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 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 16, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, November 16 Saturn’s moon Iapetus reaches western elongation today, when it is at its brightest. Now around 10th magnitude, you can find Iapetus some 10’ west of Saturn. The ringed planet is already above the horizon as the Sun sets; two hours later it […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 13, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Nov. 4, 2025 began a heady day in space for the six Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong Space Station, having consumed the first ever “air fried” meal in space of chicken wings. This was followed by the usual propaganda photos of Shenzhou-20 crew (Commander Chen […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 09, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, November 9 Mercury stands stationary this evening at 6 P.M. EST, bringing its easterly motion to an end. The planet will now begin moving retrograde, or westward, relative to the background stars. Currently located near the claws of Scorpius, Mercury shines today at magnitude […]
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 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 2, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, November 2 Daylight saving time ends today at 2 A.M. The Moon passes 4° north of Saturn at 6 A.M. EST, then passes 3° north of Neptune at noon EST. This evening after sunset, you’ll find the waxing Moon located to the upper left […]
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 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 26, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, October 26 Saturn’s moon Iapetus reaches inferior conjunction tonight, sitting 1.3′ due north of Saturn and glowing at roughly 11th magnitude. This oft-elusive moon is easier to find when it is close to its parent planet, so give it a try tonight. Magnitude 0.7 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 22, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher America is in danger of losing the “second race to the Moon,” a prospect apparently rejected by President Donald Trump, so National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) acting Administrator, and Transportation Department Secretary Sean Duffy, on Oct. 20 injected new competition into the U.S. Moon […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 19, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, October 19 The Moon and Venus hang close together in the predawn sky, sharing the sky in the constellation Virgo. An hour before sunrise, look east to spot Venus, the brightest point of light, blazing at magnitude –3.9 nearly 7° above the horizon and […]
