Australia hosts the US’s Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap (codename Rainfall) run by the CIA, NSA and Australia’s ASD, located just outside of Alice Springs in Australia’s central desert. Photo shows 21 of the base’s 40 satellite dishes. (Photo: Felicity Ruby) By Richard Tanter, Published by Pearls and Irritations, 18
By Douglas Gorman, Published by Payload, 13 February 2025 A new bipartisan bill introduced in the House this week would designate US space systems as critical infrastructure, offering them protection from the Department of Homeland Security. The Space Infrastructure Act seeks to codify in statute that space assets are so
A rendering of a notional spacecraft powered by nuclear thermal propulsion. (Image credit: General Atomics) By Julian Dossett, Published by Space.com, 9 February 2025 Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes us to get to Mars. The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled
Global government space program expenditures in 2024 (in $ Millions). Only countries with a budget of at least $10 million are included on the map. European country budgets reflect contributions to ESA, ESO, and Eumetsat. Credit: Novaspace By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 january 2025 WASHINGTON — Global government
Artist's rendition of ispace's Mission 3 APEX 1.0 lunar lander on the moon. (Image credit: ispace) By Josh Dinner, Published by Space.com, 11 December 2024 Both companies share a vision of "non-destructive, sustainable harvesting" on the moon. Space mining is inching closer to reality with the latest agreement between Japanese lunar
Presented by Booz Allen, Published by Space Project, 30 September 2024 As operations expand and adversaries jostle for dominance, U.S. space agencies must stay ahead of the curve to help ensure peace in space—and down below. From powering financial transactions to forecasting weather and enabling global communication, space technology underpins
Press Release, 17 September 2024 Protests were held outside each of the MOD’s Public engagements events in Solva and St Davids this Friday and Saturday 13th-14th September. PARC Against DARC, which launched in May this year to oppose the proposed US military DARC radars at Brawdy, mobilised a large crowd
A notional rendering of China's reusable space plane. The exact appearance of the vehicle remains unknown. (Image credit: Erik Simonsen/Getty Images) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 6 September 2024 Details about the spacecraft and its mission remain largely unknown. China's mysterious space plane has returned to Earth after spending
