Without property rights in space, one of the most important economic incentives for the commercial development — and ultimately the settlement — of celestial bodies is missing.
President Eisenhower inspects the Discoverer 13 capsule after its return to Earth.
Operating a million or more data centers in space would mean a massive increase in air pollution from rocket launches and concentrations of toxic ash from reentering satellites.
Rocket Lab plans to start launching even more frequently and flexibly, thanks to a new portable spaceport system called “GHOST,” which packages everything into standard shipping containers.
China’s latest rocket launch ended in failure this morning (Aug. 10), lighting up the skies with some unwanted fireworks.
On Aug. 10, 1972, an Earth-grazing fireball burst through the sky over North America. Here’s what happened.
Japan’s H3 rocket sent the Michibiki 7 navigation satellite aloft this afternoon (Aug. 10), on the ninth-ever mission for the launch vehicle.
On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the third of its kind.
Air-breathing electric propulsion could help satellites explore a new frontier, one that lies quite close to our planet.
Salyut 5 was a Soviet space station and part of the highly-secretive Almaz military space station program.