Special to WorldTribune, June 12, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, June 9, 2026 By Richard Fisher The 54-year record of NASA- European Space Agency (ESA) cooperation is impressive, covering Skylab, the Hubble Space Telescope and its successor the Webb Space Telescope, and 26 individual Europeans have flown on NASA missions; 20 on Space Shuttle flights, […]
Special to WorldTribune, June 7, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, June 2, 2026 By Richard Fisher While it appeared to be a significant setback, the May 28 spectacular explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) may not result in a huge delay in the Moon Base building plans of the National […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 29, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, May 26, 2026 By Richard Fisher While President Donald Trump wants to have Americans return to the Moon by 2028, there is a great deal of preparation necessary to meet that goal, and on May 26, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) held a […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 21, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, May 19, 2026 By Richard Fisher Elon Musk and his SpaceX Corporation have a great deal riding on the now twice-delayed May 21 (6:30pm EST) launch of their two-stage Starship V3, that at 5,300 metric tons (11.7 million pounds) fully fueled will be the largest […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 13, 2026 Real World News Geostrategy-Direct, May 12, 2026 By Richard Fisher An ominous new development emerged earlier this year during the build-up of United States military forces in the Persian Gulf region prior to Feb. 28, 2026 U.S. and Israeli war with Iran: China exposed that buildup with “commercial” satellite […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 8, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, May 5, 2026 By Richard Fisher While the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is trying to extend the retirement schedule of the International Space Station (ISS) from 2030 to September 2032, China is confirming plans to double the size of its Tiangong small […]
Special to WorldTribune, May 1, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, April 28, 2026 By Richard Fisher Russia and China are developing weapons for use in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), with Russia suspected of developing nuclear weapons for anti-satellite warfare, while China pursues fighting satellites. For its part, the United States is finally developing space-based […]
Special to WorldTribune, April 17, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, April 14, 2026 By Richard Fisher A recent Chinese engineering journal article provides more insights into China’s “Lanyue” manned Moon landing, which uses a specific Russian-inspired design that could in some circumstances prove hazardous to future residents of the lunar South Pole. This is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, April 16, 2026 Splashdown! After a successful nine-day mission around the Moon, including the planet’s rarely seen Far Side aka the Dark Side, the Artemis II astronauts returned to earth with a textbook landing in the Pacific Ocean just off San Diego, California. Manned Lunar spaceflight has returned! […]
Special to WorldTribune, April 10, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, April 7, 2026 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 […]
