January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
Significant events continued to mark the progress of the space nation Asgardia in 2022, some six years after it originally came into being. These included completing the second election in its history of a Head of Nation for another five-year term. ...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
As a key player in both European and international space activities for several decades, Spain has often punched above its weight, so I was pleased to meet up at the Small Satellites & Services International Forum in Malaga in February with Carlos ...
April 2025
Life in the Sun’s atmosphere - the looming threat of solar storms
A solar storm is a sudden and intense burst of radiation and energetic particles ejected from the Sun. If large enough and directed toward Earth, the resulting ‘space weather’ has the potential to severely damage critical infrastructure, causing ...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
As Europe enters a defining phase of its space ambitions, the fifth European Space Forum unfolded in Brussels in July, just weeks after the European Commission launched its long-anticipated EU Space Act. This timing was no coincidence – it seemed to...
November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
With a final funding green light anticipated at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial meeting this November, Europe stands poised to launch its most ambitious space weather mission yet. Vigil will monitor space weather from the Lagrange Point L5 ...
September 2026
Can Starlab offer Europe a future in Earth orbit?
As the International Space Station nears retirement, commercial successors are racing to define the next era for low Earth orbit. At the 2026 European Space Economy Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, organised by The Economist magazine, Marshall Smith, CEO...
