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As Artemis 2 begins its return to Earth, scientists are just starting to review the images and observations taken by the crew as they flew around the moon.

The contract was awarded by the Space Development Agency for 2027 demonstrations

A letter to anyone who has ever chosen something enormous over something comfortable and then spent years wondering if the ache means they chose wrong

The persistent ache that follows an enormous life choice is not evidence of error. It's grief wearing the costume of regret, and the difference between those two experiences determines whether you spend years defending your decision or learning to carry its real weight.

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LEO objects including satellites, other spacecraft, and debris, tracked by LeoLabs. Credit: LeoLabs

Secure World Foundation report highlights growing reliance on orbiting systems and spread of interference technologies

The thermal protection system that makes atmospheric reentry survivable: how engineers solved the problem of turning spacecraft into fireballs

Thermal protection systems have defined the boundaries of human spaceflight since Mercury, shaping everything from the Shuttle's fatal vulnerabilities to Parker Solar Probe's carbon composite shield surviving 2,000-degree encounters with the Sun. The engineering solutions keep evolving, but the political and budgetary decisions behind them are just as consequential.

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Starfish Space's $100M Bet: How Satellite Servicing Went From Niche Concept to National Security Priority

When Starfish Space closed a Series B worth more than $100 million in early April, it didn’t just validate a startup — it marked a concrete turning point for an entire sector. Five years ago, on-orbit satellite servicing was a PowerPoint concept pitched at conferences. Two years ago, it was a promising technology with a […]

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People who refuse to ask for help aren't proud. They calculated the cost of owing someone a long time ago.

The refusal to ask for help is rarely about pride. It's about a cost-benefit analysis made in childhood, where receiving assistance always came with conditions, and the person decided self-sufficiency was cheaper than owing someone.

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Europe's Quiet Alliance: How the EU Is Building a Shield Against Superpower Coercion

The European Union is quietly assembling a new kind of alliance, one that carries no mutual defense obligations but binds together an increasingly anxious group of medium-sized powers stretching from Brussels to Canberra. The strategy has a name in diplomatic circles: hedging. And its target audience is every nation caught between the gravitational pull of […]

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Bulgarian satellite maker EnduroSat and British defense tech startup Shield Space aim to deploy a cubesat next year capable of maneuvering near other satellites for inspection, ahead of plans to develop a mothership that could house dozens of them for on-demand missions.

Britain's £5.15 Million Bet on Space Domain Awareness: What Orpheus Actually Buys the Military

Here’s the uncomfortable truth about Britain’s Orpheus mission: £5.15 million doesn’t buy you a space surveillance capability. It buys you the right to claim you’re building one. And in the strange economics of military space, that distinction matters far more than the Ministry of Defence would like to admit. Astroscale’s U.K. subsidiary has reportedly cleared […]

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The people who always correct others aren't pedantic. They grew up in homes where being precisely right was the only reliable form of safety.

Habitual correctors aren't driven by pedantry — they're running a childhood survival program where precision was the only reliable path to emotional safety, and the reflex has long outlived the original danger.

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Astroscale has completed the critical design review for two cubesats slated to launch next year to help the British military monitor space weather and track objects in LEO.

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