The Space Review
With the first two commercial lunar lander missions by US companies in the books, NASA and industry are taking stock of what worked and what didn't. Jeff Foust reports on those analyses as NASA charts the future of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
In the concluding portion of his two-part essay, Cody Knipfer examines the potential benefits, and drawbacks, of a naming competition for elements of NASA's Artemis lunar exploration campaign.
Comments last month by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee led to revelations that Russia was developing some kind of nuclear antisatellite weapon. Brian Chow argues similar awareness is needed among policymakers about growing Chinese antisatellite capabilities.
Through four seasons, the television show "For All Mankind" has crafted a very different history of NASA and space exploration. Val Nolan describes how it also serves as a vehicle for telling very personal stories.
SpaceX conducted the third integrated test flight of its Starship/Super Heavy vehicle last week, going further and faster than before. Jeff Foust reports on the company's progress on the vehicle but also its need to move even faster in its development.
The Texas state government has reestablished a space commission more than two decades after the previous one was shut down. Thomas Matula argues that a priority for the new commission should be to establish a launch site for the state's growing space industry.
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