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Innovative, affordable, and expedited
One of big challenges facing Isaacman is how to speed up a human return to the Moon, or at least keep it from falling further behind schedule. Robert ...
Jan 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Houston deserves a Space Shuttle, but not like this
A provision in last year's budget reconciliation bill effectively directed the transfer of the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space C...
Jan 05, 2026 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The Artemis Accords at five
This fall marked five years since eight countries, including the United States, announced that they were signing the new Artemis Accords, outlining no...
Dec 22, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
State-owned enterprises and commercial space in China
The Chinese space ecosystem now includes many startups that emulate American entrepreneurial space companies. Owen Chbani examines the role larger sta...
Dec 22, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
SpaceX, orbital data centers, and the journey to Mars
After years of saying the company was not planning an initial public offering of stock, SpaceX now appears to be moving ahead with an IPO as soon as n...
Dec 15, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
"Sovereign capacity" of private and public space programs
Countries are increasingly seeing the strategic value of space capabilities. Alexander Wallace Watson examines the ways countries can built up those c...
Dec 15, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
NASA Goddard and the dawn of international cooperation in space
NASA cooperated with other nations on space science missions from the agency's earliest days. Trevor Williams examines two early cooperative satellite...
Dec 08, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
The long arm of a European space law
The European Commission released earlier this year a draft of a space law for the European Union intended to harmonize regulations and promote space s...
Dec 08, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Beyond launch: How in-space propulsion markets will determine winners in the $1 trillion space economy
Launch has long been seen as the bottleneck for a growing space economy, but it is not the only factor. Malik Farkhadov discusses how the in-space pro...
Dec 08, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
A big win for European space
The member states of the European Space Agency met in Germany last week to decide on agency funding levels for the next three years. Jeff Foust report...
Dec 01, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Burning Falcon: the death of a Russian laser ASAT plane
Last week, Ukrainian drones and missiles struck a Russian air base. Among the planes destroyed there, Dwayne Day discusses, is one that was developed ...
Dec 01, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail
Mapping the dark side of the world (part 3): Replacing ARGON, the SAMOS E-4, and mapping the Moon
In the conclusion of his examination of satellite mapping programs in the early Cold War, Dwayne Day examines revised camera designs, including one us...
Dec 01, 2025 · StaffOriginally on Wedgetail