NASA’s new moon rocket, Artemis II, slowly makes its way to pad 39B, far right, at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved NASA has started to roll out Artemis, and there is quite the buzz on social media. […]
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USS Gerald R. Ford is the most-advanced carrier built to date, but it continues to have problems with its sewage system (Photo by Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The United States Navy’s newest nuclear-powered supercarrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), has been repeatedly described as being the most advanced […]
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In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the booming space industry, better space weather forecasts, the first medical evacuation from space and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here. SpaceX’s expected 2026 IPO could be an inflection point for the industry. AFP via Getty Images AST SpaceMobile CEO […]
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WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 08: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) during a signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. The signed agreement is intended to bring an end to […]
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TBILISI, GEORGIA – 2025/05/26: A close-up view of Georgian soldiers marching during the Independence Day parade. Tbilisi celebrated the 34th anniversary of Georgia’s restoration of independence at Liberty Square. (Photo by Artem Monakhov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images On November 28, Georgian special forces joined their Azerbaijani and Turkish counterparts to […]
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A downed Russian Shahed drone with a 4G modem connection via the Ukrainian cellphone network Ukraine MoD Cellphone networks have become a battleground in the conflict in Ukraine. In the latest move, Russians have started complaining that their mobile internet service is turned off at night. Both sides face a dilemma: limit phone services, or […]
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TOPSHOT – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro dances with supporters during a rally in Caracas on December 1, 2025. Venezuela does not want “a slave’s peace,” President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters during a rally, referring to a US military deployment he said has been “testing” his country for 22 weeks. (Photo by Juan BARRETO […]
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U.S. Space Force Senior Master Sgt. Brandi Gonzalez walks the Hap Arnold hallway while wearing the branch’s Service Dress Uniform at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Aug. 22, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Trujillo) U.S. Air Force This month marks the sixth anniversary of the United States Space Force, the sixth and newest branch […]
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Appearance v truth. Many small and rural airports are losing airline service due changing economics across aviation. But these changes are putting these airports in the crosshairs of exciting new opportunities. getty “You can’t handle the truth” It was the signature line by Marine Colonel Nathan Jessup in the movie, A Few Good Men. It […]
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The new Airbus A320 airliner sits on the tarmac, 22 February 1987, during his first test flight, in Toulouse, becoming the first aircraft to fly with digital computer-driven fly-by-wire controls and side-stick controllers. The Airbus A320 airliner, a significant sales success and a technological trailblazer, is one of the most produced airliner in the world. […]
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Image from video posted on social media on November 27, 2025 reportedly showing Russian heavy equipment moving into Pokrovsk under the cover of fog. Social Media Capture Carl von Clausewitz’s On War, the foundation of modern military doctrine, discusses the “frictions” that complicate military operations, noting that weather is chief among them. Indeed, weather has […]
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A member of the Kurdish security forces stands guard with smoke billowing in the background on July 17, 2025 from a damaged oil installation at the Sarsang oil field, following a drone attack on the Chamanke district near the Kurdish city of Dohuk in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. (Photo by SAFIN HAMID/AFP via Getty […]
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People walk past a store of Kyivstar, a Ukrainian telecommunications company, in Kyiv on December 12, 2023. Ukraine’s main phone operator denounced an act of “war” on December 12, 2023 after the hacker attack that led to large-scale failures in its services. (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images) […]
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Europe’s top space powers, like the U.S., are racing to defend against Russian nuclear strikes in orbit (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images As Russia threatens atomic attacks on Ukraine and its Western allies, and prototypes a nuclear-armed spacecraft, space powers across Europe are racing to defend against nuclear strikes […]
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Australia and China are edging closer to a re-run of their 2020 trade war as a double-header minerals dispute breaks out over iron ore exports and rare earth investment. The undeveloped Browns Range rare earth deposit in the north of Western Australia is an asset wanted by both Chinese investors and the U.S. Government. Terbium […]
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Portrait of four unidentified members of the Navy football team, all covered in mud following a game (against the Army team) at Rizal Stadium, Manila, Philippines, July 4, 1945. (Photo by US Navy/PhotoQuest/Getty Images) Getty Images The Army-Navy football game remains one of the oldest and most enduring rivalries in college football. It was first […]
