25 View Slide Show Alan Shepard’s Mercury Flight May 5, 2022 Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American to fly in space in 1961.
NR PLUS Kamala Harris’s Latest Mistake: Giving Russia and China More Control over Space By Andrew Follett April 24, 2022 Banning American anti-satellite missile testing won’t decrease space debris, but it will let our enemies do more of what they want in space.
NR PLUS Biden Brings Identity Politics to the Moon By Andrew Follett April 1, 2022 The latest Biden budget is just the latest confirmation that his administration cares more about exploiting identity politics than exploring space.
For Want of Half a Giraffe By Charles C. W. Cooke March 14, 2022 Since when, exactly, did we measure asteroids in giraffes?
NR PLUS We Need New Thinking in the Economic Competition with China By Rich Lowry March 11, 2022 We must focus on maintaining a first-class military, winning the high-tech race, and reducing our vulnerabilities in the event of a war.
NR PLUS Russia’s Desperate (Yet Plausible) Threat to Crash the International Space Station By Andrew Follett February 27, 2022 Whether or not Russia’s top space official is serious, America should never have permitted Russia enough control over the ISS to make the threat plausible.
NR PLUS Russia Just Showed How Vulnerable America Is to ‘Scorched Earth’ Space War By Andrew Follett November 27, 2021 A war in space would be devastating for the American people, the military, and the economy.
NR PLUS Prince William Is Wrong to Hate the Private Space Race By Andrew Follett October 19, 2021 He represents an anti-innovation environmentalism that is blind to the benefits our new space age will bring.
A Tale of Two Spaceflights By Andrew Follett September 25, 2021 It’s SpaceX vs. Boeing, and so far, the private sector is outpacing the government-backed aerospace behemoth.