Moon-base race with China: Blue Origin and Apollo’s record are options as Starship delayed

Moon-base race with China: Blue Origin and Apollo’s record are options as Starship delayed

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 8, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher What part of America’s “race” with China back to the Moon is most important? • That the U.S. demonstrate strong leadership of the democratic coalition of space faring nations by meeting its 2027 plans to return, beating China ‘s plan to get there before 2030? […]

Pakistan buys satellite constellation capable of tracking U.S. ICBMs; Why?

Pakistan buys satellite constellation capable of tracking U.S. ICBMs; Why?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 3, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Since the 1970s China has assisted Pakistan’s nuclear weapon and nuclear missile buildup that could soon include intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) — according to the former Biden Administration that sanctioned involved Pakistani companies in December 2024. A Pakistani ICBM capability makes little sense in relation […]

The sky, Sept. 29-Oct. 3: Tracking dwarf planet Ceres

The sky, Sept. 29-Oct. 3: Tracking dwarf planet Ceres

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 30, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Monday, September 29 First Quarter Moon occurs at 7:54 P.M. EDT, offering North American observers a chance to spot the so-called Maginus sunrise ray. Now in Sagittarius, the Moon remains above the horizon until close to midnight, offering several hours to watch the ray’s progress […]

More transparent U.S.-led Artemis could benefit from Russia, China space network rivalry

More transparent U.S.-led Artemis could benefit from Russia, China space network rivalry

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 17, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China and Russia are pushing ahead with complimentary, perhaps competitive global space alliance structures that leverage their respective investments in proto-alliances, like the 2001 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the 2009 Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) organization. Though it began in 2021 as […]

The race for asteroid Apophis and China’s plans for ‘Planetary Defense’

The race for asteroid Apophis and China’s plans for ‘Planetary Defense’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 10, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher There is now a race involving government funded programs and universities to reach the asteroid Apophis, a 375-meter diameter asteroid only discovered in 2004 but that will reach a nearest distance of 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) from Earth on April 13, 2029. But it is […]

Russia’s space program pain could be China’s gain

Russia’s space program pain could be China’s gain

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 3, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Just before his trip to the Far East, it was revealed in the Russian media that Vladimir Putin’s space program was in a financial crisis The Russian dictator went to China to help advance its ambitions for global hegemony, at the Aug. 30-31 Shanghai Cooperation […]

SpaceX Starship feeling the heat from 19 Chinese reusable SLV programs

SpaceX Starship feeling the heat from 19 Chinese reusable SLV programs

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 27, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On the evening of Aug. 26, 2025 the tenth test flight for Elon Musk’s massive 5,000 ton SpaceX Starship space launch vehicle (SLV) completed a just-over an hour test flight that achieved its mission agenda, but after two delays, one mechanical on Aug. 24 and […]

China claims successful test of Long March-10 Moon launcher

China claims successful test of Long March-10 Moon launcher

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 20, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On its new specially-built launch platform at the Wencheng Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island, on Aug. 15, 2024 the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) conducted the first successful static test of the first stage of the Long March-10 (LM-10) space launch vehicle […]

U.S. advances plans for lunar nuclear power plant; China reveals lander test

U.S. advances plans for lunar nuclear power plant; China reveals lander test

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 13, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The second race to the Moon, this time between the United States and China, saw another step in China’s favor on Aug. 6, 2025, when a full-scale powered version of China’s manned Moon lander called Lanyue (for Embracing The Moon) reportedly achieved its first powered […]

The sky, Aug. 11-17: Jupiter and Venus in conjunction at dawn on Aug. 12

The sky, Aug. 11-17: Jupiter and Venus in conjunction at dawn on Aug. 12

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 11, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, AUGUST 11 ■ Venus and Jupiter shine in conjunction, just 0.9° apart, in the east during early dawn Tuesday morning the 12th. In fact, they rise about an hour before dawn even begins if you have a good flat horizon to the east-northeast. Brilliant celestial cat’s eyes […]

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