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Inching towards launch

A little over a week ago, SLS/Orion rolled out to the pad for Artemis 2, the first crewed mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years. Jeff Foust...

When satellites are hacked: the legal gray zone of non-kinetic space attack

While kinetic attacks, like direct-ascent missiles, on satellites are well understood, less appreciated are non-kinetic attacks that can disrupt or di...

How superheavy-lift rockets could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

New large launch vehicles like Starship and New Glenn open up many new opportunities. Martin Elvis describes how they enable space telescopes that are...

Kazakhstan's space strategy: can its high-tech assets propel it to Eurasia's new broker?

Kazakhstan is best known in the space community as the home of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Three experts examine how the country can leverage that role t...

ESET Research: Sandworm behind cyberattack on Poland’s power grid in late 2025

The attack involved data-wiping malware that ESET researchers have now analyzed and named DynoWiper

China's first Type 054B frigate reaches operational capability, official media reveals amid warship's first commissioning anniversary

What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance

Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island’s ice sheet.

Risky Business #821 -- Wiz researchers could have owned every AWS customer

In this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, joined by a special guest. BBC World Cyber Correspondent Joe...

PLA Navy's Type 055 large destroyer boosts anti-submarine capabilities with confrontational exercise in South China Sea

Liftoff for European launch startups

Isar Aerospace is returning to the launch pad this week to make its second orbital launch attempt. Jeff Foust reports on that company and other Europe...

The PSLV-C62 failure marks a setback for India's space ambitions

Earlier this month India suffered a second failure of its PSLV rocket in as many flights. Ajey Lele examines the implications of the back-to-back fail...

The successful development of Russia's counterspace activities in LEO and GEO

Russia has embarked on a a variety of projects to disrupt or destroy foreign satellites. Matthew Mowthorpe and Markos Trichas discuss those various co...