By Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today, Published by Scitechdaily, 20 November 2021 Even after 30 months in space, The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 mission continues to successfully “sail on sunbeams” demonstrating solar sail technology in Earth orbit. The mission is providing hard data for future missions that hope to employ solar
By Graeme Massie, Published by The Independent, 20 November 2021 NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the Moon and is asking for ideas on how to do it. The fission power source would be used to support permanent human life on the Moon, before future manned missions
By Kit Klarenberg, Publishd by Russia Today, 19 November 2021 RAF Menwith Hill, America’s largest overseas spy base, located in the UK, is to be expanded, and for reasons we can only guess at – although they’re unlikely to be positive. A planning application by the UK’s Ministry of Defence
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense,19 November 2021 Update Nov. 22, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. ET: This story has been updated to add comment from Lockheed Martin. WASHINGTON: The Missile Defense Agency has tapped Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to compete in developing a new Glide Phase Interceptor
By Christian Davenport, Published by Chron, 19 November 2021 The space world has a little engine that could - a small, snub-nosed space plane called Dream Chaser that looks like it could be the space shuttle's offspring. For years, it has pursued an unlikely path in its quest to space,
By Tony Tran, Published by Off World, 18 November 2021 SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk made an eyebrow raising concession on Wednesday, implying that the first orbital Starship may very well explode on the launchpad. The prolific memethief spoke at the National Academies’ joint meeting of the Space Studies
By Evgeny Mikhaylov, Published by Sputnik News, 18 November 2021 This year, the company spent over $1.3 million on lobbying, in addition to $2 million in 2020. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin hired Mac Campbell from Capitol Counsel - a lobbyist who had relations with the Obama administration, CBS reported. Campbell
By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 18 November 2021 Moscow (Sputnik) - On Monday, State Department spokesman Ned Price accused Russia of "recklessly" carrying out a destructive satellite test using an anti-satellite missile against a defunct Soviet satellite. Washington claims the test generated "over 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital
