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Leonard David has been reporting on space activities for nearly 50 years. He is the 2010 winner of the prestigious National Space Club Press Award and recently co-authored with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin the book “Mission to Mars — My Vision for Space Exploration,” published by the National Geographic Society.

Daniel Baker, director of the new Colorado Space Policy Center (CSPC) being established at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Posted inCivil

University of Colorado, Boulder to announce new space policy center

by Leonard David May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

The University of Colorado, Boulder, is preparing to announce the establishment of the Colorado Space Policy Center (CSPC).

Europa Clipper will arrive at Jupiter in April 2030, to perform repeated close flybys of one of giant Jupiter’s enigmatic moons, Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Posted inCivil

End-run around radiation – The saga and surprise vulnerabilities of Europa Clipper

by Leonard David March 3, 2025March 4, 2025
Artwork depicting lunar mining operations for Helium-3 involving harvesters, a solar power plant, rovers and return launchers. Credit: Interlune
Posted inCommercial

Interlune plans to gather scarce lunar Helium-3 for quantum computing on Earth

by Leonard David January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
A damaged Genesis sample container undergoes close scrutiny as researchers salvage the mission’s scientific goals. Credit: NASA
Posted inNews

Shattered Genesis spacecraft yields scientific discoveries 20 years after crash landing

by Leonard David December 9, 2024December 9, 2024
Reverence, the second Dream Chaser spaceplane, under construction at Sierra Space’s factory in Louisville, Colorado. Credit: Barbara David
Posted inCommercial

Sierra Space expands spaceplane fleet with in-house mission control

by Leonard David November 8, 2024November 8, 2024
The aging International Space Station is projected to take an end-of-life plunge into remote ocean waters in a few years. Credit: NASA
Posted inCivil

Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station

by Leonard David October 9, 2024October 9, 2024
Orbital debris in cislunar space and lunar orbit is a growing concern among academics. Credit: NASA
Posted inNews

University researchers flag cislunar space debris concerns

by Leonard David September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
An artist’s depiction of an ESA Cluster-series satellite reentering the atmosphere. Credit: ESA/David Ducross
Posted inCommercial

The Aerospace Corporation pushes research on hard-to-spot spacecraft reentries

by Leonard David September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
Intuitive Machines is preparing IM-2, a Nova-C lunar lander dubbed Athena, for an early January mission to the moon’s south pole. Onboard the lander is NASA’s Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) experiment designed to search for water ice on the moon. Credit: Intuitive Machines
Posted inCivil

Ice-hunting Lunar Trailblazer and IM-2 nearly ready for January 2025 launch

by Leonard David September 12, 2024September 16, 2024
Rowan Palmer, a systems engineer within the Lockheed Martin Space softgoods and habitation team, inspects an inflatable airlock test unit. Credit: Barbara David
Posted inCommercial

With successful airlock test, Lockheed Martin invests in inflatable space structures

by Leonard David August 28, 2024August 28, 2024

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