Category: Space

Space Force General Declares U.S. Capable of Building Space-Based Missile Defense System

September 19, 2025

General Michael Guatlin, vice chief of space operations and head of the Golden Dome program, announced that the United States has achieved the technical foundation to deploy a space-based missile defense architecture.…
NASA Pushes Forward with Lunar Nuclear Reactor — Strategic, Scientific, and Military Implications Emerge

September 16, 2025

NASA has issued a directive to accelerate the deployment of a 100-kilowatt fission reactor on the lunar surface by 2030, significantly raising the stakes for a long-term space infrastructure. The move is…
China Unveils “Lunar Brick” Breakthrough, Accelerating Plans for Moon-Based Construction

September 14, 2025

China has announced a new “lunar brick-making” system designed to make building blocks directly from lunar soil, a capability that — if it works as advertised — will take lunar base construction…
U.S. Space Force Contracts SpaceX for Secretive MILNET Satellite Constellation

September 6, 2025

“The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a high-priority contract to develop a classified satellite communications network — code-named MILNET — that will integrate with the Department of Defense’s growing hybrid military-commercial…

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