Clearing The Orbits: Space Force Partnerships In Orbital Cleanup The growing congestion of Earth orbit has raised risks to satellites, space stations, and long-term space sustainability. The...
Hijacked Satellites and Orbiting Space Weapons: In the 21st Century, Space Is the New Battlefield Outer space has emerged as the world's next battlefield, demonstrated by recent cyberattacks on satellites blamed on Russia.
Pentagon to Keep Sharing Key Satellite Data for Hurricane Forecasting Despite Planned Cutoff The Department of Defense now says it will continue sharing key data collected by three sophisticated weather satellites that...
Radar Satellite Launched by India and NASA Will Track Minuscule Changes to Earth's Land and Ice NASA and India paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite capable of tracking even the slightest shifts in land and ice.
Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn Rocket Reaches Orbit on First Test Flight Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of...
Japanese Space Startup Aborts 2nd Satellite Launch Attempt Minutes After Liftoff Space One said it aborted the flight of its Kairos No. 2 rocket after concluding that it was unlikely to complete its mission...
The US Military Already Has a Decades-Old Countermeasure for Russian Space Nukes During the Cold War, the Air Force used an F-15 and a specially designed missile to destroy a satellite in orbit.
South Korea Delays Its Own Spy Satellite Liftoff, Days After North's Satellite Launch Under a contract with SpaceX, South Korea is to launch five spy satellites by 2025.
Attacks on Satellites May Trigger Military Response, US and Japanese Officials Say With additional treaty obligations between the U.S. and Japan, American forces could be drawn into a skirmish if Japanese...
Space Force on Notice as Russia Warns Commercial Satellites May Be a 'Legitimate Target' Commercial satellites have been used to take aerial images that show deployments, damage and destruction of Russia's...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
