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Ed Dwight exits Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft on May 19, 2024. Credit: Blue Origin / Felix Kunze

America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally flew. Now it’s time to make more

by Caleb Henry June 19, 2024June 17, 2024

Enhanced color global view of Pluto, taken in 2015 when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was 280,000 miles away. Credit: NASA

An Obscure Anniversary of July 4, 1776

by Steven K. Hardy June 14, 2024June 14, 2024

A composite image of Europe viewed from space. Credit: NASA/GSFC

What people don’t get about space

by Anastasia Nicolazo de Barmon June 10, 2024June 20, 2024

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites on May 8, 2024. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX and the categorical imperative to achieve low launch cost

by Pierre Lionnet June 7, 2024June 20, 2024

Black and white photo of three Apollo 13 crewmembers smiling and waving as they step off of a recovery helicopter.

Remembering the humans in human spaceflight

by Kathleen Mosier June 6, 2024June 5, 2024

NASA's Near Space Network. Credit: NASA

Why we need to take satellite ground station security seriously

by Matthew Heideman June 4, 2024June 3, 2024

Photo of U.S. Space Force Gen. Stephen Whiting, U.S. Space Command commander (Center), standing with French Space Command Maj. Gen. Philippe Adam, French Air and Space Force space commander (Third from Left), and other senior leaders during a multilateral meeting about Operation Olympic Defender in Colorado Springs, Colorado on April 12, 2024.

Will France opt in or out of the U.S. Space Command’s Operation Olympic Defender?

by Jessica Martin May 30, 2024May 30, 2024

Lockheed Martin’s iSpace situational awareness system.

How privacy-preserving technology can advance satellite collision detection

by Manuel Capel May 28, 2024May 29, 2024

Chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman speaks April 19, 2023 at the 38th Space Symposium. Credit: Tom Kimmell

Why are the Department of Defense and Space Force talking about buying foreign space technology?

by Jeff Huggins May 22, 2024May 17, 2024

A 1983 illustration of a GPS satellite.

Global navigation jamming will only get worse. The U.S. needs to move fast

by Sean Gorman May 21, 2024May 17, 2024