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The "public" in public space agency
Many hailed the success of the Artemis 2 mission as a key technical step in returning humans to the Moon. Alex Li said it also played an important cul...
Jun 01, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Starships are meant to eventually fly
Last week marked both the first flight of the latest version of SpaceX's Starship as well as the release of the company's prospectus for its initial p...
May 26, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Fear and panic in orbit around the Red Planet: Missions to Phobos and Deimos
While most concepts for missions to Mars have focused on the planet itself, some have instead planned to explore its two small moons. Dwayne Day exami...
May 26, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Reassessing NASA procurement strategy: A hybrid approach
NASA is using a mix of cost-plus and fixed-price contracts for its missions, but each approach as advantages and disadvantages. Eli Lichtenstein offer...
May 26, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Space launch and reentry environmental concerns are real, but can be mitigated
The sharp increase in launches has led to warnings about the environmental impacts of emissions from those launches and subsequent reentries on the up...
May 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Isaacman honeymoon
Despite a budget request that proposed steep cuts to NASA, administrator Jared Isaacman still remains popular on Capitol Hill and in industry. Jeff Fo...
May 18, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
After Gateway: the case for a middle power lunar consortium
NASA's decision to effectively cancel the lunar Gateway has forced international partners who had been working on its components to reconsider their p...
May 11, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Flagships on a budget
NASA's next astrophysics flagship mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is under budget and ahead of schedule for a launch later this year. ...
May 11, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Strategy is easy, but logistics is hard. Golden Dome proves it.
The Golden Dome missile defense system will require major space-based capabilities, from sensors to interceptors. Bharath Gopalaswamy and Daniel Dant ...
May 11, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Three steps forward but one step back
NASA's revisions to its Artemis lunar exploration architecture have won widespread support in the space industry. Dale Skran, though, notes that the p...
May 11, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Moonbase moment
The centerpiece of NASA's new lunar exploration plans is a lunar base announced at an event in March. Jeff Foust reports there is strong interest in d...
May 04, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Governance is always late to the party. Here's why that's not an accident.
Regulation of space activities aways appears to lag their technical and economic feasibility. G. Theresa Quitto-Dickerson explains this structural iss...
May 04, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail