Image: NASA By Alan T. Dugger, Published by Modern War Institute, 14 February 2025 For as long as humans have waged war, controlling the high ground has meant controlling the fight. From ancient hilltop fortresses to the elevated positions that dictated victory in modern battles, elevation offered a point from
A rendering of a notional spacecraft powered by nuclear thermal propulsion. (Image credit: General Atomics) By Julian Dossett, Published by Space.com, 9 February 2025 Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes us to get to Mars. The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled
Artist's rendition of ispace's Mission 3 APEX 1.0 lunar lander on the moon. (Image credit: ispace) By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 11 December 2024 Both companies share a vision of "non-destructive, sustainable harvesting" on the moon. Space mining is inching closer to reality with the latest agreement between Japanese lunar
Presented by Booz Allen, Published by Space Project, 30 September 2024 As operations expand and adversaries jostle for dominance, U.S. space agencies must stay ahead of the curve to help ensure peace in space—and down below. From powering financial transactions to forecasting weather and enabling global communication, space technology underpins
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 6 August 2024 Gen. Stephen Whiting revealed that the command has just submitted to the Joint Force its FY27 "integrated priorities list" — an annual compendium of requirements put together by each combatant command to "inform the services and defense agencies of our
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.
Artist's rendition of a futuristic space navy. Credit: GoodFon / By Rick Tumlinson, Published by SpaceNews, 20 March 2024 At the ripe age of five, it is clear that the United States Space Force, while dominated by old thinking, still doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows
Image Credit: SpaceNews Midjourney illustration By Debra Werner, Published by SpaceNews, 11 March 2024 Space-related applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning are often confined to the ground because moving AI onboard satellites, while promising, is significantly more difficult. “Running AI in space is like running a marathon on the moon
