‘Absolutely stunning’ images from the far side of the Moon

‘Absolutely stunning’ images from the far side of the Moon

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 9, 2026 NASA has shared images of the far side of the Moon from Artemis II and the Orion spacecraft as its astronauts head back to Earth. ‘Absolutely stunning’ were the words used by a lead NASA scientist to describe the images. Such words could also be used to describe AI […]

What state media commentary on U.S. Moon program reveals about China

What state media commentary on U.S. Moon program reveals about China

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 […]

‘Integrity’s 7-hour flyby includes communications blackout on far side of Moon

‘Integrity’s 7-hour flyby includes communications blackout on far side of Moon

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 […]

Cosmic message from deep space on Easter Sunday, Day 4 of Artemis II

Cosmic message from deep space on Easter Sunday, Day 4 of Artemis II

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 […]

USA aims at the Moon for first time since 1972

USA aims at the Moon for first time since 1972

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 1, 2026 Four astronauts blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this evening on NASA’s long-awaited monumental 10-day mission to circumnavigate the moon. The rocket lifted off at 6:35 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission does not include a lunar landing but is intended […]

NASA launches aggressive Moon launch program, giving Trump more leverage in China

NASA launches aggressive Moon launch program, giving Trump more leverage in China

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 […]

China as ‘space power’ focuses Five Year Plan on ‘space economy’ and space war

China as ‘space power’ focuses Five Year Plan on ‘space economy’ and space war

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 […]

The sky, March 15-20: Uranus near Pleiades

The sky, March 15-20: Uranus near Pleiades

Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 15, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, March 15 The distant ice giant Uranus is located in Taurus right now, not far from the famous (and easy-to-find) Pleiades star cluster, cataloged as M45. Tonight, the planet also sits a short distance due south of a 6th-magnitude field star of roughly the […]

Obama’s cancellation of Constellation program inspired proposed Chinese lunar site

Obama’s cancellation of Constellation program inspired proposed Chinese lunar site

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 […]

Gen. Caine: U.S. SPACECOM among ‘first movers’ in Iran War; New Artemis Moon schedule

Gen. Caine: U.S. SPACECOM among ‘first movers’ in Iran War; New Artemis Moon schedule

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 […]

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