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SNAPSHOT: Human spaceflight

Cumulative human spaceflight, 1961–March 18, 2024

As of mid-March, 685 astronauts have reached at least 80 kilometers above the Earth’s surface. This total includes 86 private astronauts, 22 times as many as there were two decades ago.

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INSIGHT: American dynamism sustains U.S. advantage

Justin Cadman

Space holds nearly limitless commercial and scientific potential. It is also essential to national security: maintaining freedom of action in space, and the protection of space-based assets, is fundamental. Rivals, led by China . . .

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INSIGHT: LunA-10 – DARPA’s bridge to the lunar economy

Kelli Kedis Ogborn

For space programs and companies, the Moon looms large as a contested frontier of space access and commercialization. The cadence of attempted Moon landings is increasing.

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