Satellite dishes attached to a ruined home in Hostomel, Ukraine. NurPhotoGetty Images By Theodora Ogden, Anna Knack, Mélusine Lebret, James Black and Vasilios Mavroudis, Publshed by CETAS, February 2024 Introduction Since the invasion of February 2022, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has become an attritional grind, inflicting heavy losses
Lt. Gen. David Miller, U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command commander, speaks at a change of command ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., Jan. 9, 2024. Credit; Dennis Rogers Credit: (U.S. Space Force Photo/Dennis R By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 27 February 2024 Lt. Gen. Miller, head of Space
A National Reconnaissance Office satellite sits on a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle before its Aug. 4, 2022, launch. Credit: Rocket Lab By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 26 February 2024 This likely means a delay for the Pentagon’s effort to boost competition for rocket launches. Despite its promises, Rocket
By Peter Howson, Published by Jacobin, 23 February 2024 Texas start-up Intuitive Machines has achieved the first moon landing by a private firm. It’s dumping rich people’s detritus on the lunar surface — a grim sign of how the superrich plan to plant their flag beyond our own planet. Amid
By Jonathan Amos, Published by the BBC, 23 February 2024 An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole. Watch: There were celebrations at the Texas company Intuitive
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 4 January 2024 SpaceX alone was responsible for 98 of the 109 launch attempts made by the US in 2023, and 1,937 of the 2,234 US satellites successfully orbited. WASHINGTON — The United States led the world, far surpassing both China and Russia,
(Image credit: Intuitive Machines) By Monisha Ravisetti, published by Space.com, 10 January 2024 Despite anomalies experienced by the Peregrine lunar lander, scientists are looking ahead to upcoming missions under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. NEW ORLEANS — It was only two days ago when Peregrine, the inaugural private lander
The first photo snapped by Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander in space, shared via X on Jan. 8, 2024. (Image credit: Astrobotic via X) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 9 January 2024 But the mission team is squeezing some extra life out of the pioneering probe. The moon dreams of Astrobotic's
