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ESA’s Draco Reentry Mission Clears Its Critical Design Review
The European Space Agency has announced that its Draco mission has passed its Critical Design Review, clearing it to enter full-scale manufacturing, i...
Aug 25, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Robotics and the future of on-orbit labor
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO and co-founder Ethan Barajas at the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy to launch Roman telescope, Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites
This week will see five orbital launches from China, the United States, and French Guiana.… The post Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy to launch Roman tele...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
ESA to Adapt Ariane 6 for Nuclear-Powered Argonaut Missions
The European Space Agency expects to make specific safety adaptations to the Ariane 6 rocket for future launches of its Argonaut lunar landers that wi...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Fuel for the Next Generation of Cislunar Exploration? Technology and Talent.
After NASA astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, their achievement bore decades’ worth of fruit, including scientific discoveries and a strategic nat...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Three wires, three zeros: Three failed space-tech investments and the warning signs I paid to ignore
Millions of dollars flow into space startups with the hope those companies will some day be worth billions. Florian Gutzwiller offers cautionary tales...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The smoldering dead end: a history of solid rocket motors and their economic scaling limits
Launch vehicles have used solid rocket motors for decades, although many new vehicles eschew them. Michael Puckett discusses the factors that led to a...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Capability before prestige: A realistic astronomy and space-science strategy for Bangladesh
While space science programs are usually associated with major space powers, there are roles for emerging players as well. Shaikh Afnan Birahim discus...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Despite delays, China could gain ground in the space race
China has abruptly postponed its planned Chang’e-7 lunar launch, which was scheduled to take place today. While the new launch timeline is unclear, th...
Aug 24, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Due to need for "absolute success," China delays critical Moon launch to 2027
"The Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch."
Aug 23, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Space war 2040: SPACECOM preps for attacks on ground segments, eyes cislunar ops
The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it “was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not technology-first,” an official at SP...
Aug 21, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail