Starship debris is seen streaking through the sky after the January 16 explosion. Captured from video by Brian Henry By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 29 December 2025 2025 was a very busy year for spaceflight, for better and for worse. We saw quite a few milestones notched in the
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
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
Launch of an SM-3 missile from the cruiser USS Lake Erie in February 2008 on an intercept course with a disabled American reconnaissance satellite. (credit: US Navy) By Jimin Park. Published by The Space Review, 10 November 2025 The United States should pursue a new space-related arms control treaty: a
A visualization of satellites and space debris around Earth. (Image credit: NASA) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 6 November 2025 Rare outreach from China's space agency marks a breakthrough in global space traffic management. China recently reached out to NASA over a maneuver to prevent a possible collision between
The Shenzhou-20 crew — Wang Jie (left), Chen Zhongrui (center), and Chen Dong (right) — has been stranded on board the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was hit with space junk. The trio launched into space on April 24. (Image credit: PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) By Harry
