Tag: Space program

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Trump launches a new force branch for space warfare to ensure US dominance

  

  President Donald Trump launched a new Pentagon command dedicated to warfare in space on Thursday, as American armed forces chiefs see China and Russia pressing hard to erode the US advantage in the newest military frontier.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Chinese space station remains dumps into the South Pacific

  

  China's Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The craft re-entered the atmosphere around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time (0015GMT) and the “vast majority” of it had burnt up upon re-entry, the authority said in a brief statement on its website.