Hanoi’s $75 Billion Question: Why Vietnam’s Rail Gamble Is Really About Beijing
Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary and President To Lam wrapped a four-day state visit to China that put high-speed rail, not South China Sea tensions, at the center of the bilateral agenda. The trip produced signed cooperation deals on railways, public security, technology, and inter-party exchanges, and it set the terms under which Chinese engineering […]
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New EU Space Act draft seen as a step backward
A revised draft of a proposed European Union space regulation is a step backward, creating uncertainty about how the law would be applied outside the EU, critics argue.
Moscow Threatens Continental Retaliation as Baltic Oil Terminals Burn
Russia has warned European governments of potential escalation across the continent after Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign reportedly inflicted severe damage on Russian oil and gas infrastructure, with claims of destroyed export terminals, refineries and drilling platforms cutting into export revenues. The threat, issued by the Russian Defence Ministry, follows reports of a wave of European […]
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The Bay of Bengal Has Become a Graveyard: Inside the Deadliest Year for Rohingya at Sea
The Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea became the deadliest maritime corridor in South and Southeast Asia last year, with reports indicating nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead or missing in 2025. The figure appears to mark the highest annual death toll for Rohingya sea crossings, a grim milestone that has led advocates to compare […]
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Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month
China’s Shenzhou-21 astronauts conducted an extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station Thursday, installing debris-protection hardware and inspecting the orbital outpost.
Artemis 2 astronauts praise performance of Orion
The astronauts who flew around the moon on Artemis 2 said they were confident the Orion spacecraft is ready to support future missions.
The Space Force’s ‘commercial first’ strategy in action with Col. Tim Trimailo
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Col.
NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat
NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch a European Mars rover, support for which the agency is once again proposing to cancel.
NorthStar to go public via SPAC to expand space-based SSA network
NorthStar Earth and Space plans to raise funds to expand the space-based sensor network behind its space situational awareness business by merging with Viking Acquisition Corp.
The Ship That Felt Like Home: Artemis 2 Crew Returns With a Vessel Ready for the Moon
The four astronauts assigned to fly Artemis 2 around the moon have expressed confidence in the Orion spacecraft, but the mission’s true verdict won’t come from crew praise or simulator fidelity. It will come from the heat shield. When Orion slams back into Earth’s atmosphere at nearly 25,000 miles per hour, the redesigned thermal protection […]
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