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By a narrow majority to move the seat of government i from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into i the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the worlds first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think its a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. this is bbc news, the lates...

You know, if they can . induce fear in you, thats the easiest way to control you. pro—democracy activists say they face political persecution since the introduction of the new law. it was said to only target a small number of hong kong residents. today, journalists inside this paper feel they are also under attack. a chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts — known as taikonauts — has successfully docked with the countrys new space station. its chinas first manned mission in five years...

For china. its poured billions into becoming a space power, and its getting there fast. the chinese station, called tiang-gong, or heavenly palace, is a quarter the size of the international space station but a rival. china frozen out of the iss by u.s. security concerns. but with the iss getting old china could have the only space outpost. >> this phase of the chinese space program is something theyve been champing at the bit to do for a decade now. >> reporter: the unusually public fanfare, ti...

For a little while. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. washington warns authorities in hong kong — to stop targeting the media —after officers raid the newsroom of a pro—democracy paper. edwin poots — the leader of the biggest party in northern ireland — resigns afterjust 21 days in thejob. china s first crewed spacecraft blasted off from the gobi desert — in a landmark step towards establishing beijing as a major space power. the spacecraft carrying three astronauts is heading ...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. washington warns authorities in hong kong — to stop targeting the media — after officers raid the newsroom of a pro—democracy paper. the biggest political party in northern ireland is in crisis — as its new leader resigns just weeks after taking up thejob. china s first manned spacecraft in nearly five years blasts off from the gobi desert — as beijing tries to position itself as a major space power....

The Department of the Air Force released its Fiscal Year 2022 budget proposal, May 28, focusing on investing in people and capability, building the...

 E-Mail Leicester space scientists will join a group of global experts investigating fundamental questions about our Universe, after being granted time to use the most advanced observatory ever built. A total of 286 scientific targets identified by astronomers and planetary scientists at the University of Leicester were selected from more than 1,000 submitted by researchers from 44 countries, for a portion of the 6,000 observing hours available in the first year of operation (Cycle 1) for the ...

"China is taking steps to establish a commanding position in the commercial launch and satellite sectors relying in part on aggressive state-backed financing that foreign market-driven companies cannot match." — US-China Economic and Security Review Commission in its 2019 Annual Report to Congress. "Chinese and Russian space activities present serious and growing threats to U.S. national security interests. Chinese and Russian military doctrines also indicate that they view space as critical ...

By   Theresa Hitchens on April 21, 2021 at 10:55 AM Gen. David (DT) Thompson WASHINGTON: The Space Force is working to expand acquisition of commercial space services from satellite communications to include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data and analysis, officials say. “Comms, data relay, remote sensing, and even ISR and some other things — [these] capabilities are increasingly available in the commercial market,” Space Force deputy Lt. Gen. DT Thompson told the 2021 ...

By   Theresa Hitchens on April 19, 2021 at 12:54 PM Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), DARPA image WASHINGTON: DARPA’s effort to develop nuclear ‘engines’ for far-roving satellites also hopes to demonstrate the capability to keep “timely” tabs on spacecraft operating near the Moon, says program manager Maj. Nathan Greiner. While cislunar surveillance doesn’t require nuclear-propulsion, such a spacecraft could move more rapidly into position to monitor tar...