THE VERITY LIBERATE

 ~Preet. Australia has announced the formation of a new Defence Space Command Agency to counter the rising influence of Russia and China in space. It will assist Australia in defining and lobbying for space-related goals within the government, business, friends, and even international partners.  The agency will teach individuals to be space specialists, assist in strategic space planning, and be able to participate in any changes addressing the refining of space policy. With the agency in place, Australia will determine scientific and space goals while also aiming to create an efficient space infrastructure. All of the agency's activities – including design, building, and maintenance – will be subject to the Defence Ministry of Australia's requirements and constraints. The notion of space weaponization emerged in the early 1980s as part of the United States' "Strategic Defense Initiative," commonly known as the "Star Wars" programme. The plan was to thro

 ~Preet. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has wheeled out its Artemis I lunar mission to the launchpad for testing at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.  NASA's Artemis project, named after Apollo's twin sister in Greek mythology, is billed as the next phase of lunar exploration. Artemis is also the moon goddess. It is the first in a series of more sophisticated missions that will allow humans to explore the Moon and Mars. NASA's Artemis programme seeks to place people on the moon by 2024, as well as to land the first woman and person of colour on the moon. NASA will build an Artemis Base Camp on the Moon's surface and a gateway (a lunar outpost orbiting the Moon) in lunar orbit to facilitate robot and astronaut exploration. The gateway is a vital component of NASA's long-term lunar activities, serving as a multi-purpose outpost in lunar orbit. Other space agencies are also participating in the Artemis programme. The Canadian Space Agency ha

 ~Preet. The European Space Agency's ExoMars 2022 mission will not launch as scheduled in September 2022, since the agency has halted all collaboration with Russia's space programme Roscosmos. Previously, Russia's space agency ROSCOSMOS stated that it will not work with Germany on cooperative experiments in the Russian component of the International Space Station (ISS). It is a two-stage project, with the first stage launched in 2016 atop a Proton-M rocket, consisting of the European Trace Gas Orbiter and a test lander dubbed Schiaparelli. The orbiter was successful, but the test lander failed on its way to Mars. The second stage of the mission, which includes a rover and a surface platform, was initially scheduled for July 2020. However, due to technological difficulties, it was postponed until September. The European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were the original ExoMars collaborators, however NASA withdrew out in 2012 ow