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Qatari air force escorts the plane transporting US President Donald Trump as it prepares to land in Doha from Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Iran’s antiquated air force was practically powerless against Israel’s during the 12-day war in June. Closer to home, most […]
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin (L) listens to Russia’s oil company Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 1, 2019. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by ALEXEI DRUZHININ/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Kyiv’s campaign against Moscow’s energy infrastructure shows no signs of […]
Read MoreMembers of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces and locals gather for a collective prayer for Iran under Israeli attacks, on the bank of Shatt al-Arab River in Basra, Iraq on June 18, 2025. The “Prayer for the Protection of the Borders” (Du’a al-Thughur), which according to Shi’a belief is recited in times of emergency, was recited […]
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Chinese People’s Liberation Army HQ-9 surface to air missile launchers are seen during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 3, 2015. (GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Azerbaijan’s purported acquisition of strategic Chinese HQ-9BE surface-to-air missile systems will undoubtedly strengthen its already formidable arsenal of Russian and Israeli-made […]
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Also known as the Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System, with the NATO reporting name “Kanyon,” the Poseidon is an unmanned underwater vehicle that was developed to bypass missile defense systems and deliver a nuclear warhead against coastal target getty Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the capabilities of the Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater nuclear-capable torpedo, following a test […]
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Russia is deploying advanced Su-34 tactical bombers to strike Ukraine’s internet infrastructure and even target SpaceX Starlink satellite terminals donated to Ukraine’s besieged citizenry, (Photo by Host photo agency / RIA Novosti via Getty Images) getty Russia is waging the world’s first war aimed at obliterating internet use in the target country—Ukraine—but by many measures […]
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As SES launches its satellites into geostationary orbit, it has been beaming broadband connections to blitzed Ukrainians 36,000 kilometers below. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images) NASA via Getty Images Even after being targeted in physical and cyber-attacks, the global satellite giant SES aims to push forward with humanitarian missions to provide lifesaving internet connections […]
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA – APRIL 8: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) man the rails as the ship departs Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding for builder’s sea trials off the U.S. East Coast on April 8, 2017 in […]
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NASA’s Perseverance robot, depicted here landing on the Martian dunes, used its cutting-edge cameras to image what could be the first evidence of life ever detected on Mars, opening the possibility that the Milky Way “could be teeming with life.” (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via Xinhua) (Xinhua/NASA/JPL-Caltech via Getty Images) Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images NASA’s discovery of potential […]
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China’s Highlander has launched an underwater data center in Hainan, the first project like it to be deployed at commercial scale. The energy demands of Ai data centers come largely from the cooling requirements of the servers, and China has answered this question by placing their Ai data centers underwater. This is something that’s been […]
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 17: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) attends a lunch meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump (R) at the White House on October 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. President Trump, fresh off a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, is hosting President Zelensky for a bilateral lunch in the Cabinet Room in […]
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China continues to employ balloons to carry out reconnaissance over Taiwan and likely the United States (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images There has been a fresh wave of balloon sightings across several states this year, and these events have earned comparisons to the infamous 2023 Chinese spy balloon incident, […]
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TOPSHOT – Hamas fighters and locals gahter at a square before handing over four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City on January 25, 2025. Dozens of masked, armed Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants arrived at a key square in Gaza City on January 25, where four Israeli women hostages are expected to […]
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Russia has deployed advanced Su-34 bomber jets, along with Tornado rockets and kamikaze drones, to target Western satellite internet terminals across Ukraine. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images For lionhearted journalists who parachute into hotspots around the world, satellite outfits Intelsat […]
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Israeli soldiers raise an Arrow missile launcher to it’s up right position during a tour for foreign correspondents at the Palmahim air force base south of Tel Aviv on November 7, 2002. (SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images In recent months, Israel has faced mounting pressure from several European countries over its […]
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