Chinese military and state-run media on Sunday accused the United States of threatening global security, days after a Reuters report which found Elon Musk’s SpaceX was building hundreds of spy satellites for a U.S. intelligence agency. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images By Reuters, 18 March 2024Published
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched a U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. Credit: U.S. Space Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 11 March 2024 The Pentagon in its 2025 budget proposes $29.4 billion for the U.S. Space Force WASHINGTON
Image: Youtube By Misty Severi, Published by The Washington Examiner, 5 March 2024 Russia and China are looking to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade, which they hope would one day lead to lunar settlements, according to Russia’s space agency Roscosmos. Yuri Borisov, the
A Long March 4C rocket carrying the Ziyuan-1 02E satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan launch site in central China on 3rd April 2021 Photo: Xinhua By Thomas Corbett, Matt Bruzzese and Peter W. Singer, Published by Defense One, 26 February 2024 A recent rocket launch lofted satellites for a
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Feb. 21 carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 20 February 2024 Direct communications could ward off miscalculation as space militarizes faster than norms develop, officials say. AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Space Force wants a hotline
By Michael Drummond, Published by Sky News, 17 February 2024 Amid reports that Russia is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in space, Sky News speaks to three experts about what military use of space looks like. Speculation that Russia might be developing a new space-based nuclear weapon has led to
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall leads the panel discussion “Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition: A Senior Leaders Discussion” with Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller Kristyn Jones, performing the duties of the undersecretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.
Dream Chaser would ferry cargo, and eventually crew, to low-Earth orbit. Ken Ulbrich / NASA By Oluwamayokun Adetoro and James Campbell, Published by The Conversation, 8 February 2024 Nasa’s space shuttle operated in low-Earth orbit for 30 years before its retirement in 2011. However, the US space agency’s replacement for this vehicle, Orion,
