Gravitics wins support from Space Force to create an orbital carrier for space vehicles
The U.S. Space Force has chosen Gravitics to build and fly an orbital carrier that could send up maneuverable military space ...
Germany’s largest rocket since V-2 crashes and explodes seconds after launch
A test rocket aimed at kick-starting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after its ...
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China’s megaconstellations take off, government backs commercial space
Andrew Jones will be explaining the business, politics and technology in Chinese space activities as part of a new biweekly ...
War in space — the China challenge
The U.S. Space Force must invest in a balanced force capable of deterring and defending against aggressors in space, as the ...
The National Interest on MSN4d
MiG-105 Spiral: The Little-Known Soviet Starfighter
The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...
Space.com on MSN2d
Meet the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's poles
Named after a Norwegian ship that explored the Arctic and Antarctic regions at the turn of the 20th century, Fram2 will ...
The Wall Street Journal on MSN6d
China’s own Elon Musks are racing to catch up to SpaceX
Beijing is fostering the growth of China’s commercial space industry in a bid to narrow a space-race gap with the U.S.
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War in space — the China challenge
In 2021, the SJ-21 “orbital debris removal” vehicle grappled a defunct non-cooperative Chinese satellite and dragged it to a graveyard orbit. This is exactly the kind of technology needed to ...