By Jonathn Beale,Published by the BBC, 6 October 2022 The war in Ukraine has underlined the growing importance of space to armies on the ground. In an interview with the BBC, the head of the US Space Force, General Jay Raymond, describes it as the "first war where commercial space
The Vandenberg Tracking Station is a remote tracking station, located near Santa Maria, Calif., operating within theSatellite Control Network. (US Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. JT Armstrong) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 5 October 2022 SpRCO head Kelly Hammett told Breaking Defense in an interview that the
Active debris removal is among the novel missions for which the National Space Council intends to set rules. (European Space Agency) By Theresa Hitchens,Published by Breaking Defense, 30 September 2022 The new rules framework is due to Vice President Kamala Harris by March 7, said National Space Council Director of
A drone operator launches a quadcopter to monitor the operation of an evacuation robot during its field testing on September 9, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images By Jonathan Guyer, Published by Vox, 21 September 2022 How satellites, drones, and AI helped Ukraine’s counter-offensive. As Ukraine
By Jill Lupupa, Published by Sky News, 15 September 2022 The UK Meteor Network gathered more than 200 reports from eye witnesses seeing a meteorite in the sky over Wednesday night. A "brilliant fireball" which lit up the night sky over parts of Britain was space debris, experts say. The
By Matthew Ceith, Published by GiantFreakinRobot, 13 September 2022 A newly launched SpaceX satellite named Blue Walker 3 is likely going to be visibly brighter than any star in the sky. As the 21st Century space race between billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, as well as the United
By David Dickinson, Published by Sky&Telescope, 8 September 2022 A recent study examines the risk posed to human life by reentering space debris as the number of rocket launches continues to grow. When Japan's Hayabusa mission returned to Earth, carrying a sample of asteroid 25143 Itokowa, the main bus of
