Strikes in Ukraine Spotlight U.S., European Deficits in Hypersonic Arms Race
Russia’s use of hypersonic weapons in Ukraine is the latest escalation in a growing arms race for missiles that can travel through the atmosphere at more than Mach 5. The U.S. and its allies are accelerating spending on hypersonic weapons development, but haven’t fielded one to date, prompting leaders to fear a missile gap. . .
Read MoreFirst Three Months of 2023 Set Orbital Launch Record
Global orbital launch activity continued to accelerate in the first quarter of 2023. For the first time in history, over 50 launches were attempted before March 31 although four of the 52 attempts were unsuccessful.
Read MoreSpace Force Outlines Culture Goals in Handbook
America’s newest military service in April got its first document outlining the culture Space Force leaders want their troops to embrace.
“The Guardian Spirit,” is a manual for Space Force officers and enlisted Guardians that lists the behaviors they are expected to emulate and is considered the service’s guidebook on culture.
Read MoreNASA’s Artemis Plans Call for $8.1 billion in 2024
NASA made headlines in April by naming the crew for the Artemis II lunar fly-by mission that’s expected to launch in late 2024. But even flying past the moon, much less landing, will require a Herculean effort on the ground and massive federal spending in the budget now under consideration by lawmakers. The second Artemis…
Read MoreSolar Cycle 25 Could Disrupt Satellites, Other Services, but Scientific Probes Are Providing New Data
The Sun lies at the center of our solar system and sets the cycle of our daily lives, yet so much remains unknown about how it functions. As the Sun enters into a years-long phase of increasing solar eruptions, its increased activity poses risks to thousands of Earth- and space-based infrastructure assets.
Read MoreNASA’s EMIT Instrument Tracks and Shares Data on Potent Methane Emissions Globally
One of NASA’s newest instruments on the International Space Station (ISS) is proving to be a multipurpose climate research tool as it demonstrated a secondary capability to detect methane gas emissions.
Read MoreU.S., Russia Discussing Repair Options for Space Station Following Discovery of Coolant Leak
A micrometeorite the width of a pencil tip sliced through a Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station at nearly 16,000 mph, wrecking a radiator for the spacecraft’s computers and delaying the return of three astronauts in orbit by months, officials from NASA and Russian space agency Roscosmos said during a rare joint news conference Wednesday.
Read MoreRoboGlove Technology First Aided Astronauts, Now Is Marketed to Help Earthbound Workers
Exoskeletons that optimize human movements have been a staple of science fiction for decades, but the needs of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have brought one such tool to life.
Read MoreSpace Foundation JSEP Program Boosts Students’ Interest in STEM Courses
Just as the space industry is thriving and creating a bevy of new jobs, falling STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) proficiencies and dwindling STEM-career interest among U.S. students threaten to exclude today’s young people from realizing opportunities in today’s space ecosystem . . .
Read MoreAsteroid Mining: Potential Develops, but so do Regulatory, Technical Issues
Mankind could soon be able to exploit asteroids to obtain natural resources for use on Earth, gather ingredients for missions in space, and support habitation on the Moon and Mars.
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