By Eric Berger, Published by Ars Technica, 3 March 2022 The US Air Force Research Laboratory seeks to develop a satellite to patrol cislunar space. "Until now, the United States space mission extended 22,000 miles above Earth." This week, the US Air Force Research Laboratory released a video on YouTube
By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 28 January 2022 HELSINKI — China has released a new white paper outlining the centrality of space to the country’s “overall national strategy” as well as major plans for the years ahead. Over the next five years China will seek to develop its space
By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 14 January 2022 An idea from the 1960s has found new backers. If future U.S. satellites are to dodge incoming Russian or Chinese fire, they’ll need better ways to move around than today’s fuel-intensive thrusters. That’s why the Pentagon is looking into nuclear-powered
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 14 January 2022 DARPA has watched NASA’s work in nuclear propulsion systems for space exploration and believes the technology can be applied to military satellites. WASHINGTON — An experiment planned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will send to orbit a spacecraft
By Ben Strang, Published by Stuff, 6 January 2022 The New Zealand Space Agency believes its participation in the Artemis Accords – an international agreement to send people back to the moon – will significantly boost the space sector. The Government signed up to the NASA accords last year, and
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 27 December 2021 Among all the space action over the past year, AFRL's push to expand military space operations to cislunar space — the vast volume of space between the Earth's outer orbit and that of the Moon — and beyond has been
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 8 December 2021 WASHINGTON: Space Force today launched two experimental satellites carrying payloads designed to detect nuclear explosions, keep tabs on space objects, monitor the weather and experiment with laser communications, in addition to some other classified capabilities. The mission, dubbed Space Test
By Tara Copp, Published by Defense One, 20 October 2021 Those hubs would do more than refuel spaceships; they are seen as key to staying ahead of China. Like any family road trip, future missions to the moon and beyond may require a few pit stops. U.S. Transportation Command and
