By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 13 March 2023 "There are hard kill and soft kill capabilities, if you will, that we're funding," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said with regards to offensive space weapons, but none that would created dangerous space debris. WASHINGTON — There has long been
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 13 March 2023 WASHINGTON — NASA is projecting spending nearly $1 billion on a tug to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of the decade to provide redundancy for safely disposing of the station. NASA released additional details March 13 about its
By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 9 March 2023 Scientists call for collective effort to protect Earth’s orbit from dangers posed by space junk Satellite makers and operators must be held responsible for the growing hazard of space debris, according to experts who say a legally binding global treaty
By Christian Davenport, Published by The Washington Post, 8 March 2023 Ukraine's use of commercial satellites to help repel the Russian invasion has bolstered the U.S. Space Force's interest in exploiting the capabilities of the private sector to develop new technologies for fighting a war in space. But the possible
By Ian Sample, Published by The Guardian, 3 March 2023 Spent rocket body believed to be part of Chinese Chang’e 5-T1 mission expected to hit lunar surface at 5,500mph In an unprecedented display of cosmic littering, a wayward rocket body will crash into the far side of the moon on
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 27 February 2023 "It's going to be like an interstate highway in a rush hour in a snowstorm with everyone driving much too fast." Just 10 years ago, a mere thousand or so operational satellites may have orbited our planet, but there will be
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 February 2023 Congress directed DoD and the director of national intelligence to “make publicly available a strategy regarding defending and protecting on-orbit satellites” WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s space policy office is drafting a congressionally mandated report explaining how the U.S. will defend
By Matthew Jenkins, Published by The Space Review, 13 February 2023 In the early days of airpower, foresighted theorists like Billy Mitchell petitioned hard to demonstrate the value that airpower could bring to the warfighting abilities of the United States. Ardently campaigning, Mitchell got permission from Congress to illustrate this
