NATO’s 77-Year Breaking Point: What the Collapse of Alliance Trust Actually Means for European Security
Friday, 10 April 2026 12:37
The NATO alliance is fracturing along lines that no amount of diplomatic polish can conceal. Trump’s refusal to consult allies before launching the US-Israeli war on Iran, followed by his public statement that he is considering withdrawing from NATO, has pushed the 77-year-old alliance into what multiple analysts describe as its worst crisis ever. The […]
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The Deep Space Network acquires Artemis II signal
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Week in images: 06-10 April 2026
Friday, 10 April 2026 12:20
Week in images: 06-10 April 2026
Discover our week through the lens
Commerce Department budget proposal revives concerns about TraCSS
Friday, 10 April 2026 11:10
A budget proposal for the Department of Commerce raises new doubts about the future of a civil space traffic management system under development there.
Taiwan’s Defense Consensus Is Fracturing — And Beijing Knows It
Friday, 10 April 2026 11:06
Taiwan’s legislature is locked in a fierce fight over a special defense budget to acquire U.S. weapons systems — and the opposition party that’s blocking it just sent its leader to shake hands with Xi Jinping in Beijing. The collision of these two events has fractured what remained of Taiwan’s cross-strait defense consensus, and Beijing […]
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Artemis II: As humans return to the Moon, which of these 4 futures will we choose?
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China’s Chang’e-7 arrives at spaceport for lunar south pole exploration mission
Friday, 10 April 2026 10:52
China’s multi-element Chang’e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned liftoff in the second half of 2026.
The Space Symposium’s Real Agenda: Alliances, Workforce Gaps, and What Artemis II Actually Changes on the Ground
Friday, 10 April 2026 10:36
The 40th Space Symposium kicks off in Colorado Springs this month, and the question hanging over every panel, handshake, and hallway conversation is one the space industry has been dodging for years: Can the United States and its allies actually build the workforce needed to sustain the ambitions they keep announcing? The timing makes the […]
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Register for ESA’s Industry Space Days 2026
Friday, 10 April 2026 09:30
Registration is open for Industry Space Days 2026 at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 16–17 September.
How the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared detectors actually work, why they almost didn’t, and what their engineering lineage tells us about the limits of observation
Friday, 10 April 2026 09:06
JWST's infrared detectors are the product of decades of development, near-cancellation, and relentless engineering iteration. Understanding how they work reveals the true limits of astronomical observation.
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Artemis II Gave Us the First Deep-Space Health Data in Half a Century — Here’s What It Actually Tells Us About Human Limits
Friday, 10 April 2026 08:36
The Artemis II crew is reportedly splashing down today in the Pacific Ocean after spending approximately 10 days in deep space, and the biomedical data they carry home may prove as valuable as any photograph of the lunar far side. For the first time in more than 50 years, human beings have been exposed to […]
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After reaching speeds of 10,657 meters per second, Artemis II hurtles home for make-or-break splashdown
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Artemis astronauts to shed light on space health risks
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Kuwait Drone Strike Accusation Puts US-Iran Islamabad Talks on a Knife’s Edge
Friday, 10 April 2026 07:07
Kuwait’s accusation that Iran carried out a drone strike against Kuwaiti territory threatens to derail the US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad before they produce any binding agreement. The talks, brokered with Pakistani mediation and aimed at de-escalating the military standoff between Washington and Tehran, now face a concrete test: whether a direct attack on a sovereign […]
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