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Every patch of human skin the size of a pencil eraser carries roughly a million bacteria, and NASA now warns those microbes vent from spacesuits and could survive in the shaded craters near the Moon’s South Pole for days after the astronauts leave

September 2, 2026
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| Artemis, Environmental/Health Concerns, Moon missions, NASA, Satellites

By The Artful Age Editorial Team, 2 September 2026 A patch of human skin the size of a pencil eraser carries roughly a million bacteria. That number holds whether the skin belongs to a toddler, a grandmother, or an astronaut sealed inside a spacesuit on the way to the Moon.

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Russian ‘Starlink’ constellation satellites falling from orbit

August 25, 2026
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| Dual and Commercial Use, Reentry, Russia, Satellites, Space Force, Starlink, Ukraine

By Dylan Malyasov, Published by Defence Blog, 25 August 2026 Key Points Two satellites from Russia's second Rassvet batch are decaying toward reentry after never performing orbit-raising maneuvers. None of the 16 satellites launched July 19 climbed above 360 km, roughly 200 km lower than the first group reached at

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China’s Reusable Space Launch Booster Recoveries Have Major Military Implications

August 19, 2026
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| ASATs, Blue Origin, China, Combat Forces Command, Dual and Commercial Use, Environmental/Health Concerns, Launch failure, Launch sites, Missile Defense, Moon missions, Rockets, Satellites, Space Command, Space Force, Space Station, Space Warfare, SpaceX, Surveillance

A Chinese LandSapce ZhuQue-3 booster, the country's first to successfully touch down on land. LandSpace By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 19 August 2026 Earlier today, Chinese firm LandSpace achieved the country’s first successful recovery of a reusable space launch rocket booster on land. This follows China’s first-ever recovery of

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Golden Dome Secrecy Poses Challenge for Estimating Costs

August 19, 2026
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| AI, DEW, Golden Dome, Hypersonic weapons, Missile Defense, Radars, Satellites, Space Development Agency, Spending, Surveillance, THAAD

An artist's depiction of the Pentagon's Golden Dome concept. (Boeing) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 19 August 2026 While Pentagon officials have revealed some details about the architecture behind the Golden Dome missile defense project, crafting an independent cost estimate for a largely classified program remains

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Image by Getty / Futurism

New Anti-Satellite Weapons Now Officially A Top U.S. Priority

August 13, 2026
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| ASATs, China, Dual and Commercial Use, Golden Dome, Hypersonic weapons, Jamming, Lasers, Missile Defense, Proximity, Refueling, Russia, Satellites, Space Command, Space Force, Space Warfare, Spaceplane, Surveillance

Image by Getty / Futurism By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 13 August, 2026 "Our space assets need to shoot, move, and communicate just like the rest of the joint force," the head of U.S. Space Command says. The head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) says having a “credible, acknowledged”

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Five things Space Command says it needs to win tomorrow’s wars

August 12, 2026
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| China, Communications, Missile Defense, Refueling, Satellites, Space Command, Space Force, Space Warfare, Space Weapons, Surveillance

By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 12 August 2026 Gen. Whiting adds to previous calls for new tech in his final speech to the SMD Symposium. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Space weapons and refuelable satellites are among the items needed to preserve the U.S. military’s orbital edge over China, the

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Russia debuts anti-Starlink EW system that can blind terminals by overloading ‘satellites’ receiving antennas’

August 2, 2026
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| Electronic Warfare, Jamming, Russia, Satellites, Starlink

(Image credit: 1.ru) By Efosa Udinmwen, Published by Techradar, 2 August 2026 Russia’s Volna Kupol Garant takes down Starlink satellites Russia unveils an electronic warfare system designed to interfere with Starlink satellite communications Volna Kupol Garant focuses on satellites instead of disrupting ground communication terminals The new Russian system reportedly

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