Assistant Secretary of Defense John Plumb [Source: spacenews.com] By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 1 May 2024 Pentagon’s space-policy leader noted with concern Moscow’s recent veto of a UN resolution against putting nuclear weapons in space. The detonation of a Russian nuclear space weapon could render low-Earth orbit unusable
Photograph Source: The US Army – Public Domain By Gregory Elich, Published by Counter Punch, 1 May 2024 Since the U.S. military brought its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea in 2017, it has met with sustained local resistance. THAAD is the centerpiece of the numerous
Rendering of the SDA Foo Fighter constellation. Credit: Millennium Space Systems By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 30 April 2024 While the Space Development Agency initially intended to make awards to more than one vendor, the agency determined that a sole-source contract with the Boeing-owned firm was "best value."
By Thomas Moore, Published by Sky News, 26 April 2024 The spaceport, which is on the northern tip of the Shetland Islands, hopes to launch rockets vertically into orbit from British soil. A spaceport that hopes to launch the first rockets vertically into orbit from British soil has been given
Published by Satellite News, 26 April 2024 Space Systems Command’s Space Sensing program executive office, headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California, has delivered the first of two software deliveries to operations in the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Battlespace Awareness Center (OBAC) at Buckley Space Force
Render of a small launch vehicle launching from SaxaVord Spaceport - via Shetland Flyer Aerial Media Published by Shetland News, 25 April 2024 SAXAVORD has become Western Europe’s only fully licenced vertical launch spaceport after having been granted a range control licence by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). A
Shenzhou 17 astronauts perform a spacewalk to fix solar arrays on the Tiangong space station on March 1, 2024. (Image credit: CMSA) By Elizabeth Howell, published by Space.com, 24 April 2024 Astronauts repaired the damage during two spacewalks this winter. China will beef up its space debris procedures for astronauts after
Space Training and Readiness Command recently conducted a test of the Remote Modular Terminal (RMT), a new system for the Space Rapid Capabilities Office. (Image credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Isaac Blancas) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 24 April 2024 Such a system could disrupt adversary satellites overhead
