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Space powers or aspirant space powers like India, China and Turkey long framed their space ambitions as purely developmental. But they’re now jostling among themselves and with pioneer space-farers like the US to beat each other to the Moon or Mars. This is as much for the sake of national power and prestige as it is to boost development.  Where does this leave Africa? Is outer space the next terrain of a new Cold War-style proxy contest for allegiance and influence in which African countries will again be pawns in a power game — or be left behind? Should African countries join the race ...

A Chinese rocket is falling to Earth, but we don’t know where it will land The probability of some parts of the booster going to populated lands is relatively low, making it much more likely to land somewhere in the ocean. But that probability is not zero. For example: The CZ-5B booster was launched on May 5, 2020 for a mission last year. The same problem arose even then: the core booster ended up in an uncontrolled orbit before re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Trash It landed in the villages of Côte d’Ivoire. It was enough to make a notable rebuke to the then NASA administrator, Ji...

DOD: No Plans to Shoot Down Falling Chinese Rocket Before Crash Paul D. Shinkman © (Ju Zhenhua/Xinhua/AP-File) FILE - In this April 29, 2021, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Long March 5B rocket carrying a module for a Chinese space station lifts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan Province. The central rocket segment that launched the 22.5-ton core of China's newest space station into orbit is due to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday in an unknown location. (Ju Zhenhua/Xinhua via AP, File) The Def...

Pentagon Can’t Say When, Where Chinese Rocket Will Crash Into Earth Paul D. Shinkman © (STR/AFP via Getty Images) TOPSHOT - People watch a Long March 5B rocket, carrying China's Tianhe space station core module, as it lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province on April 29, 2021. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) The Pentagon on Wednesday said it does not know where a Chinese rocket will come crashing to Earth, three days before its expected reentry. "It's too soon to know exactly wher...

General Says US Military Should Consider a Deconfliction Line for Space U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Director of Operations and Communications, Headquarters United States Space Force, at her promotion ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 3, 2020. (U.S. Space Force/2nd Lt. Idalí Beltré Acevedo). 4 May 2021 A top commander at U.S. Space Command says it may be time to establish a "deconfliction channel" between the U.S. and adversary countries to ensure the safety of operations in space. The Pentagon and international partners are developing guidelines for operating in...