February 15th, 2026
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The number of objects in orbit has surged over the past two decades, driven largely by the expansion of commercial space activity. This critical orbital infrastructure is under threat. Congestion from space debris is rising, creating a strategic vulnerability for the entire planet. Without mitigation, the probability of a serious collision occurring by 2032 is […]
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China rocket makers are high-fiving the recent launch of the Long March-10, seeing its flight as paving the way for future rocket reuses. The February 11 flight of the Long March-10 is China’s first-ever rocket first-stage booster maritime salvage and recovery mission. Meanwhile, the test flight also signaled advancement in the country’s crewed lunar exploration […]
The consequences of more and more “megaconstellations” of satellites being shoved into Earth orbit also gives rise to what are the chances of being conked in the head by the in-coming remnants of those spacecraft? “What happens if the minimum lethal amount of debris from each satellite does not burn up and reaches the ground […]
China is stepping up its activities in testing various elements of its humans-to-the-Moon program. “It is estimated that by the end of this year, China will fully achieve testing and launch capabilities for the crewed lunar exploration program,” said Zhong Wen’an, a technician at China’s Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. Next-generation spaceship On February 11, […]
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket delivered a national security spacecraft directly to geosynchronous orbit for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command on the USSF-87 mission. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Feb. 2. Solid observation “We had an observation early during flight […]
They are mean and malicious – and could mess up your day big time here on our home planet. It is a cosmic roll of the dice. There’s no doubt that a major asteroid strike could cause widespread devastation and profoundly impact life on Earth. To thwart an incoming object that has Earth in its […]
China’s Long March 10 booster successfully conducted on February 11 a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight, a test that included an uncrewed Mengzhou spacecraft using its abort escape flight system. The China Manned Space Engineering (CMSE) website noted that the February 11 test follows (1) the tethered ignition of the Long March-10 carrier rocket, (2) […]
One step closer on the Stairway to Seven! Firefly Aerospace successfully completed a full duration 20-second static fire at the company’s SLC-2 launch complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The team is now preparing to launch the Alpha Flight 7 test flight no earlier than February 18. “Alpha Flight 7 is the last flown in […]
I am saddened to learn that my good friend for decades, Steve Durst, has passed away. Steve was the founding director of the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA), a dedicated leader in furthering international space cooperation. He was publisher and editor at Space Age Publishing Company since 1976, operating from both Hawai’i and California offices. […]
In the journal Astrobiology, researchers report on the prospect that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover may have found evidence for life on the Red Planet. Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument analyzed the “Cumberland” rock sample back in May 2013. Investigators now say that non-biological sources could not fully account for what SAM found in […]
