The 'Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space' (also known as the 'Global Network' or the 'GN') is an international network of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the militarisation and exploitation of space. When the US Space Force was established in 2019 President Trump said that it marked “a big moment”
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Image: Organizing Notes By Dmitry Babich, Published by Sputnik International, 15 March 2024 Two unprecedented military exercises are being conducted by the US and its NATO allies simultaneously in various parts of the Arctic, signaling a new aggressive stance by the West in the region. Thirteen NATO countries participated this
By Koohan Paik-Mander, Published by CounterPunch, 15 March 2024 Barbarians of the Eurocene, whose shackles are forged in economies of algorithms and war, you nuclear monsters who anger at the beauty of flesh and Mother Earth, I come from the ancestors of abundance and the descendants of the future. I
SpaceX's Starship rocket launches on its third test flight, on March 14, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 15 March 2024 The March 14 mission notched some big milestones but ended in the destruction of both Starship stages. For the third time in 11 months,
Image: Starship flies off the launch pad during IFT-3. (Source: Elon Musk /Twitter (X)) By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 14 March 2024 Spacecraft’s cruise vessel flew around globe for first time, but lost contact in final stages before planned splashdown SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket
Image: Screen grab from euronews video By Euronews with AP, Published 13 March 2024 Japan's Space One Kairos rocket exploded after lift-off, leaving a plume of smoke, fire and fragments of machinery in its wake. A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded
Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman was nominated by President Joe Biden July 27 to be the second Chief of Space Operations for the U.S. Space Force. (U.S. Space Force) By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 12 March 2024 But spending caps will slow counterspace efforts, space chief says in
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched a U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A. Credit: U.S. Space Force By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 11 March 2024 The Pentagon in its 2025 budget proposes $29.4 billion for the U.S. Space Force WASHINGTON
By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 11 March 2024 After three years of uncontrolled descent, the 2.9-ton cargo pallet has finally fallen to Earth. On Friday, March 8, a pallet of used batteries from the International Space Station (ISS) reentered Earth’s atmosphere over the Gulf of Mexico following an unpredictable
