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News•Jan 26, 2026
Kazakhstan's Space Strategy: Can Its High-Tech Assets Propel It to Eurasia's New Broker?
Kazakhstan is leveraging its Baikonur Cosmodrome and emerging deep‑tech ecosystem to position itself as a regional space broker in Eurasia. A McKinsey‑WEF report projects the global space economy to rise to $1.8 trillion by 2035, creating a narrow window for Kazakhstan to shift from a launch‑site host to a multilateral innovation hub. The article outlines four possible futures—from a proactive broker to a peripheral player—and lists six strategic steps, including MTCR accession and building an AI‑driven innovation cluster. Success hinges on aligning policy, talent, and governance to capture high‑value partnerships.
By The Space Review
News•Jan 19, 2026
Liftoff for European Launch Startups
European launch startups are receiving a surge of public funding after the ESA’s European Launcher Challenge allocated over €900 million to five companies, aiming to restore sovereign access to orbit. Isar Aerospace is preparing its second Spectrum flight, carrying five cubesats...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 19, 2026
The PSLV-C62 Failure Marks a Setback for India's Space Ambitions
On Jan 12, ISRO's PSLV‑C62/EOS‑N1 mission failed to reach orbit after an anomaly in the third stage, losing the primary EOS‑N1 hyperspectral satellite and 14 other payloads. The launch also carried the Kestrel Initial Demonstrator, which managed to transmit limited...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 19, 2026
The Successful Development of Russia's Counterspace Activities in LEO and GEO
Russia has accelerated its counter‑space programme, fielding both co‑orbital and direct‑ascent anti‑satellite systems across low‑Earth and geostationary orbits. The Nivelir series of co‑orbital satellites have demonstrated repeated proximity operations, coming within tens of kilometres of U.S. reconnaissance and communications satellites,...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 19, 2026
Apollos Anew
The blog reviews the newly released photo‑books — Apollo 1, 7 and 8 in Photographs — which compile hundreds of previously unseen images from NASA’s early lunar missions. The author argues that the visual material reshapes readers’ perception of the Apollo program, revealing details of hardware assembly,...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 12, 2026
Japanese Commercial Firms as Drivers of Japanese Space Policy
Japan’s commercial space sector has surged, with startups launching radar imaging satellites, developing lunar landers, and pursuing on‑orbit servicing. Recent policy reforms—such as streamlined licensing, increased R&D subsidies, and a dedicated commercial space law—have lowered barriers for private firms. In...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 12, 2026
Building Empires in the Sky: Effectuating Off-Earth Territorial Expansion Using Existing Legal Frameworks
The article examines how existing legal regimes—particularly the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the non‑binding Artemis Accords, and the U.S. 2015 Space Resources Ownership Act—can be leveraged for off‑Earth territorial expansion. It argues that while sovereign claims are prohibited, actors can...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 12, 2026
Safe Passage in the Stars: The Next Bretton Woods
Alex Li argues that just as naval power secured maritime trade and cemented the U.S. dollar’s reserve status, future control of orbital trade routes will create a space‑based Bretton Woods. He outlines how low‑energy orbital pathways, such as the Interplanetary...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 5, 2026
The Isaacman Era Begins at NASA
Jared Isaacman was confirmed by a 67‑30 Senate vote and sworn in as NASA administrator by a federal judge, ending a year‑long nomination saga. He introduced himself at a NASA town hall, emphasizing a faster, less bureaucratic approach to the...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 5, 2026
Houston Deserves a Space Shuttle, but Not Like This
The 2027 "Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act" attached to the One Big Beautiful Bill will move the Discovery orbiter from the Smithsonian’s Udvar‑Hazy Center to a Houston non‑profit near Johnson Space Center. Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz engineered the provision after years...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 5, 2026
See You on the Other Side: What Jim Lovell's Apollo 8 Mission Taught a Divided World
Jim Lovell’s 1968 Apollo 8 mission marked the first crewed orbit of the Moon and captured the iconic Earthrise photograph, offering a new visual of Earth as a fragile, border‑less sphere. The mission unfolded against a backdrop of domestic upheaval—assassinations, protests,...
By The Space Review
News•Jan 5, 2026
Review: Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon
Jeffrey Kluger’s 2025 hardcover, *Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story*, attempts to redress the perceived neglect of NASA’s Gemini program. The book chronicles Gemini’s ten crewed flights, technical innovations, and astronaut profiles, drawing on NASA oral histories...
By The Space Review
News•Dec 22, 2025
The Artemis Accords at Five
The Artemis Accords celebrated their fifth anniversary, now counting 59‑60 signatory nations after a rapid expansion from the original nine. Latvia has announced its intent to join but has not yet completed the signing, leaving the exact tally ambiguous. Recent...
By The Space Review
News•Dec 22, 2025
State-Owned Enterprises and Commercial Space in China
China’s commercial space sector has accelerated since the 2014 Document 60 reforms, but it remains tightly coupled with state‑owned enterprises (SOEs). The two aerospace giants, CASC and CASIC, continue to dominate launch vehicle production, R&D, and financing while acting as anchors...
By The Space Review
News•Dec 15, 2025
"Sovereign Capacity" Of Private and Public Space Programs
The article defines “sovereign capacity” as a space program’s economic, legal and political leverage over its supply chain, a concept now driving both state and corporate strategies. Geopolitical tensions are prompting nations to reduce dependencies, while private firms like SpaceX...
By The Space Review