By Caroline Delbert, Published by Popular Mechanics, 28 June 2022 Black carbon in the atmosphere is like dressing Earth in a black shirt on a sunny day. A new study shows what will happen if spaceflight increases by a factor of ten.This estimate is in line with the trajectory of
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 28 June 2022 The X-37B is just a week away from setting a new mission-duration mark. The U.S. military's X-37B robotic space plane is closing in on a mission-duration record. The X-37B launched to Earth orbit on May 17, 2020 on the sixth mission
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 June 2022 The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $13 billion over the next five years to develop and acquire military communications satellites. According to U.S. Department of Defense budget documents, this large investment supports growing demands for connectivity and secure data networks across
By Thomas Moore, Published by Sky News, 21 June 2022 The Spaceport will be a significant boost to the economy of Cornwall, one of the UK's most deprived regions. A prototype space factory that can produce materials impossible to make on Earth will be on the first rocket to launch
By Will Lockett, Published by Medium, 20 June 2022 Rockets will never be environmentally friendly We know we must be living through a revolutionary time in history when billionaires are the ones pushing the frontiers of space rather than the government. For the most part, these billionaires seem to be
By Aanchal Nigam, Published by Republic World, 19 June 2022 The space sector of Western nations is heading towards a war, warned Russian State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" Director General Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday. The space sector of Western nations is "heading towards a war", warned Russian State Space Corporation "Roscosmos"
By Lucas Maaser and Stephanie Verlaan, Published by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, 15 June 2022 Pulling back the veil on Big Tech’s missing moral compass Imagine being instructed by your employer to build a product that will be used to wage war, even end the life of another. Imagine its purpose
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 June 2022 The contract will support experiments in optical uplinks and downlinks between satellites in geostationary and low Earth orbits WASHINGTON — BlueHalo won an $11 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a pair of optical laser communications terminals
