By Colin Clark, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 November 2021 Models shared exclusively with Breaking Defense offer a rare glimpse into nation-on-nation run-ins in space as satellites follow, flee, and, allegedly, listen in on each other. WASHINGTON: China has demonstrated the ability to track and maneuver a satellite with a
By Karl Grossman, Published by Counter Punch, 28 October 2021 The co-chairs of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space & Technology Committee were cheerleaders for the use of nuclear power in space at a hearing at which they presided over last week
By Aaron Mehta, Published by Breaking Defense, 27 October 2021 WASHINGTON: More than any other threat, cyber attacks are the greatest concern for the US national security enterprise in the next five years, according to the results of the first ever Breaking Defense Space Survey. The online survey, which ran from
By M.H.Lee, Published by Koreabizwire, 27 October 2021 JEJU, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the launch of South Korea’s first homegrown space rocket Nuri, another challenge for space will be made on Jeju Island. Jeju’s provincial government said Tuesday that the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 25 October 2021 Biofuels tested by two British rocket start-ups seem to produce much fewer dangerous soot particles. Rocket launches can inject huge amounts of soot into higher layers of Earth's atmosphere, depending on their fuel, possibly contributing to climate change. A pair of
By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 25 October 2021 Bethesda MD (SPX) - Over the last several years we have been yelling and screaming about the existential threat of space debris on our ability to conduct space commerce, but the world is not listening. Instead, several organizations continue to
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 22 October 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX performed a static-fire test of a Starship vehicle Oct. 21 as debate continues about an environmental assessment of the company’s proposed launch operations in Texas. SpaceX performed two brief firings of a single Raptor engine mounted in
By Wyatt Olson, Published by Stars and Stripes, 22 October 2021 The U.S. Army has deployed Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system to Guam through November to gauge how well the battery can be integrated with the Pacific island’s existing defenses. The system arrived on Guam this week via commercial sealift
