Spacecraft of the future may be able to detect and repair their own structural damage in orbit, a capability that could make long-duration missions and reusable launch vehicles more resilient.
NASA’s orbital debris program officially began in 1979. Lacking an official program designation at the time, it was initiated in the Space Sciences Branch at Johnson Space Center (JSC) as a result of ...
The Strait of Hormuz is exposing space warfare's future. Resilience comes from scale-deploy minimum viable capabilities now, ...
Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, speaks April 15, 2026 at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Credit: Tom Kimmell Photography COLORADO SPRINGS — Gen. Chance Saltzman in his final ...
The International Space Station (ISS) is due to close down by 2030, and Russia, one of its main partners, is designing its own replacement orbital laboratory. After a decade of planning to place its ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next ...
Addressing the problem of orbital debris requires taking a long-term view, but such a view can be difficult for federal agencies that must operate subject to the variability of annual budgets. Even if ...
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