November 13th, 2025
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China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts are returning to Earth using a non-space debris impacted and fresh ship – the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft. According to the Xinhua state-run news service, the Shenzhou-20 crew is slated to return on Friday aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft. The spaceship will return to the Dongfeng landing site in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. […]
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A study suggests that building hypersonic planes may not require a significantly different design approach – a finding that could also alter future space transportation concepts. Revolutionizing global travel could mean transforming day-long international flights into brief commutes no longer than a feature length movie. How about cutting the duration of a hop between Sydney […]
The upsurge in placing mega-satellite constellations is not only amplifying the concern over Earth-circling space debris. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may also be impacting Earth’s atmosphere, as well as increasing the risk of space waste hitting the Earth. New research is underscoring how incoming “space waste” is injecting a considerable amount of its […]
Due to a suspected impact from space debris, China’s Shenzhou-20 three-person crew are delayed in their return to Earth. It has been a week since the re-entry wave-off on November 5th was called. Meanwhile, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) stated on Tuesday that all preparatory work for ensuring the safe return of the […]
The decision by China to delay the return of its Shenzhou-20 crew from the country’s space station due to a possible impact from space debris has led to yet another “stranded in space” state of affairs. In addition, the situation is sparking discussion of space rescue planning – or lack of it. That trio of […]
Today, the U.S. Space Force does not have their guardians operating in the space domain for military missions. That should change according to a new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia. As humanity’s interests in space go further from the Earth, “astronaut guardians may be necessary to execute and secure […]
The second mission of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launcher (NG-2) is to depart no earlier than Sunday, November 9 from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch window is open from 2:45 to 5:11 p.m. Eastern Time. Atop the booster […]
Securing Space Superiority: U.S. Deterrence Options in a Two-Rival Threat Environment has been released by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA). Military competition in and for space is rising. Both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation have put significant effort into developing, demonstrating, and fielding counterspace capabilities. The capabilities—including […]
China’s Mars orbiter has snagged images of that interstellar interloper – 31/Atlas – making use of its high-resolution camera, reports the China National Space Administration (CNSA). During the observation, states China Central Television (CCTV), the Mars orbiter was about 30 million kilometers from 3I/ATLAS, making it one of the closest observations by a probe of […]
China’s Shenzhou-20 crew is not returning to Earth as scheduled, due to a possible impact from space debris. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced the decision, with an impact analysis and risk assessment now being done. The trio of astronauts — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — have stayed in orbit for […]
