Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 8, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An old Ronald Reagan Cold War joke about the Soviet Union helps to explain the current United States-China information dynamic over their respective space programs. Reagan’s joke, paraphrased, went like this: “An American tells a Russian that the U.S. is free because he can stand […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 7, 2026 At 12:41 a.m. ET on Monday, Artemis II’s Orion spacecraft, Integrity, crossed into the Moon’s gravitational influence. It marked the first time for astronauts to enter lunar space in more than half a century. The crew of NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 6, 2026 On its mission around the moon and back to Earth, the crew of Orion spacecraft on Flight Day 4 became the first astronauts in more than 50 years to report flying in deep space. Artemis II was set to enter the moon’s gravitational influence on Easter Sunday. NASA astronaut […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 26, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher At the conclusion of his opening for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) epic March 24 morning brief on its Moon program simply titled “Ignition,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman stated: “This is the moment where we should all start believing again. When ideas become […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 19, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rolls out five-year plans that present national objectives, sometimes vague and much of it classified; The latest is CCP’s 15th Five Year Plan (FYP, 2026-2030) that has emerged from the annual “Two Sessions” (National People’s Political Consultative Conference and National […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 15, 2010, President Barak Obama traveled to Kennedy Space Center to announce his cancellation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Constellation Moon program that was started in January 2004 by his predecessor, George W. Bush. In his speech Obama stated: “We’re […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 5, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Jared Isaacman’s Feb. 27 press conference explaining adjustments in President Trump’s Artemis Moon program gave no hint of the war with Iran that started the next day, but in the struggle for global domination being waged by China […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 25, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher To expand its strategic military reach on Earth and in space, China seeks to export space related infrastructure to advance bi-lateral space relationships, but at the same time seeks military benefits from its “commercial” space sector’s activities. Africa has been especially targeted by China for […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 19, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Feb. 11, 2026 China began its push to the Moon, testing an early version of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Long March-10 space launch vehicle (SLV) that is expected to take Chinese astronauts to the Moon in 2029 or 2030. This […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For over a decade SpaceX founder and leader Elon Musk has placed an emphatic corporate priority on developing the means — spaceships and associated habitation technology — to build permanent human settlements on Mars. As the 4-astronaut Artemis-II circumlunar mission prepares for its 10-day journey […]
