cut live feed from Friday’s launch for ‘national security’ reasons?

In many ways, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has helped reenergize public interest in space science, thanks in no small part to the expert marketing and PR efforts they’ve coupled with their ambitious, but often successful, orbital endeavors. SpaceX’s rocket launches, in particular, have become an online spectacle, with multiple camera views live streaming the event to […]

Elon Musk: A Mars colony is needed to help humanity rebound after the next world war

Elon Musk: A Mars colony is needed to help humanity rebound after the next world war

Earlier this year, SpaceX announced that construction was already underway on what is to become the company’s new flagship rocket and space faring vessel, the BFR. According to the company’s founder, Elon Musk, the BFR (short for Big Falcon Rocket) will be capable of ferrying large crews to and from distant locations like Mars, seemingly […]

New White House report aims to protect Apollo landing sites from the lawlessness of space

New White House report aims to protect Apollo landing sites from the lawlessness of space

Although only three nations have managed to successfully put humans in space and return them safely in the near sixty years since Yuri Gagarin’s historic first flight, an influx of private space organizations and national level programs in recent years is beginning to make it look like mankind’s days of loitering in low earth orbit […]