October 28th, 2025
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International space law from decades ago was written for a world that no longer exists, explains space lawyer Michelle Slawecki Hanlon. “The treaties that guide us, visionary as they are, were crafted when only two nations had the power to reach orbit. They focused on peace and principles, not procedures or property rights,” Hanlon explains […]
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China is set to launch its next human spaceflight crew on their Shenzhou-21 mission, the 10th piloted mission since China began the initial construction of its space station and the sixth one since the space station entered the stage of application and development. The still unidentified Shenzhou-21 crew will replace the astronauts of the Shenzhou-20 […]
Mars Guy spotlights a rock on the Red Planet inspected by NASA’s Perseverance Rover at Jezero Crater that looks like fossilized hot spring organisms. “Hot springs on Earth often host microbial communities that produce biofilms in their outflow channels,” says Mars Guy. “Sometimes when hot springs dry up, they leave behind fossilized streamers, which look […]
China’s next space station milestone is the upcoming launch of the Shenzhou-21 crew. The country has rolled out the Long March 2F/G launch vehicle with the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft atop to the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on October 24th. “The mission is currently working towards an October 31st launch to the Tiangong […]
A slice of Earth’s atmosphere seemingly gets no respect. There is a high-altitude expanse that is often referred to by scientists as the “ignorosphere,” an under-studied and under-appreciated atmospheric layer because it is above surveillance by aerial vehicles and too low for steady monitoring by speeding satellite sensors. A research team has come up with […]
Rocket remainders from China’s Long March 8A booster launched on October 16 have been picked up by a Philippine Navy missile boat. The debris with made-in-China markings were recovered off Barangay Rio Tuba in Bataraza, Palawan following maritime operations in the West Philippine Sea. Drop zones The Long March 8A rocket was launched from the […]
LandSpace, a Chinese private space company, is gearing up for the maiden flight of its partially reusable rocket, the Zhuque-3. The booster has entered a critical phase after the completion of joint fueling drills and static ignition tests, laying the groundwork for the rocket’s official launch and first-stage recovery later this year. It is set […]
Chinese scientists have identified remnants from meteorites in lunar samples rocketed to Earth by the country’s Chang’e-6 mission. The finding sheds light on the Moon’s past and material transfer in the solar system. Led by a research team from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIG) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, scientists identified impact remnants […]
There is increasing space-based shenanigans going on up stairs in the heavens. Are anti-satellites (ASATs) becoming the new “must-have” technology for spacefaring nations – like China, Russia, India, as well as the United States? What’s at stake, what to strike, and why? Those are issues being thrashed out as countries […]
Australian police force officers are dealing with what appears to be space debris. Over the weekend, a hunk of smoking junk was found by mine workers nearly 19 miles east of Newman, Western Australia. The Australian Space Agency is also carrying out “further technical analysis to identify its origin.” The mine workers reported the object […]
