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Dr. James Orion

Space Correspondent · SpaceWireDaily

James covers space exploration, astrophysics, and the commercial space industry. He has a background in aerospace engineering and has reported from NASA launches, SpaceX facilities, and ESA mission control.

Articles by Dr. James Orion

NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact 8h ago

NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test 8h ago

NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations 8h ago

Opinion: Why the Air Force's Blue Origin Expansion Signals the End of Launch Monopolies Yesterday

Opinion: The Launch Cadence Arms Race We Can't Afford to Win Yesterday

Opinion: The 'Space Infrastructure Revolution' Is Being Oversold as Inevitable Yesterday

Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas Yesterday

Ike Theriot Helps Prepare Astronauts to Work on the Moon Yesterday

Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink Yesterday

Opinion: Venus's Hostile Atmosphere Isn't a Dead End—It's a Warning About Earth's Future 2 days ago

Opinion: The 'New Space Race' Narrative Is Overselling Competition We Don't Fully Understand 2 days ago

Fortastra and Hadrian join forces to streamline satellite production 2 days ago

Opinion: We're Obsessed With Finding Habitable Planets. We Should Be Terrified of What That Means. 3 days ago

Opinion: We're Building Moon Infrastructure for Billionaires, Not Science 3 days ago

Space Force awards K2 Space $22.9 million for laser communications demonstration 3 days ago

Rocket Lab wins another launch contract from Japan’s iQPS 3 days ago

Opinion: We're Obsessed With Finding Earth's Twin. That's the Wrong Question. 4 days ago

Opinion: The Mars Rush is Moving Too Fast. That Might Be the Real Problem. 4 days ago

APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus 4 days ago

NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley 4 days ago

TB 26-04 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments 4 days ago

Spain commits up to $2.3 billion for national military communications for IRIS² 4 days ago

The new space wars: lessons from Ukraine and the Middle East 4 days ago

Opinion: We're Obsessed With Finding Black Holes. What If We're Missing What Matters? 5 days ago

Opinion: The Space Industry's Rush to Deploy Orbital Data Centers Could Backfire Without Guardrails 5 days ago

APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad 5 days ago

Destructive Fires Char Western Europe 5 days ago

K2 Space raises $500 million for commercial, defense satellite expansion 5 days ago

Opinion: Space Industry's Patent Gold Rush Is Crowding Out the Explorers 6 days ago

Opinion: The 'Earth 2.0' Narrative Is Overselling Mars Habitability Before We've Done the Work 6 days ago