The Decisional Pass · Crew-12 home after 237 days
The Decisional Pass · your week in space, every Friday From Orbital Roster Four people came home this week. Crew-12's Dragon Freedom splashed down off Los...
The Decisional Pass · Crew-13 and a house of mirrors
The Decisional Pass · your week in space, every Friday From Orbital Roster Four more people moved into orbit this week. Crew-13 launched on October 1 and...
The Overview · Starship goes for orbit
The Overview · your week in space From The Decisional Pass Thirteen Starships have flown, and not one of them has gone all the way around the planet. That...
The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 23, 2026
The Launch Window From The Decisional Pass · your midweek look-ahead at the week's launches The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 23, 2026 4...
Deep Space Tuesdays · The fuel you don't burn
Deep Space Tuesdays · your week in deep space From The Decisional Pass Monday morning a spacecraft bound for Jupiter will fly into Earth's shadow, spend...
The Overview · A satellite watching plants breathe
The Overview · your week in space From The Decisional Pass Happy Fiestas Patrias to everyone in Chile, home to many of the world's biggest telescopes. This...
The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 16, 2026
The Launch Window From The Decisional Pass · your midweek look-ahead at the week's launches The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 16, 2026 8...
Moon & Mars Mondays · The oldest thing at Mars
Moon & Mars Mondays · your week on the Moon and Mars From The Decisional Pass Nothing launched to the Moon or to Mars last week. Four things changed anyway,...
Stellar Saturdays · Nobody took a new picture
Stellar Saturdays · the week's best pictures from off-world From The Decisional Pass Here's a galaxy with seven things in it that nobody should have been...
The Overview · Europe buys a ride home
The Overview · your week in space From The Decisional Pass Europe has flown cargo to the space station before. It has never brought any back. That changed on...
The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 9, 2026
The Launch Window From The Decisional Pass · your midweek look-ahead at the week's launches The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 9, 2026 8 launches...
Moon & Mars Mondays · The Cheapest Thing to Change
Moon & Mars Mondays · your week on the Moon and Mars From The Decisional Pass When a programme runs late you can change three things: the hardware, the...
Stellar Saturdays · Somebody has to point it
Stellar Saturdays · the week's best pictures from off-world From The Decisional Pass Two of the best pictures released this week came from a jet and an...
The Overview · Roman is on its way
The Overview · your week in space From The Decisional Pass Last week I told you Roman was in its fairing waiting for Sunday morning. It went, and that's the...
The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 2, 2026
The Launch Window From The Decisional Pass · your midweek look-ahead at the week's launches The Launch Window · the week ahead — September 2, 2026 5 launches...
Deep Space Tuesdays · Turn them back on
Deep Space Tuesdays · your week in deep space From The Decisional Pass In February, the Swift team turned their telescopes off. Nothing was broken. A...
Moon & Mars Mondays · Three helicopters, no lander
Moon & Mars Mondays · your week on the Moon and Mars From The Decisional Pass Every machine we have ever put on the surface of Mars got there inside...
The Overview · A typhoon grounded Chang'e 7
The Overview · your week in space From The Decisional Pass Last week I put Chang'e 7 on the "on deck" list for Sunday. It didn't go. A tropical storm set up...
The Launch Window · the week ahead — August 26, 2026
The Launch Window From The Decisional Pass · your midweek look-ahead at the week's launches The Launch Window · the week ahead — August 26, 2026 7 launches...
Deep Space Tuesdays · One goes up, one comes down
Deep Space Tuesdays · your week in deep space From The Decisional Pass Three weeks ago I closed this newsletter on two observatories. Swift had just caught a...
