Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 4, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct China has publicly disclosed plans for a lunar landing within three years. Unveiled at the Seventh Manned Space Symposium at Beihang University in Beijing on Oct. 31-Nov. 1, the plan will use a “two launches, one lunar landing” strategy. Two Long March-10 carrier rockets will launch separately from […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 1, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ■ The Moon, half a day past last quarter, rises around 11 or midnight standard time, closely accompanied by Mars. By the beginning of dawn Monday morning in North America, the Moon will be just 1° or 2° from Mars […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 29, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 26, 2026, the United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released the third edition of its report, “Challenges to Security in Space, Congestion, Competition and Cooperation.” Among many noteworthy findings, the report revealed that the United States and Iran had each taken offensive actions […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 25, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. ■ Saturn shines lower left of the Moon at dusk, as shown below. ■ This is the time of year when the Big Dipper lies down horizontal low in the north-northwest after dark. And the farther south you are the lower it is. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 11, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 ■ As October proceeds, Deneb slowly replaces Vega as the zenith star of early evening (for skywatchers at mid-northern latitudes). Accordingly, dim Capricornus has replaced Sagittarius as the zodiacal constellation having its best display in the south. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 5, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 ■ Vega is the brightest star very high in the west at nightfall. Arcturus, equally bright, is getting low in the west-northwest. The brightest star in the vast expanse between them, about a third of the way from Arcturus up […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 1, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher It was revealed by Elon Musk himself to a roomful of thousands adoring space geeks at the 2016 International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico (this analyst was there). Ten years later on Sept. 28, 2026, SpaceX accomplished the first full orbital test of its Starship […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 27, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ■ Now Saturn shines about a fist to the Moon’s right in the evening, as shown above. You’ll find it lower right of the Moon after midnight. ■ Algol should be at its minimum brightness for a couple hours centered […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 24, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 16, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Daniel Caine told the United States Air and Space Force Association that the U.S. Joint Force should be “prepared to fight” in “cislunar space,” or the region between the Earth and the Moon and […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 20, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, September 20 Now is the best time to catch 145-mile-wide Juno as it passes through a random collection of 9th- and 10th-magnitude stars. Now located in far southern Aquila near its border with Sagittarius, Juno glows at magnitude 9.6. Around 9 P.M. local daylight time, […]
