A photographer captured a SpaceX rocket leaving behind an aurora-like red glow after it punched a hole in the ionosphere. By Vishwan Sankaran, Published by The Independent, 26 July 2023 A rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX last week from California may have punched a hole in the Earth’s ionosphere,
DARPA believes that nuclear-powered propulsion could enable rapid maneuver in space — a capability that is difficult to achieve with current electric and chemical propulsion systems. (DARPA) By Courtney Albon, Published by Defense News, 26 July 2023 WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and NASA selected Lockheed Martin
The Blue Alchemist project aims to produce solar cells from lunar materials. (Blue Origin Photo) By Alan Boyle, Published by GeekWire, 25 July 2023 Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won $34.7 million in funding from NASA to support the development of a system that could produce solar cells
Artists John Kippen and Nicola Neate, North Uist residents who oppose the proposed first phase of the spaceport. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian By Severin Carrell, Published by The Guardian, 25 July 2023 Project close to bird sanctuaries in Outer Hebrides gets go-ahead after no objections from Scotland’s environment agencies Plans
By Sarah Knapton, Published byThe Telegraph, 21 July 2023 Archaeologists uncover ‘tremendously exciting discovery’ at SaxaVord Spaceport in Unst, Shetland during construction work Britain’s first vertical space launch will take place on the site of an ancient Bronze Age crematorium, after archaeologists uncovered the remnants of charred human bone. The
By Christopher Stone, Published by Defense News, 19 July 2023 Recently, the U.S. Navy thwarted Iranian Navy attempts at seizing a few merchant tankers in the Gulf of Oman. During one incident, the U.S. Navy received a distress call from the Bahamian-flagged oil tanker Richmond Voyager 20 nautical miles off
A 50 kilowatt-class laser mounted on a US Army Stryker vehicle By Chris Vallance, Published by The BBC, 19 July 2023 A European hub for high-energy laser weaponry is to be based in Livingston, Scotland, a big defence firm has said. Raytheon UK said the "advanced laser integration centre" would
Latest Developments on War in Space Held on-line 15 July 2023 Speakers: Panel discussion moderator and meeting host Bruce Gagnon serves as Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space (GN). He lives in Brunswick, Maine. Bruce helped create the GN in 1992. His book, called
