Another deadly explosion casts shadow over Hanwha Aerospace’s cutting-edge image

Hanwha Aerospace’s Daejeon plant on June 1, 2026, following an explosion there. (Kim Hye-yun/Hankyoreh) By Choi Ye-rin, Jang Hyeon-eun, Kim Joong-gon and Kwon Hyo-jungPosted on Hankyoreh, 2 June 2026 Five were killed and two injured at an explosion at the defense contractor’s Daejeon plant Another explosion at defense contractor Hanwha

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Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space

By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 1 June 2026 New Glenn's launchpad is so cooked, satellites can see the char from orbit. The dust has settled in the aftermath of last week's giant New Glenn rocket explosion, which shook Florida's Space Coast and the space industry itself. Blue Origin was

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Is COPUOS at a turning point? Governing space in a new era

A meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Credit: United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs By Frederick Jenet, David Schuman, Cecilia I. Silberberg, Danica Vallone and Paul Wunderl, Published by Space News, 14 April 2026 The 63rd Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee

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Starlink sprays debris into orbit following another satellite ‘anomaly’

An illustration of satellites breaking up in Earth orbit. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) By Richard Speed, Published by The Register, 31 March 2026 Starlink satellite 34343 has suffered an "anomaly on-orbit," spraying debris at an altitude of approximately 560 km above Earth. The company recently passed the

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Project Ranger Is a Rocket Combustion Weapons Facility Built on Aquifer Recharge Land

In this March 28, 2005, photo, a sign posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at a site in Rialto, Calif. Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, EPA says it will not regulate the drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants. AP Photo/Ric Francis, File

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A simulation of the full network of Starlink satellites when their first 12,000 satellites are up. This network will provide near-total global coverage, continuously, with an additional 30,000 requested. While delivering high-speed internet globally is a noble goal, destroying ground-based astronomy, astrophotography, and even stargazing as a hobby should be reckoned with as extraordinary collateral damage. (Credit: SpaceX/Starlink)

10,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth … and counting

A simulation of the full network of Starlink satellites when their first 12,000 satellites are up - an additional 30,000 have been requested. While delivering high-speed internet globally is a noble goal, destroying ground-based astronomy, astrophotography, and even stargazing as a hobby should be reckoned with as extraordinary collateral damage.

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