Editorial policy

The Space Wiki exists to be a reference you can check. That only works if our standards are explicit, so here they are.

Verification before publication

Every factual claim (a date, a figure, a name, a mission outcome) is checked against primary sources or reputable secondary coverage before it is published. When sources conflict, we either resolve the conflict or state the uncertainty. When a claim cannot be verified, it is omitted rather than guessed, and round numbers are labeled "approximately."

Citations

Every article ends with a numbered References section listing the sources actually used, and inline markers like [1] tie specific claims to specific sources. We prefer official mission pages, agency releases, and established spaceflight publications.

Freshness

Spaceflight moves, and articles carry an "updated" date so you can judge staleness. Fast-moving topics (active test programs, ongoing missions) are re-verified against current sources before substantive edits. The recently updated page shows what changed.

Corrections

When we find an error, we fix the article and bump its updated date; material errors are corrected rather than quietly rewritten around. If you spot something wrong, we want to know; a public contact channel is listed in the site footer as soon as it is available.

Independence

The Space Wiki is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by NASA, SpaceX, or any space agency or company covered here. Coverage decisions are editorial. If advertising is ever introduced, it will be visually distinct from content and will not influence what articles say.

Imagery and reuse

Photographs are public-domain NASA imagery or credited illustrations, with credits displayed where images appear. Our original text is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; reuse it with attribution. See About for more.