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Mark R. Whittington, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
Reaction to Isaacman’s nomination has been all but universally positive.
It turns out that the moon of Saturn has certain advantages for future space colonists not present on the moon or Mars.
Commercial programs financed by NASA have run into some problems, many inflicted by space agency managers.
While SpaceX has revolutionized space launches, vastly decreasing their cost and increasing their reliability, the company founded by Elon Musk has...
Firming up plans to go to Mars would be fine, so long as it is not done at the expense of returning to the moon.
We have a chance for a reset that will enable a space future for the United States and the world.
The resulting Haven-2 facility will be immense and filled with capabilities that could meet the needs of a wide variety of customers, both commercial...
If Bridenstine becomes administrator of NASA again, his first task would be to get the Artemis program on track.
The test flight and its spectacular conclusion was a tiny step in the Starship’s development and a giant leap on the journey back to the moon and...
The moon landing missions planned to take place in the next few months are the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 Nova C and...
Two problems must be solved before SpaceX lands anything on Mars, one technical, one bureaucratic.
The situation sets up an interesting dynamic that the United States and India both can use to their mutual advantage.
The history of space exploration can be said to be written in images as much as in words.
Such a commission would be the perfect vehicle for looking at NASA, an agency with a storied history beset with a slew of problems.
His suggestion that the United States government cut all ties to SpaceX would be an unmitigated disaster for NASA and the United States military.
The sticking point seems to be developing not so much around what space policy should be, but how it is being executed.
The prospect of VIPER becoming more of a public/private partnership illustrates the great advantage of a thriving commercial space sector to pick up...
Left alone, the clouds of flying space junk will make low Earth orbit space increasingly hazardous to navigate.
Whoever gets sworn in on Jan. 20 is going to face some monumental challenges going forward.
SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, is beating the competition hands down for NASA contracts.
The space agency has run out of money and, absent a last-minute salvation by Congress or either a commercial or international entity, the mission will...
The first crewed flight of the Boeing Starliner to the International Space Station was supposed to last just eight days.
Just as Apollo 11 did, Artemis 3, whenever it happens, will provide a realization that there is still the capacity for greatness in the world.
Despite having deep pockets and access to engineering talent, Bezos has failed to make Blue Origin into the cutting edge, entrepreneurial company that...
In 2026 or slightly later, the “second giant leap for mankind” should occur with the Artemis III mission.
Scientists have started to investigate the flavanols from red wine and dark chocolate as a way to keep astronauts on long-duration space missions...
For the most part, the fourth test met the objectives for the launch vehicle that promises to take humans back to the moon, on to Mars, and beyond.
Is it time to cut losses and just cancel the Starliner?
Such a confirmation would be the most significant in the history of the world.
No reason exists to prevent NASA and Isaacman from sitting down, airing the space agency’s concerns and developing a plan for a Hubble servicing...
A lunar settlement would be a center of science, commerce and diplomacy, the first such community established on another world.
The Chinese lunar effort is going quite well, with three successful landing missions and a fourth on the way.
A working solar sail system creates a range of possibilities for cheap planetary missions.
Recent events in the Middle East and the reaction to them globally suggest that a joint American-Israeli-Arab mission to the moon is needed now more...
The United States and Japan have entered into an agreement that will change the course of space exploration.
History has given megalomania a bad name.
The lunar Zoom call could be part of a worldwide STEM education program related to the Artemis III expedition.
Musk, Bezos and others in the commercial space sector are keen to explore and settle space and take care of Earth.
Starship’s awe-inspiring capacity is without dispute.
Either the United States, and by extension the world, will enjoy a future of limitless possibilities fueled by opening space to business, or it will...
His term as NASA administrator during George H. W. Bush’s presidency was fraught with controversy.
Unlike the moon and asteroids, the answer to that question is not immediately obvious.
Nova-C’s successful landing represents the first success of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program approach to lunar exploration.
Hope doesn’t begin to describe the prospect of adding yet another weapon in the war on cancer.
The idea of commercializing Mars exploration will have profound implications for how NASA handles voyages beyond the Earth-Moon system, even up to the...
If former President Trump wins the 2024 election and carries out his promise to deploy a modern version of an SDI system, he should order the...
Soon, people will walk on the lunar surface, making the moon a new frontier of human endeavor.
If it means that a return to the moon takes longer and costs more, so be it.
The United States military could secure the Earth-moon Lagrange Points — areas where the gravities of the Earth and moon cancel out — against the...
If all goes well, 2024 will mark America’s return to the moon and prove that human beings are still capable of accomplishing great things.