Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 28, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 21, 2026 Sunday, June 28 The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 3:11 A.M. EDT. At that time, our satellite will be 252,441 miles (406,264 kilometers) away. The planet Mercury stands stationary tonight at 10 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 25, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The demand for commercial manned space activity in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has been demonstrated recently by the success of Long Beach, California-based space station developer VAST having signed up astronaut clients from three European countries just during the month of June 2026. Founded only […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 21, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, JUNE 21 ■ Today is the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere, and the official start of summer. The summer solstice comes at 4:25 a.m. EDT, when the Sun ends its northward journey for the season and begins its […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 18, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) revealed in August 2023 that it was working to compile a 100-year plan to populate the Earth’s nearby solar system. Thus, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which specializes in long term plans would require large rockets to […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 14, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, JUNE 14 ■ Bright Arcturus, shining very high toward the south these evenings, and Spica, about three fists at arm’s length below it and a bit right, form an almost perfect equilateral triangle with dimmer Denebola, Leo’s 2nd-magnitude tail tip, off to their right. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct, June 9, 2026 President Donald Trump on June 5 signed a national-security memorandum aimed at accelerating and securing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) applications for U.S. military and intelligence purposes. The National Security Presidential Memorandum “reflects a growing view inside the White House that U.S. security agencies are moving […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The 54-year record of NASA-European Space Agency (ESA) cooperation is impressive, covering Skylab, the Hubble Space Telescope and its successor the Webb Space Telescope, and 26 individual Europeans have flown on NASA missions; 20 on Space Shuttle flights, 12 to the International Space Station. Back […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 7, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, June 7 By the time the sky is dark around 10 P.M. local daylight time, the constellation Canes Venatici is still more than 70° high in the west. The Hunting Dogs hold our target for tonight: M63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy. A […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 3, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While it appeared to be a significant setback, the May 28 spectacular explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) may not result in a huge delay in the Moon Base building plans of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). On […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 31, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, May 31 Full Moon occurs at 4:45 A.M. EDT, bringing us May’s second Full Moon and the first — and only — Blue Moon of 2026. Shortly after that, at 5 A.M. EDT, the Full Moon passes 0.4° south of Antares, as both are […]
