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Read our exclusive one-on-one interview with Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor as he prepares to host the largest space industry gathering in history.
Private spaceflight refers to spaceflight developments that are not conducted by a government agency, such as NASA or ESA.. During the early decades of the Space Age, the government space agencies of the Soviet Union and United States pioneered space technology in collaboration with affiliated design bureaus in the USSR and private companies in the US.
Private spaceflight companies include non-governmental or privately-owned entities focused on developing and/or offering equipment and services geared towards spaceflight, both robotic and human. This list includes both inactive and active entities.
May–July 2014 – A private initiative known as the ISEE-3 Reboot Project successfully contacts and takes control of NASA's defunct ISEE-3 space probe with support from NASA and the Arecibo Observatory, making them the first private group to command a spacecraft in deep space, though their plans to change the probe's orbit are abandoned weeks ...
The mission marks one of the first times a private company has sent a spacecraft into deep space, or beyond the moon. AstroForge's Odin spacecraft is seen in the company's factory. - Matt Gialich ...
In April 2020, the U.S. Executive Order 13914 clarified the position of the U.S. government on the use of space resources and how the United States will foster the commercial development of space resources. [7] [8] “Americans should have the right to engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources in outer space,” the order ...
Criticism of space exploration encompasses various arguments against investing in space programs and missions. Opponents point to the substantial financial costs, suggesting that funds allocated for space exploration could be better spent addressing urgent issues on Earth, such as poverty, healthcare, education, and environmental degradation.
The Vision for Space Exploration established under the George W. Bush administration in 2004 was replaced with a new policy released by Barack Obama on 28 June 2010. [27] In recent years, U.S. space operators and decisionmakers have become increasingly concerned about threats to U.S. space leadership.