The US and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space tomorrow at the UN, with Russia expected to block a US-led resolution affirming the Outer Space Treaty’s ban on placing nukes in Earth’s orbit. w/Michelle Nichols reuters.com/technology/spa…

NEW: Kurt Campbell, the No. 2 State Department official, met with Niger’s Prime Minister today & *accepted his demand that U.S. troops withdraw from the West African country* a move the US has long resisted that will transform Washington’s counterterrorism posture in West Africa

New: Northrop Grumman is working with SpaceX on its secret spy satellite constellation for the National Reconnaissance Office. Early satellites for the network have already yielded test imagery, a first-of-a-kind product for SpaceX. reuters.com/business/aeros…

أتمنى من الله أن تصل هذه الصورة لكل العالم وتكون سبباً في وقف الحرب والمعاناة التي يعيشها أبناء شعبنا الفلسطيني

أقدم هذا الانجاز لأرواح شهداء الصحافة الذين دفعوا من دمائهم لكي تصل رسالتهم السامية لكل العالم وأخص بالذكر اخي الشهيد بلال جادالله مدير مؤسسة بيت الصحافة

The World Press Photo of the Year is ‘A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece’ by mohammed jad salem, Reuters.

The jury was deeply moved by how this image evokes an emotional reflection in every viewer and offers a glimpse into unimaginable loss.
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The Space Force is hiring Rocket Lab and True Anomaly to build highly manueverable spacecraft that will rendezvous and inspect each other in orbit.

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Good story - I also heard ULA asked Space Force for a single-mission Vulcan certification (waiving the need for the second cert mission) amid Dream Chaser delays, and Space Force considered it but ultimately decided not to allow it. ULA faces choice to wait or change the payload

The White House wants a moon time standard: reuters.com/science/white-….

NEW: A yearlong investigation by The Insider, 60 Minutes and DER SPIEGEL has uncovered evidence suggesting that Havana Syndrome may have its origin in the use of directed energy weapons wielded by the Russian GRU’s infamous Unit 29155.  theins.press/en/politics/27…

Smuggled kits from Elon Musk's Starlink are being activated even in territories where it has no agreement to operate. That raises questions about control of the satellite internet service via Bloomberg Bruce Einhorn Loni Prinsloo Marissa Newman Simon Marks Alan Crawford

Dave Calhoun to step down as Boeing CEO by end of year: Boeing Announces Board and Management Changes - Mar 25, 2024 boeing.mediaroom.com/2024-03-25-Boe…

Just for context, there really needs to be an acknowledgement that there were innumerable mechanical diversions that were largely ignored by mainstream media outlets prior to January 5.

SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell at #satshow says next Starship test flight coming “hopefully in about six weeks,” and she doesn’t think they’re going to deploy Starlinks on that test - wants to “focus on getting reentry right.”

1\ This is some of the first details we’ve seen publicly on Starshield, a few comments

China's military, state media slam U.S. after Reuters report on SpaceX spy satellites reuters.com/world/china/ch…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a US intelligence agency, Reuters reports trib.al/ZeUDoNH

JUST IN: Reuters reports that SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with the United States government

Ship in space

Never seen such a clear, persistent view of plasma formation, which usually kills comms during reentry.