Month: August 2026

Jeremy: Will an Artemis III orbital demonstration mission succeed by the end of 2027?

Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 lander is progressing through integrated testing to prepare for its upcoming lunar delivery. This first mission, named Endurance, represents a new class of commercial landers designed to deliver large-scale payloads to the lunar surface. The lander successfully completed an extensive environmental test campaign, including a thermal‑vacuum assessment at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, verifying its capability to perform under lunar‑like conditions. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/moon-base/nasa-provides-updates-on-moon-base-cargo-landers-tech-demonstrations/

Jeremy: Will an Artemis III orbital demonstration mission succeed by the end of 2027?

Jeremy Lichtman August 4, 2026

The upcoming Artemis III mission is now targeted to launch no earlier than late 2027. Initially planned...

David Isenberg’s AI News Briefs of August 3, 2026 An AI enhanced image accompanying the Futurism news story “Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks.” Source: Google via Futurism https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-pulls-down-google-earth-ai-feature

An AI enhanced image accompanying the Futurism news story “Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks.” Source: Google via Futurism https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-pulls-down-google-earth-ai-feature

David Isenberg’s AI News Briefs of August 3, 2026

EditorialTeam August 3, 2026

Google...undermined its own credibility with a dangerous new AI feature — and then quickly pulled it down...

Phil: Will a ceasefire or armistice be declared in Ukraine in 2026? Ukrainian soldiers directing a drone, its antenna visible against the sky. Source: https://war.ukraine.ua/imagebank-category/defenders-of-freedom/

Ukrainian soldiers directing a drone, its antenna visible against the sky. Source: https://war.ukraine.ua/imagebank-category/defenders-of-freedom/

Phil: Will a ceasefire or armistice be declared in Ukraine in 2026?

Phillip Godzin August 1, 2026

As of July 31, 2026, only short-term, limited, or unilaterally declared pauses (e.g., April Easter, May Victory...