Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Securing Space Superiority: U.S. Deterrence Options in a Two-Rival Threat Environment has been released by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA). Military competition in and for space is rising. Both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Russian Federation have put significant effort into developing, demonstrating, and fielding counterspace capabilities. The capabilities—including […]

China’s Mars orbiter has snagged images of that interstellar interloper – 31/Atlas – making use of its high-resolution camera, reports the China National Space Administration (CNSA). During the observation, states China Central Television (CCTV), the Mars orbiter was about 30 million kilometers from 3I/ATLAS, making it one of the closest observations by a probe of […]

China’s Shenzhou-20 crew is not returning to Earth as scheduled, due to a possible impact from space debris. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced the decision, with an impact analysis and risk assessment now being done. The trio of astronauts — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — have stayed in orbit for […]

The upsurge in placing mega-satellite constellations into Earth orbit is amplifying the problem of on-orbit space debris, possible impact on Earth’s atmosphere, and increased risk of space waste hitting the Earth. New research points to the growing hazard of space waste. “Large satellite constellations are one of the main reasons for an increasing amount of […]

    The Age of Disclosure: A documentary that reveals an 80-year global cover-up of non-human intelligent life, with testimony from 34 U.S. Government insiders is coming November 21st. The Age of Disclosure featuring U.S. Government, military, and intelligence community – tells the story of a cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and […]

Preparations are underway for China’s upcoming Shenzhou-20 crew landing in the Dongfeng Landing Site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Multiple rehearsals have been carried out to prepare for search and recovery operations. The three Shenzhou-20 crew members — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — are returning to Earth after a six-month […]

A major element of China’s humans-to-the-Moon program is development of a new generation of crewed spaceship. The Mengzhou-1 is to be launched in 2026, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). A state-run Xinhua news agency story explains that “Mengzhou is developed through a comprehensive upgrade from the Shenzhou crewed spaceship. It adopts a […]

China’s Shenzhou-21 crew is now onboard the country’s orbital outpost, the Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-21 spaceship successfully docked early November 1 with the front port of the Tianhe core module, a docking process that took about 3.5 hours. That fast-paced launch-to-docking time set a new record for the most rapid rendezvous and docking between […]

Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, via parabolic flight investigation, have succeeded in 3D printing human muscle tissue in microgravity. The intent is to offer a novel approach that would help space travelers cope with health risks that the human body will endure on the Moon, or transiting to Mars. Printing biological tissue in microgravity […]

Roscosmos, the lead Russian space agency, has announced Project Korona: Creating a fully reusable launch vehicle. At a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council, held at the Roscosmos facility — the Makeyev State Space Center –key technologies were detailed regarding the Korona research project. The feasibility of the project was reviewed, an effort that […]