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Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program
NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.
Sep 01, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri
"We could really be facing the great filter."
Sep 01, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Watch 2 astronauts take 6th-ever all-female spacewalk today
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and France's Sophie Adenot will conduct the sixth all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Sept...
Sep 01, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Powder Keg in Outer Space
How to head off a new arms competition.
Sep 01, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
NASA's doomed Swift space telescope restarts science work after rescue mission fails
NASA's Swift space telescope has resumed science observations after a private mission failed to boost its decaying orbit, making the most of its remai...
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Launch Preview: Array of international launches planned this week
Six missions are scheduled to launch from launch sites across the globe this week. After… The post Launch Preview: Array of international launches pla...
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
What's next for Roman Space Telescope? Here's how NASA's flagship observatory will open up the universe
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has left Earth, but it'll be a while before it starts its highly anticipated science mission. Here are the ne...
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
SpaceX, NASA delay next astronaut launch to ISS due to leak on Dragon spacecraft
The launch of SpaceX's Crew-13 mission to the ISS, previously scheduled for Sept. 12, has been delayed due to an oxidizer leak on the Dragon spacecraf...
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
In space, the UAE is choosing capabilities, not camps
Washington and Beijing frame space as a binary contest, but the UAE is quietly building capability from both.
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Media briefing: BepiColombo's next milestone towards Mercury
Video: 01:09:40 Rewatch the European Space Agency's 31 August 2026 online press briefing on the latest developments of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo missio...
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Speed to Field Starts Below the Prime
I have spent much of my career looking at the defense industrial base from different vantage points: as a warfighter, inside major defense companies, ...
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Starlink Closes In on Fibre as Zimbabwe’s VSAT Subscriptions Hit Record 86,488
Starlink has narrowed the gap to the fibre subscriber base in Zimbabwe, driving the country’s VSAT subscriptions to a record […] The post Starlink Clo...
Aug 31, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail