By Tim Newcomb, Pub;sihed by Popular Mechanics, 14 December 2025 Welcome to a new moon epoch, y’all. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers believe that a new epoch may have begun on the Moon back in 1959, when humans first affected the surface. Dubbed the “Lunar
An artist's impression of satellite scanning Earth in orbit. (Image credit: Johns Hopkins APL) Published by Hiraan Online, 13 December 2025 Mogadishu (HOL) — Turkey has begun construction of a satellite and rocket launch site on Somalia’s Indian Ocean coast, a project officials say will advance Ankara’s space ambitions and
By Jason Rainbow, Published by Space News, 10 December 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — NATO has picked 150 companies from 24 of its member countries to join its Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) next year, including more than two dozen with ties to the space sector. Each company
An image of the NGC 5353/4 galaxy group made with a telescope at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, USA on the night of Saturday 25 May 2019. The diagonal lines running across the image are trails of reflected light left by Starlink satellites as they passed through the telescope’s field of
By Bridget Erin Craig, Published by Space War, 4 December 2025 Washington DC (UPI) - The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space - one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military advantage for generations. House Science, Space and
Illustration of Northrop Grumman’s Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker (GAS-T) platform designed to fuel and extend the life of in-orbit assets. Credit: Northrop Grumman By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 4 December 2025 China’s lunar ambitions grab attention, but a quieter milestone that the country achieved earlier this year could
A Standard Missile-3 is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of the Missile Defense Agency's Flight Experiment Mission-02. Credit: Missile Defense Agency By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 3 December 2025 WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency said its selection of
BAE Systems said the satellites could protect the UK from threats By Marcus White, Published by the BBC, 3 December 2025 A UK mission to deploy intelligence-gathering satellites is celebrating a successful first space launch. BAE Systems' Azalea cluster was put into low orbit from California, USA, on 28 November.
