The unlikely center of attention, at least on the International Astronautical Congress’ opening day, was Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos.
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Inspiration4 may not have changed humanity, but it was clearly a step forward for commercial space.
Foust Forward | A schedule better suited for Artemis
While moving up the date of a human lunar landing may have been well intentioned, providing the urgency needed to make decisions and more forward, budgets that have not kept pace with projections and inevitable future technical problems make it unlikely NASA can get everything in place to land humans on the moon in 2024.
Foust Forward | The other human spaceflight race
A more fundamental competition than Bezos vs. Branson is taking shape, pitting companies against the clock. Can those companies establish a human presence in low Earth orbit before the International Space Station is retired around 2030?
Foust Forward | The sky isn’t falling (yet)
When SpaceX launched the first set of 60 Starlink satellites, the unexpected appearance of the satellites in twilight skies as a bright string of pearls dismayed astronomers. With SpaceX planning to launch potentially tens of thousands of such satellites, astronomers had visions — or, more accurately, nightmares — of a ruined night sky.
Foust Forward | Will the National Space Council remain effective in the Biden administration?
When the White House announced in late March that it would retain the National Space Council, there were signs of relief throughout the space community.
Foust Forward | What senators should ask future NASA administrator Bill Nelson
Since the White House announced its nomination of former senator Bill Nelson to lead the agency March 19, there’s been a wave of endorsements from political figures and industry.
Foust Forward | The space community could use some Perseverance
Lots of people in the space community are anxious to see what NASA will do with Human Landing System, Artemis and its other programs. They just need a little more perseverance.
Foust Forward | A tale of two launch vehicle programs
There was no clearer set of contrasts between how SpaceX and NASA approach launch vehicle development than the dueling tests the two performed in early December of Starship and Space Launch System, respectively.
Foust Forward | The most expensive rocks in the solar system
Can there be too much of a good thing? Perhaps, when it comes to asteroid samples. That’s what NASA discovered in October when its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swooped down to collect material from the surface of the asteroid Bennu on a “touch-and-go” maneuver.