By Tory Shepherd, Published by The Guardian, 31 May 2024 If satellites get taken out during war, defence forces will need personnel trained to switch from digital back to analog tools What would happen if satellite communications were taken down by enemy action during a war? It’s a question governments
Artist's illustration of NASA astronauts near the moon's south pole, a region thought to be rich in water ice. (Image credit: NASA) By Martin Elvis, Published by The Conversation, 30 May 2024 The 2020s have already seen many lunar landing attempts, although several of them have crashed or toppled over. With all the
Image source: Blacklisted News By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 22 May 2024 Russia's permanent U.N. representative Vassily Nebenzia said it was "deeply regrettable" that the council would not vote in favor of "preserving space exclusively for peaceful use." The United Nations Security Council has voted against a resolution introduced
The Long March-5B rocket at the Wenchang launch site in China From Reuters, Published by India Today, 17 May 2024 The announcement comes just days after Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin announced that its New Shepard Rocket, which flies cargo and humans on short trips to the edge of space, would
By Eric Lipton, Published by Space Weekly, 17 May 2024 The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and American
By Michelle Hanlon, Published by Space News, 7 May 2024 On April 19, NASA issued a press release announcing that Slovenia had signed the Artemis Accords. Following quickly on the heels of accession by Switzerland (April 15) and Sweden (April 16), this brings the total number of signatories to the United
Two images taken more than half a century apart show the first-ever U.S. flag to be planted on the moon during the July 1969 Apollo 11 mission (L), and the first-ever Chinese flag to be planted on the moon during the December 2020 Chang'e 5 mission. China became the second
The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and its Long March 5 rocket: from Cosmic Curiosity By Helen Davidson, Published by The Guardian, 3 May 2024 The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030 China has launched a probe
