China’s state media commentary on Artemis Moon program provides revealing insights

China’s state media commentary on Artemis Moon program provides revealing insights

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 […]

Seven-hour lunar flyby includes communications blackout on far side of Moon

Seven-hour lunar flyby includes communications blackout on far side of Moon

by WorldTribune Staff, April 6, 2026 Non-AI Real World News At 12:41 a.m. ET on Monday, Artemis II’s Orion spacecraft, Integrity, crossed into the Moon’s gravitational influence. It marked the first time for astronauts to enter lunar space in more than half a century. The crew of NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, […]

Orion spacecraft set to exit Earth orbit for Moon; Mars plan called ‘political coup’ vs China

Orion spacecraft set to exit Earth orbit for Moon; Mars plan called ‘political coup’ vs China

by WorldTribune Staff, April 3, 2026 Non-AI Real World News America’s first manned mission to the moon since the 1970s, today sets course to swing within about 4,000 miles of the lunar surface on the far side of the Moon before being propelled back to Earth. In addition to NASA’s earlier announcement of plans to […]

NASA’S geopolitical coup: Nuclear electric power SR-1 to Mars by 2028

NASA’S geopolitical coup: Nuclear electric power SR-1 to Mars by 2028

Special to WorldTribune, April 3, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, March 31, 2026 By Richard Fisher This week the world will be transfixed by the 10-day Artemis-II lunar circumnavigation mission scheduled for launch on April 1, marking the first return of four humans to the area of the Moon in 54 years, following the […]

Artemis II lifts off for the Moon

Artemis II lifts off for the Moon

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News April 1, 2026 Four astronauts blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this evening on NASA’s long-awaited monumental 10-day mission to circumnavigate the moon. The rocket lifted off at 6:35 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission does not include a lunar […]

‘Ignition’: NASA charges to the Moon, building Trump momentum at Beijing visit

‘Ignition’: NASA charges to the Moon, building Trump momentum at Beijing visit

Special to WorldTribune, March 27, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, March 24, 2026 By Richard Fisher At the conclusion of his opening for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) epic March 24 morning brief on its Moon program simply titled “Ignition,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman stated: “This is the moment where we should […]

‘Space power’ China’s 15th Five Year Plan prioritizes ‘space economy’ and space war

‘Space power’ China’s 15th Five Year Plan prioritizes ‘space economy’ and space war

Special to WorldTribune, March 20, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, March 17, 2026 By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rolls out five-year plans that present national objectives, sometimes vague and much of it classified; The latest is CCP’s 15th Five Year Plan (FYP, 2026-2030) that has emerged from the annual “Two Sessions” […]

Irony: China’s proposed Moon site inspired by Obama-cancelled Constellation program

Irony: China’s proposed Moon site inspired by Obama-cancelled Constellation program

Special to WorldTribune, March 13, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, March 10, 2026 By Richard Fisher On April 15, 2010, President Barak Obama traveled to Kennedy Space Center to announce his cancellation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Constellation Moon program that was started in January 2004 by his predecessor, George W. […]

U.S. SPACECOM among ‘first movers’ in Iran War; Artemis Moon schedule updated

U.S. SPACECOM among ‘first movers’ in Iran War; Artemis Moon schedule updated

Special to WorldTribune, March 4, 2026 Real World News By Geostrategy-Direct, March 3, 2026 By Richard Fisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Jared Isaacman’s Feb. 27 press conference explaining adjustments in President Trump’s Artemis Moon program gave no hint of the war with Iran that started the next day, but in the struggle […]

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