LOS ANGELES—Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin announced on Facebook that he has married his “longtime love” in a small ceremony in Los Angeles. Aldrin, who made history along with Neil Armstrong as the first humans to set foot on the surface of the moon, said the wedding took place on Friday, which was his 93rd birthday….
Russia Sets New Contingency Plan for Crew of Damaged Space Capsule
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos announced new contingency plans on Saturday for the three crew of a damaged capsule docked to the International Space Station, saying the U.S. member of the trio would return to Earth in a separate SpaceX vessel if they needed to evacuate in the next few weeks. The Soyuz MS-22 capsule, which…
Virgin Orbit: Premature Shutdown Behind Rocket Launch Fail
LONDON—Virgin Orbit said Thursday its first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the UK failed after its rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. The U.S.-based company used a modified Boeing 747 plane to carry one of its rockets from Cornwall in southwestern England over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday. The plane released the rocket,…
US and Japan Sign Historic Defense Agreements, Extend Mutual Aid to Space
January 13, 2023
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The leaders of Japan and the United States are expanding the nations’ alliance with a series of new commitments regarding defense spending, military modernization, and a new agreement that will extend their mutual defense treaty to space. U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio to the White House on Jan. 13, where…
China and US Battle for the Moon and Stars
Commentary The terrestrial arms race has morphed into Space Wars as China and the United States race to control the moon, satellite orbits, and Mars. “[China] is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and increasingly the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to achieve that objective,” Lt. Gen. Nina…
US, Japan Announce New Plans to Bolster Alliance, Expand Joint Security in Outer Space
January 12, 2023
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The United States and Japan on Jan. 11 unveiled new plans to strengthen their alliance amid growing threats from North Korea and communist China, including extending security cooperation to outer space. In a joint statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and their Japanese counterparts, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu…
Astronomers Discover 2nd Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting Its Star’s Habitable Zone
A team of NASA scientists discovered another Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting in its star’s habitable zone that could potentially retain liquid water, the U.S. space agency announced on Tuesday. The planet—called “TOI 700 e”—is about 95 percent of Earth’s size and likely rocky. It was spotted in a system in the southern hemisphere about 100 light-years…
China Lifts Veil on Ambitions for Hegemony in Space
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does not broadcast its ambitions to achieve hegemony in space in order to enforce its ambitions for hegemony on Earth. Still, it has turned the chairman and Party secretary of its leading space contractor, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), into a major spokesman for gradually revealing…
UK’s 1st Foray Into the Space Race Ends in Failure
Billed as British history in the making, on Monday a specially adapted jumbo jet left the runway at the country’s first operational spaceport and launched a rocket into space. However, the rocket failed during its second stage and, according to operator Virgin Orbit, suffered an “anomaly” that resulted in the satellites it was carrying failing…
Old NASA Satellite Falls Harmlessly From Sky Off Alaska
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—After almost 40 years circling Earth, a retired NASA science satellite plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere off the coast of Alaska, NASA reported Monday. The Defense Department confirmed that the satellite—placed in orbit in 1984 by astronaut Sally Ride — reentered late Sunday night over the Bering Sea, a few hundred miles from…
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