Cavossa: For commercial space, this is as strong a lineup of leaders and well-positioned executives in the federal government ...

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Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its ...

The company is developing a commercial replacement for the ISS, currently planned to be retired at the end of the decade.

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects ...

That problem will only grow alongside the commercial space race, the ESA posits. Satellites are now cheaper to build than ever before, and commercial rockets are also increasingly commonplace ...

It’s building the first permanent commercial space station, with reusable spaceships that fit 12 to 24 people each. It also launched a collaboration with Prada for custom-made space suits for ...

The Space Force is exploring options to use its new Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to facilitate on-demand launches for getting much needed capabilities on orbit quickly. Col. Richard ...

Europe has historically lagged behind, both in the initial space race of the 1960s and 1970s and the subsequent rush by commercial companies to reach orbit.

Richard Kniseley (far left), head of the Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office, at the Spacepower Conference in Orlando Dec. 11. Credit: SpacePower Conference 2024 webcast Join our ...