The people behind
the byline.
Space Daily is published by Brown Brothers Media. Three Co-Publishers carry ownership accountability. The Editor-in-Chief and named writers below oversee editorial direction and stand behind the standards on this site.
Publishers
Justin, Lachlan, and Brendan Brown are Co-Publishers of Space Daily and co-founders of Brown Brothers Media.
Justin Brown
Co-Publisher
Justin Brown is a co-founder of Brown Brothers Media and one of Space Daily's two publishers. He holds a Master of Science in Economic History from the London School of Economics and previously worked in management consulting before founding Ideapod and co-founding The Vessel. Justin sets the editorial direction and standards for Space Daily, with a particular interest in the psychology pillar — how people make decisions, navigate uncertainty, and find meaning.
Lachlan Brown
Co-Publisher
Lachlan Brown is a co-founder of Brown Brothers Media and one of Space Daily's two publishers. He is the author of several books on Buddhism, mindfulness, and relationships, and oversees content operations and publishing strategy across the network. At Space Daily, Lachlan focuses on the Mind & Meaning pillar — the psychology of ambition, isolation, and meaning under extremes.
Brendan Brown
Co-Publisher
Brendan Brown is co-founder of Brown Brothers Media. He founded The Expert Editor in 2012 and co-founded Global English Editing in 2014, working professionally as an editor before moving into publishing.
Editorial
Lachlan Brown
Editor-in-Chief
Lachlan Brown is a co-founder of Brown Brothers Media and one of Space Daily's two publishers. He is the author of several books on Buddhism, mindfulness, and relationships, and oversees content operations and publishing strategy across the network. At Space Daily, Lachlan focuses on the Mind & Meaning pillar — the psychology of ambition, isolation, and meaning under extremes.
Kiran Journals
Writer
Kiran Journals is a writer at Space Daily with a degree in multimedia journalism. She covers psychology, identity, and the inner life — the questions of how people change, what holds them back, and what helps them grow. Her writing for Space Daily sits in the Mind & Meaning pillar, where she focuses on practical psychology and the human side of ambition.
Mal James
Writer
Mal James is a writer at Space Daily covering self-development, productivity, relationships, and the psychology of work. He is also an entrepreneur and former teacher, and brings both perspectives into his writing on the Mind & Meaning pillar. Mal's pieces focus on the practical — how people change behavior, build better habits, and navigate the parts of life that don't come with instructions.
Nato Lagidze
Writer
Nato Lagidze is a writer and researcher at Space Daily with an academic background in psychology. She investigates self-compassion, emotional intelligence, decision-making, and psychological well-being — the kinds of questions that sit at the heart of Space Daily's Mind & Meaning pillar. Her work draws on academic research and applies it to the everyday.
Daniel Moran
Writer
Daniel Moran is a writer at Space Daily covering the intersection of psychology, technology, and human behavior. He is one of the publication's most prolific contributors, writing across the Mind & Meaning and Science pillars. Daniel brings a background in technology research and a focus on how scientific findings translate into the way people actually live, work, and think.
Columns
Our columns are the desks of Space Daily. Each covers a defined beat, and the editors above are responsible for what appears under them.
Space Daily Editorial Team
General desk
The Space Daily Editorial Team produces content across our two editorial pillars: space industry news and Mind & Meaning. We cover launches, missions, satellites, defense, and the technology of getting humans to space, alongside the psychology of ambition, isolation, and meaning under extremes. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Space Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.
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The Daily Orbit
News desk
The Daily Orbit is Space Daily's news desk. Launches, mission milestones, agency decisions, and the commercial race to orbit, reported as they happen. Most stories start from primary sources: NASA and ESA releases, operator updates, and launch broadcasts.
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Deep Field
Astronomy and cosmology
Deep Field covers astronomy and cosmology. Telescopes and what they find, planets near and far, and the strange physics of the deep universe, traced back to the journal papers and observatory data behind the headlines.
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Life Signs
Nature and earth science
Life Signs is where Space Daily looks down instead of up. Animals, ecosystems, and Earth science, with a bias for peer-reviewed studies over press-release hype. The living world turns out to be at least as strange as anything in orbit.
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Human Element
Psychology and behaviour
Human Element covers the psychology of discovery. How astronauts hold up under pressure, why people believe what they believe, and what research on the human mind can and cannot tell us.
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Mission Notes
Spaceflight and industry
Mission Notes follows the business and engineering of spaceflight. Rockets, satellites, contracts, and the industry behind the missions. Space Daily has reported on this beat since 1995, when the launch industry was a fraction of its current size.
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Articles published under the “Space Daily Editorial Team” byline represent our team’s collective process: source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing. Space Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. Articles attributed to a named writer indicate substantial individual authorship by that writer. Column pieces carry the column’s byline; where an editor is named on the article, that editor handled the review.
For details on our standards, see Editorial Policy. For our corrections process, see Corrections.
Ownership
Space Daily is published by Brown Brothers Media. Mediavine provides our display advertising. Editorial decisions are independent of advertisers, sponsors, and external parties.