The countless space-derived technologies that we enjoy in everyday life have often taken circuitous routes. How can we exploit space research more effectively?

How breaking down the divisions between state and private sector, academia and industry, and between national agencies, can multiply returns

The world reacted with incredulity when a Malaysian airliner disappeared without trace earlier this year. Kurt Weidemeyer, explains how its satellite services could greatly improve airline safety

The knowledge required to perform human spaceflight and the people it breeds are precious. There must not be a hiatus in human spaceflight capability

As political priorities give way to financial, the space powers must reinvent themselves