Space

Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome, carrying the sixth satellite of Russia’s next-generation early warning system. Upon reaching orbit, the spacecraft was designated as Kosmos-2563. The Tundra series of…

Russia is deployment of MiG-31K armed with Kinzhal (NATO nomenclature: AS-24 KILLJOY) missiles to Belarus is drawing the attention of the West, according to a Twitter thread posted by the UK’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) this morning. More…

Following reports of upgrading the J-20 fighter jet’s ability to command a swarm of drones, China appears to be looking to enhance the features of its stealth aircraft for information warfare. According to a recent report by SCMP, the…

The Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket, with the Mengtian lab module of China's space station atop, was transferred to the launchpad at Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Tuesday, according to the China…

XICHANG, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Tuesday to place a remote sensing satellite group in space. The China Space Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced on Saturday it has successfully…

China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) and China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) jointly announced on September 9 that researchers studying samples returned from the Moon by China’s Chang’e-5 mission had discovered a new lunar mineral,…

China’s Wuzhen-8 drone again appeared at the Changchun air show, sparking debates among observers on the mysterious Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s (UAV) purpose. So far, the analysis claims it to be a high-altitude, hypersonic,…

Russia is building new production facilities for the serial production of its Su-57 stealth fighters. Russian sources report that the new production assembly lines have been opened at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation plant in the Far East.…

The Allen Telescope Array in California detected signal from the Voyager 1 probe, the NASA satellite launched 45 year ago that is currently speeding toward the outer edges of the solar system, way beyond the orbit of Pluto. Allen…

China launched a small solid rocket on Monday (Aug. 22), spawning a minor mystery about the number of satellites on the flight. The Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off at 10:36 p.m. EDT on Monday (0236 GMT, or 10:36 a.m. Beijing time on…