Quantum Entangles the Heavens

Diagram of message-sending from Vienna to Beijing through space-ground integrated quantum network using China's Micius satellite, which launched in 2016. (Image credit: CAS/Pan Jianwei's team) By Dylan Welch, Published by GMF US, 5 May 2026 Quantum technologies will change how we communicate, navigate, and calculate in space. As the United

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Hybridizing nuclear command, control and communications systems puts space infrastructure at risk

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle carries the fifth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle for the U.S. Space Force, 30 May 2025. (SpaceX) By Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir, Published by Space News, 22 April 2026 Space based nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems were developed as highly classified and sovereign

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Space Force 2040: 30,000 satellites, ‘thousands’ more Guardians

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 15 April 2026 The Space Force's projections of its needs for orbital warfare and electronic warfare are only included in the classified version of the new Objective Force plan, but Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman confirmed that the service wants new

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NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?

SR-1 Freedom Mars flyby: NASA By Robin George Andrews, Published by MIT Technology Review, 14 April 2026 Just before Artemis II began its historic slingshot around the moon, Jared Isaacman, the recently confirmed NASA administrator, made a flurry of announcements from the agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC. He said the

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Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites

By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 14 April 2026 Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. military’s top space commander is pressing for a fundamental shift in how the Pentagon thinks

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