Russia took the cages off its newest tanks. The new Arena-M shield bought them a few minutes.
Russian tanks attacked toward the free city of Kramatorsk this week Tank attacks are vanishingly rare owing to the threat from tiny drones The tanks carried a new anti-drone shield instead of the usual welded cages The shield bought them minutes, not survival Overeager to break through Ukrainian defenses andContinue Reading
Poland offers to build Patriot air-defense missiles with the US and Ukraine – on its own soil
Poland has proposed a three-way defense industry partnership with the United States and Ukraine to produce missiles for Patriot air defense systems, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said during talks in Washington, according to Polish state news agency PAP. The proposal comes as Ukraine faces a growing threat fromContinue Reading
Wildfires surge across Europe as Spain and France battle major blazes
The amount of land burned by wildfires across Europe has increased by 57 per cent in four years, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe.Continue Reading
Report from San Juan: New Bill Targets Citizenship Rights as Puerto Rico Marks 10 Years of PROMESA
After failing to overturn birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Republican legislators are turning to new tactics to disenfranchise people born on U.S. soil. Their latest targets are those born to noncitizen or permanent resident parents in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, where the Supreme Court has said citizenship isContinue Reading
Paramount Skydance agrees to halt Warner Bros. merger until next June
Paramount Skydance has agreed to freeze its merger with rival Hollywood studio Warner Bros., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Car bomb attack kills 27 in northwest Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban said four suicide bombers carried out the assault in the country’s northwest., The Pakistani Taliban said four suicide bombers carried out the assault in the country’s northwest. A suicide attack on a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan has killed 27 people, including soldiers, police and gunmen, theContinue Reading
ICC prosecutor Khan removed over ‘politicised’ sex abuse claims: Sources
Khan’s team claim the case is a reaction to his pursuit of an arrest warrant against Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu., Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted to dismiss Karim Khan as prosecutor, according to diplomatic sources. Various news agencies reported late on Friday that a majority ofContinue Reading
Michael T. Lippert
Michael T. Lippert NASA Pilot Michael T. Lippert is a research test pilot at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. He is assigned to fly the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft, along with the F-15 and F/A-18 support aircraft, and to support NASA’s advanced air mobility research projects.Continue Reading
Meet NASA’s New X-59 Test Pilot
NASA’s X-59 test pilot Mike Lippert stands in front of the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Lippert joins NASA as the third X-59 pilot supporting the Quesst mission, which will eventually fly over U.S. communitiesContinue Reading
NASA’s ESCAPADE Snaps Family Portrait of Earth, Moon
On July 3, one of NASA’s two Mars-destined ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft captured photos of Earth and the Moon in visible and thermal infrared light. At the time, the spacecraft was 363,250 miles (584,600 kilometers) from Earth and 115,600 miles (186,100 kilometers) from the Moon,Continue Reading
New Crew Members Welcomed to International Space Station
NASA/Chris Williams From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a July 18, 2026, photo while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival aboard the International Space Station. The trio arrived at the space station on July 14,Continue Reading
NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon
4 min read NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon An artist’s rendering of NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 spacecraft in lunar orbit. The mission features two identical small spacecraft that will further mature technologies to support Artemis, Moon Base, and deep space exploration. Terran Orbital NASA is working withContinue Reading
Suicide bomber kills 15 at security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks targeting security forces in recent years, with authorities blaming the TTP and allied groups for much of the violence., Read MoreContinue Reading