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Three taikonauts rode aboard the Shenzhou 15 mission on their way to China’s new Tiangong space station. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

December 9, 2022

China’s new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity

Eytan Tepper, Indiana University and Scott Shackelford, Indiana University

China has completed construction of the Tiangong space station, and science projects are now underway. The station is an important piece of China’s ambitious plans for space activity in coming years.

China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there. 3dScultor/iStock via Getty Images

July 8, 2022

NASA’s head warned that China may try to claim the Moon – two space scholars explain why that’s unlikely to happen

Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Air University and R. Lincoln Hines, Air University

A comment by Bill Nelson, the NASA administrator, sparked a strong public response from the Chinese government. But due to legal and practical reasons, no country could take over the Moon anytime soon.

The crew consisting of pilot Larry Connor of the United States, commander Michael López-Alegría of Spain and the United States, and mission specialists Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe from Canada and Israel. Axiom Space

April 4, 2022

Ax-1: why the private mission to the International Space Station is a gamechanger

Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University

If the mission goes well, private company Axiom Space will move on to building a space station.

December 5, 2021

Private space stations are coming. Will they be better than their predecessors?

Justin St. P. Walsh, Chapman University and Alice Gorman, Flinders University

NASA is backing four commercial space station projects. The newcomers may find they have much to learn about how people really live in space.

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