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Successful touchdown by Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander heralds more commercial era for space exploration
Space boom, meet actual boom
As the first commercial spacecraft lands on the lunar surface, architects and engineers envisage a settlement with a human dimension
Starting gun has been fired on competition to determine the continent’s leading rocket maker
Landmark mission this month was jeopardised after engine failure on descent led to power problem
National governments should integrate resources in security and defence arenas, says ESA chief Josef Aschbacher
Tokyo joins USSR, US, China and India in achieving soft landing but power problem jeopardises its lunar project
Beijing-based LandSpace set to challenge Elon Musk’s monopoly on reusable rockets next year
Airbus and Safran under pressure as ESA promotes competition to spur Europe’s new space economy
Critical loss of fuel threatens Peregrine lander’s path to lunar surface
Official says implementing voluntary guidelines more important than new global treaty
Phillip Chambers, co-founder of Peakon, and the former Spanish space director, beef up the team at UK rocket group
US labour officials says billionaire’s space company violated employees’ right to advocate for better conditions
A contest between legacy and new operators is brewing over the use of spectrum
UK entrepreneur says his business empire no longer has ‘the deepest pockets’
Ship and main booster lost minutes into flight after topping 100km atmospheric limit
US defence group’s decision to withdraw from first stage of competition leaves just one contender
Seoul has big ambitions for independent launches and a GPS-like satellite network
Deal to build capacity for independent launches comes as ESA releases first images of galaxies from Euclid telescope
Programme is expected to be one of the most hotly contested procurement deals in the UK in years
Which companies will win the rush to the Moon?
Concerns over climate change are fuelling breakthroughs in satellite technology that harnesses the sun’s energy
Eight-year expedition to Psyche aims to shed light on Earth’s origins
The Earth is encircled with decades-old litter. Who will take control?
Mishaps rise amid growing congestion of the thousands of satellites in low earth orbits
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