By Geeta Pandey, Published by The BBC, 23 August 2023 India has made history as its Moon mission becomes the first to land in the lunar south pole region. With this, India joins an elite club of countries to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after the US, the
By Soutik Biswas, Published by the BBC, 23 August 2023 The sun lingers slightly above or just below the horizon, while towering mountains project dark shadows. Deep craters provide a haven for unending darkness. Some of these areas have been shielded from sunlight for billions of years. In these regions,
By John Breeden II, Published by Defense One, 23 August 2023 Three teams at the DEF CON 23 convention met a government challenge to hack satellite in orbit. It seems like nothing is off limits for threat actors to target these days. Hospitals, schools, charity organizations and even municipalities have
By Jeremy Kuzmarov, Published by CovertAction Magazine, 23 August 2023 Weapons Straight Out of a Science Fiction Novel Have Not Been Able to Turn the Tide on the Battlefield In his 1988 book War Stars: The Superweapon in the American Imagination, H. Bruce Franklin traces a deep-rooted cultural belief in
An artist's impression of ClearSpace-1 capturing a rocket piece in space. (Image credit: ClearSpace SA) By Elizabeth Howell, Published by Space.com, 23 August 2023 Space junk does seem to be a growing problem. The target for a space debris cleanup mission is apparently in pieces. A leftover rocket adapter, expected
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 22 August 2023 WASHINGTON — The billionaire backing a series of private astronaut missions with SpaceX says the first of those flights will likely be delayed to some time in 2024. In a recent interview with the CNBC Manifest Space podcast, Jared Isaacman said
Air Force Maj. Gen. Edward Vaughan, director of space operations for the National Guard Bureau, introduces himself to members participating in the the Vulcan Guard Aug. 10, 2023 at the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio, including participants from the Brazilian military. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 22 August 2023 WASHINGTON — A payload adapter that is the target of a European debris cleanup mission may have itself been damaged by a debris impact. The European Space Agency said Aug. 22 that it was informed 12 days earlier by the U.S.
