Space Tech

Fixed-price contracts with private companies have taken over cargo resupply, crew transport, and increasingly core space infrastructure once run directly by government agencies.

Fixed-price contracts with private companies have taken over cargo resupply, crew transport, and increasingly core space infrastructure once run directly by government agencies.

Multiple national space programs are racing to establish a sustained lunar presence this decade, driven as much by strategic competition and resource interests in polar ice as by scientific exploration.

Multiple national space programs are racing to establish a sustained lunar presence this decade, driven as much by strategic competition and resource interests in polar ice as by scientific exploration.

Satellite internet constellations have connected millions of previously unserved users, even as astronomers document growing interference with telescope observations from the sheer number of satellites now in orbit.

Satellite internet constellations have connected millions of previously unserved users, even as astronomers document growing interference with telescope observations from the sheer number of satellites now in orbit.

Reusable rockets have driven launch costs down dramatically, opening orbit to far smaller players — and creating a growing orbital congestion challenge that traffic management hasn’t fully caught up with.

Reusable rockets have driven launch costs down dramatically, opening orbit to far smaller players — and creating a growing orbital congestion challenge that traffic management hasn’t fully caught up with.