Articles

Norway's space program: Andøya Spaceport, Kongsberg satellites, SvalSat at 78°N, NorSat Arctic surveillance, and the push for European orbital launch.

Relativity retired its 3D-printed Terran 1, pivoted to the reusable Terran R, and brought in Eric Schmidt as CEO. Inside the autonomous-manufacturing bet that's now targeting late 2026.

Inside China's commercial space boom: LandSpace's reusable Zhuque-3 first orbital flight, Galactic Energy's 23-launch Ceres-1 streak, Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 debut, Deep Blue's Nebula push, and the fastest-growing launch industry on Earth.

Six months on the ISS causes bone loss, vision changes, cardiovascular deconditioning, and DNA alterations. Space medicine research is racing to solve these problems before humans go to Mars.

Sweden built a spaceport above the Arctic Circle, operates ground stations on every continent, and is now preparing Europe's first mainland orbital launches.

SpaceX today: a ~$1.25 trillion combined valuation post-xAI, 165 launches in 2025, Starship Block 3 incoming, Starlink at 10M+ subscribers, and an IPO on the runway.

Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane lands on runways and the LIFE habitat targets post-ISS stations. Tom Vice, Orbital Reef, NASA CRS-2 cargo, and the financial risks.

How Spain became Europe's emerging launch power: PLD Space's Miura rockets, Hispasat satellites, INTA heritage, Satlantis, Sateliot, and the Canary Islands spaceport bid.

Inside Axiom Space: private astronaut missions, the AxEMU Artemis EVA suit, the AxH1 ISS module, and the staged plan for a standalone commercial station.

Every rocket propellant involves trade-offs between energy density, handling complexity, cost, and reusability. This guide covers every major propellant combination used in modern rocketry.

Inside Arianespace and ArianeGroup: how Europe's launch industry climbed back from a 2024 cadence collapse to fly Ariane 6 five times in 2025, return Vega-C to flight, and book the multi-billion-euro Amazon Kuiper manifest.

From a 2006 Auckland garage to a publicly traded end-to-end space company — Peter Beck, Electron, Neutron, Photon, and Rocket Lab's CAPSTONE Moon mission for NASA.