Daily Archives: Mar 19, 2026

James Thompson

Voyager 1’s One‑Light‑Day Journey and the Engineering That Keeps It Alive

It was Albert Einstein who reminded the world that nothing can outrun light. Yet, in November 2026, a spacecraft launched nearly half a century ago will be so far from Earth that light itself will take a full day to reach it. Voyager 1's upcoming one-light-day milestone-16.1 billion miles...
James Thompson

Tech Behind Russia’s Kramatorsk Strike

Moscow's version of the attack around Kramatorsk that killed over 600 Ukrainian soldiers was no ordinary artillery assault but a choreographed display of Russia's maturing combined employment of aerial bombs, barrier munitions, ballistic missile attacks, and electronic warfare. The employment of FAB-500 glide bombs, Geran drones, and Iskander tactical...
Charles Mitchell

9 Urgent Takeaways from Russia’s Latest Deadly Kyiv Strikes

The night sky over Kyiv again blazed. In one of the most intense Russian missile and drone barrages to pound Ukraine in months, at least seven people were killed and at least 21 injured in the country's capital before the hours of dawn in an attack targeting energy systems,...