From World War II to the Apollo era, the space shuttle program and today’s privately developed commercial rockets, the landscape of spaceflight has changed dramatically.
Articles on Commercial spaceflight
Displaying 1 - 20 of 26 articles
What does it mean for national security if access to Earth’s orbit depends largely on one company?
What’s better – many small space missions, or a few large, sweeping ones? Space scientists are asking this question as they face budget uncertainties.
The US doesn’t currently have much ability to monitor what’s going on in the space around the Moon. An effort by the Air Force Research Laboratory could help.
While a recent executive order directed the Department of Commerce to elevate this office, budgetary actions threaten it.
The International Space Station has hosted astronauts and spacefarers continually for 25 years.
Space tourism is in an exploration phase – the decisions companies make around how to conduct these experiences now will set the tone moving forward.
Even without recovering New Glenn’s reusable booster, Blue Origin has joined the ranks of commercial companies with rockets able to launch into orbit.
NASA administrators have hard choices to make, but the outcomes are often out-of-this-world exciting.
The Polaris Dawn mission, funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, may hint at the future of space travel.
Traveling to space is riskier than many extreme sports − an increase in private missions could mean more civilians taking that risk.
The SpaceX-backed mission has no professional astronauts aboard.
The Polaris Dawn mission will test communications, perform research and conduct a spacewalk with SpaceX extravehicular spacesuits.
Space may be considered the final frontier, but the US was once a frontier, too. How can space industry leaders avoid repeating practices that led to colonialism in the 18th century and beyond?
Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump could earn him some influence over space policy if Trump wins the 2024 election.
The Starliner launched June 5 after several delays, making it the first commercial crew craft that’s not SpaceX’s Dragon to lift off.
Private satellite companies have boomed in recent years, and many experts have wondered what role they would play in a conflict. They have proved to be invaluable to Ukraine in recent months.
A freefalling ‘parabolic flight’ launched from Essendon airport is a leap for home-grown space science in Australia.
Expanding the low-Earth orbit economy through increased commercial spaceflight will only push our planet further into its climate crisis.
One day more of us may be able to travel further into space, and for longer.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
-
Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
-
Associate Professor - Physics, RMIT University
-
Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
-
Assistant Professor of Spaceflight Operations, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
-
Lecturer in Media and Cultural Politics, University of East Anglia
-
Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality, UCL
-
Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
-
Professor of Aerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle
-
Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Space Governance; Associate Expert, National Security College, Australian National University
-
Dean of Social Sciences, Professor of Religion and Science and Technology Studies, Wesleyan University
-
Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab, Bocconi University
-
University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
-
Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
-
Professor of History, Miami University