The Artemis Accords are a set of guidelines for “responsible behaviour in space” drafted by NASA and the US Department of State. As implied by its name, the Accords are specifically about NASA’s Artemis programme: the US effort to return people – including the first...
We’re keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don’t have to wade through it all. Apart from our own stories, here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of May (space orders can be found in another post): ...
The US Navy has used its Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptor in action for the first time. SM-3s were used to shoot down Iranian medium-range ballistic missiles fired at Israel on 13 April in response to a fatal air strike, which Israel is widely believed to be...
A pair of major launches, that took place just days apart in April, illustrate how far Russia has lost its way from the days when it was at the forefront of rocket launch technology. The first, from the US, was a swansong: the Delta IV Heavy’s last flight. The other,...
We’re keeping an eye on space news, so you don’t have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of March from across the web: Money money money: NASA gets significantly less than what it wanted with space and...
We’re keeping an eye on space news, so you don’t have to. Here’s our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of February from across the web: Money money money: Acquisitions dominated with the likes of Lockheed Martin...