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Active Satellites in Orbit
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The stories shaping the space economy — with the context they deserve

Lunar south pole race
Exploration

Artemis Is Delayed Again. China Isn't.

Beijing's lunar timeline has quietly accelerated. With the south pole as the prize, the window for American leadership is narrowing faster than the headlines suggest.

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Reusable rocket economics
Industry

SpaceX Killed the Cost Per Kilogram. Now What?

Launch prices have dropped 90% in a decade. The bottleneck has shifted — and a dozen new companies are racing to own the next constraint in the space supply chain.

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Mars exploration
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JWST Found Galaxies That Shouldn't Exist. Scientists Are Still Figuring Out Why.

The James Webb Space Telescope keeps producing data that breaks existing models. The implications for our understanding of the early universe are significant — and unsettled.

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Low Earth Orbit

The most contested real estate in history isn't on Earth — it's 500 miles above it. Corporations, militaries, and governments are fighting for position in a new kind of gold rush. Here's who's winning.

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Near-Earth Objects

There are currently 2,350+ asteroids classified as potentially hazardous to Earth. Two planetary defense missions are already underway. We break down which ones actually matter — and what's being done about them.

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Future Missions

The next crewed Moon landing. The first Mars sample return. A probe targeting Europa's subsurface ocean. The roadmap for the next decade of human spaceflight is already written — here's what's coming and when.

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Launch Companies

Before SpaceX, reaching orbit cost $10,000 per kilogram. Today it's under $2,000. A dozen companies are racing to push it lower still. Meet the players rewriting the economics of getting to space.

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The threads we're pulling on right now — stories and trends that will matter long after the launch coverage fades.

Exploration

China's Moon Program Is Three Years Ahead of Schedule

Beijing is building lunar infrastructure faster than most agencies predicted. If the pattern holds, the flag planted at the south pole won't be American — and the implications go well beyond symbolism.

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Industry

Starlink Has 7,000 Satellites. Regulations Have Three.

Commercial space is scaling faster than the rules that govern it. The gap between hardware deployment and regulatory frameworks is widening — and that gap is about to become a serious problem.

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The Next Major Conflict Will Start in Orbit

GPS, weather, finance, and communications all run on satellites. Space is already critical infrastructure — and no international framework yet defines where the rules of war apply up there.

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