The New Space Age - July 30, 2018 Issue

July 30, 2018 Issue

Countdown

Countdown

Welcome to the New Space Age

By Jeremy Keehn

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Launch

Launch

SpaceX’s Secret Weapon Is Gwynne Shotwell

By Max Chafkin and Dana Hull

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Send You to Space, Too

By Brad Stone

Jeff Bezos Wants to Send You to Space, Too

This Company Wants to Send You to the Stratosphere in a Balloon

By Ashlee Vance

This Company Wants to Send You to the Stratosphere in a Balloon

The Next Cancer Drug Might Start in Outer Space

By Cynthia Koons and Jared S Hopkins

The Next Cancer Drug Might Start in Outer Space

The New Rockets Racing to Make Space Affordable

By Yue Qiu and Andre Tartar

The New Rockets Racing to Make Space Affordable

Forgotten Photos From the Space Shuttle’s Glory Days

By John A. Chakeres

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Orbit

Orbit

The Little Ion Engine That Could

By Kyle Stock

The Little Ion Engine That Could

All the Things Satellites Can Now See From Space

By Andre Tartar, Jeff Kearns, Eric Roston, Jeremy Kahn, Shannon Sims, Karlis Salna and Aaron Clark

All the Things Satellites Can Now See From Space

The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan

By Paul Tullis

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One Woman’s Math Could Help NASA Put People on Mars

By Peter Coy

One Woman’s Math Could Help NASA Put People on Mars

NASA’s Jim Bridenstine on Why America’s Going to the Moon—Forever

By Eric Roston

NASA’s Jim Bridenstine on Why America’s Going to the Moon—Forever

Far Out

Far Out

The Mission to Sample a Comet Going 84,000 Miles Per Hour—and Return

By Dimitra Kessenides

The Mission to Sample a Comet Going 84,000 Miles Per Hour—and Return

Satellites Need Sunscreen, Too

By Jeremy Kahn

Satellites Need Sunscreen, Too

The Cosmic Radiation Forecast Could Be Bad for a Human Mars Mission

By Brian K Sullivan

The Cosmic Radiation Forecast Could Be Bad for a Human Mars Mission

Is the Key to Beating the Market Written in the Stars?

By Simon van Zuylen-Wood

Is the Key to Beating the Market Written in the Stars?

Sometimes It Rains Rockets in Russia

By Vernon Silver

Sometimes It Rains Rockets in Russia

How Space Movies Rule the Hollywood Box Office

By Dorothy Gambrell and Andre Tartar

How Space Movies Rule the Hollywood Box Office

Eight Logos for Trump’s Space Force, From Milton Glaser and More

By Shawn Hasto and Alexander Shoukas

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