A render depicting future ILRS infrastructure on the moon. Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Belarus joined the project in October 2023. Credit: CNSA/Roscosmos By Andrew Jones, Published by Space News, 24 April 2024 HELSINKI — China is on target to reach its goal of putting its astronauts on the moon before the
By Mickey Caroll, Published by Sky News, 18 April 2024 China is hiding secret military activity in space, NASA chief Bill Nelson has claimed. "We believe that a lot of their so-called civilian space programme is a military programme," he told the House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday. "China has made
Eutelsat reported that its Hot Bird 13C and Eutelsat 7B satellites are being jammed by signals originating from within Iran. Credit: Eutelsat/Philippe Stroppa By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 17 April 2024 ‘It’s surprising how many counterspace activities happen right under our noses’ WASHINGTON — The Center for Strategic and International
By Katherine Fidler, Published in Metro, 16 April 2024 The US is preparing for the future – by practising a military attack in space. The Space Force, the unintentionally comedic wing of the country’s military created by Donald Trump, has announced a first-of-its-kind mission to demonstrate how it might defend
By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 9 April 2024 COLORADO SPRINGS – U.S. Space Command seeks to expand international collaboration by inviting Germany, France and New Zealand to join Operation Olympic Defender. Olympic Defender, a U.S.-led initiative to jointly strengthen defenses and deter hostility, already includes England, Australia and
A Falcon Heavy rocket prepared for launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Dec. 27, 2023, carrying a Space Force X-37B orbital test vehicle. U.S. Space Force By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 8 April 2024 The young service is focusing on contested space—even as its budgets return to Earth.
Credit: Secure World Foundation annual report on global counterspace technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 2 April 2024 Russia has ramped up its space warfare capabilities over the last decade as it seeks to regain Soviet-era military advantages that were lost after the Cold War WASHINGTON — The
The far side of the moon and distant Earth imaged by the Chang'e-5 T1 mission service module in 2014. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences By Andrew Jones, Published b Space News, 28 March 2024 HELSINKI — Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft initially intended for the moon
