NASA's Space Reactor-1 Freedom cruises past Mars in this artist's concept, demonstrating nuclear electric propulsion in deep space. Source. Credit: NASA. By Jacqueline Minerd, Published by NASA, 20 October 2026 Destined for Mars and beyond, NASA’s Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom will be humanity’s first fission-powered spacecraft to travel outside Earth’s
A U.S. soldier stares into space in a U.S. Space Force promotional video (Screenshot via YouTube) By Karl Grossman, Published by Independent Australia, 17 October 2026 Last month, the Trump Administration confirmed that, for the first time, the U.S. has weapons in space in violation of international law, writes Professor
By Jasper Jolly, Published by The Guardian, 16 October 2026 Guillaume Faury writes to Andy Burnham warning him against choosing US firm Lockheed Martin to build Skynet satellites The boss of Airbus has told Andy Burnham that choosing its US rival Lockheed Martin to manufacture military satellites could cost the
The Starlink terminals, which connect to thousands of SpaceX satellites in obit, are often camouflaged on the battlefield By Tom McArthur and Tiffany Wertheimer, Published by The BBC, 15 October 2026 Starlink satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX provide high-speed internet - something modern war relies heavily on. For Ukraine,
An artist's impression of ClearSpace-1 capturing a rocket piece in space. (Image credit: ClearSpace SA) By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 15 October 2026 TAMPA, Fla. — The UK Space Agency has picked Luxembourg-headquartered ClearSpace’s British unit as prime contractor for a 2029 mission aiming to de-orbit two defunct
A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to the antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system in Bakhmut on February 9, 2023. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images By Lisi Niesner, Published by MSN, 15 October 2026 WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday that Elon Musk's SpaceX had restricted "military-grade"
By Paul Evans, Published by The Tenby Observer, 13 October 2026 Anti space-wars radar campaigners have called for public debate with Pembrokeshire MP Henry Tufnell Anti space-wars radar campaigners have challenged Pembrokeshire MP Henry Tufnell to a public debate following social media spat, where they have accused the Labour politician
Ilustration of a conceptual spacecraft enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion. Credit: NASA By Karl Grossman, Published by Counter Punch, 13 October 2026 “We are entering the ‘Nuclear NASA-era’ which represents a major transformation for space exploration,” said the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, Jared Isaacman, last week
