2026 will clarify Europe’s new priorities for space
Launchers Isar Aerospace is expected to attempt its second two-stage Spectrum vehicle test flight, a key step after…
Champion athletes share their top fitness tips for 2026
Great British rower Helen Glover. Helen Glover – rower for Great Britain and two-time Olympic champion What is…
Michael Rosen: ‘Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989’
Read more: Some 31% of kids still live in poverty, the same proportion who did so in 1989.…
The space economy isn’t for everyone
Projections for the booming space economy often come with trillion-dollar headlines, but the lion’s share of near-term revenue…
Using AI to scan the Earth
Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space…
Making multiple breakthroughs in spacecraft swarms
Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space…
The future is now: understanding the once far-off technologies becoming reality
The technologies pushing the boundaries of the space economy sound as if they came from a science fiction…
Author Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
They are also known as “moss piglets”. In recent years, scientists are discovering how these comical animals survive…
Space is key to the Army’s long march to a connected force
For decades, the U.S. Army has been chasing the same mirage: a fully connected battlefield where every soldier,…
Nuclear energy is key to American leadership in space
The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power…
Managing space domain awareness data has become a greater challenge than collecting it
Demand has never been greater for the monitoring of objects in orbit and the coordination of their safe…
On the eve of the ISS’s 25th anniversary, humanity stares down a gap in its presence in space
On Nov. 2, 2000, the Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft docked with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station.…