China’s underground Moon base ambitions include lava tubes for habitation

China’s underground Moon base ambitions include lava tubes for habitation

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 15, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Jan.4,2026, Chinese state media reported that a group of 28 Chinese astronauts had conducted a training program in which smaller groups of astronauts would spend six days and five nights training in underground caves in the Chongqing Municipality in Southwest China. The purpose was […]

The sky, Jan. 11-16: Jupiter dominates winter sky

The sky, Jan. 11-16: Jupiter dominates winter sky

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 11, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, January 11 The strange, metallic asteroid 16 Psyche is moving through Taurus the Bull this month. Tonight it is particularly easy to find as it slides north of the bright star Aldebaran. Cataloged as Alpha Tauri, red giant Aldebaran shines at an easy-to-spot magnitude […]

2025 China military report highlights space advances

2025 China military report highlights space advances

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 1, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 24, 2025, the United States Department of War issued its annual report to Congress on “China Military Power Report” (CMPR), that since 2000 has constituted the most credible description of China’s growing military produced by any government, especially that of China. The 2025 […]

The sky, Dec. 29-Jan. 2: Welcome in new year with Messier clusters, Saturn

The sky, Dec. 29-Jan. 2: Welcome in new year with Messier clusters, Saturn

Special to CosmicTribune.com, December 30, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Travel southeast from Capella to capture Auriga’s targets. The chart zooms in on the Happy Face asterism. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Sunday, December 28 Let’s keep the holiday joy going with a smile among the stars — tonight we’re tracking down the so-called Happy Face […]

The sky, Dec. 14-19: Geminid meteor shower peaks

The sky, Dec. 14-19: Geminid meteor shower peaks

Special to CosmicTribune.com, December 15, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, December 14 The Geminid meteor shower peaks today with a waning Moon in the sky. Widely regarded as the best meteor shower of the year, the Geminids will produce more than 100 meteors per hour during its peak. Although you may not see quite […]

The sky: Nov. 30 – Dec. 5: Moon occultation with Pleiades on Dec. 3

The sky: Nov. 30 – Dec. 5: Moon occultation with Pleiades on Dec. 3

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 30, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, November 30 Titan reappears from an occultation behind Saturn this evening beginning at 6 P.M. EST, a short-lived event visible for those with dark skies in the eastern half of the U.S. Those on the East Coast will have the easiest time; observers across […]

Starlink’s threat to CCP’s Taiwan obsession and PLA submarine lasers idea

Starlink’s threat to CCP’s Taiwan obsession and PLA submarine lasers idea

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 27, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China hates the innovative Starlink broadband (Internet) satellite mega-constellation of the SpaceX Corporation because it offers countries and peoples that China could attack and conquer, the means to access the global Internet with its attendant abilities to communicate, access information and to control the “Internet […]

Blue Origin’s New Glenn SLV passes key tests; Moon race win may require cooperation with SpaceX

Blue Origin’s New Glenn SLV passes key tests; Moon race win may require cooperation with SpaceX

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 19, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Nov. 13, 2025, the first U.S. billionaire to found a space launch and service company — Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin Company (founded in 2000) — became the second company in history to achieve the first-stage recovery of its large New Glenn space […]

Moon race update: China on the move; Elon Musk defends SpaceX schedule

Moon race update: China on the move; Elon Musk defends SpaceX schedule

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 5, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 30, 2025 the world was treated to a split-screen of the United States-China race back to the Moon in two press events: • A China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) press conference and then, released that same day, • An update on its […]

Non-Earth imagery (NEI) is new focus of China-U.S. space war

Non-Earth imagery (NEI) is new focus of China-U.S. space war

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 29, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Combat zones where United States and Chinese military forces are regularly “eyeball to eyeball” include the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea in defense of Japan, the South China Sea in defense of the Philippines, and increasingly in space, where the U.S. and China are […]

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