2 years agoBeijing answers the phone after days of attempts by US Officials to speak with Chinese leadership about purported spy balloon - AFP
2 years agoGen. VanHerck says he has not ruled out "anything at this point" when asked if the US has ruled out aliens or extraterrestrials, but points to the intel community to make the assessment
2 years ago DoD won't call the shootdowns this weekend, "balloons." Commander NORAD Gen. VanHerck tonight: "Certainly the event off the South Carolina coast, the Chinese spy balloon, that was clearly a balloon. These are objects. I'm not able to categorize how they stay aloft
2 years ago DOD official says they believe these incidents are the first time within US airspace that NORAD has taken kinetic action against an airborne object
2 years ago DoD confirms that they have been "more closely scrutinizing" US airspace and enhancing radar since the Chinese balloon incident, which could explain the recent abundance of "object" sightings
2 years ago Pentagon says shootdown was at 2:42pm when an F-16 fired a sidewinder missile at an airborne object flying 20,000 ft. above Lake Huron. Plan was to shoot it down over water to avoid hurting civilians on ground and improve chances for debris recovery
2 years agoANOTHER ONE: A new NOTAM has been issued near Tobermory in Ontario, Canada
2 years agoUS F-16 fighter jets are reportedly airborne from an Air National Guard base near Madison, Wisconsin
2 years ago Canada closes airspace near Tobermory in Ontario, close to the U.S. border, due to "active air defense operation"
2 years agoUS Air Force Sentry Surveillance Aircraft, Stratotanker, and Black Hawk helicopter all spotted in vicinity of Lake Michigan
2 years ago NORAD has announced that the Airspace over the Northern Section of Lake Michigan was Closed to "Ensure the Air Traffic Safety in the area during NORAD Operations" however they have not stated what this could entail
2 years agoAirspace closure over Lake Michigan has been cleared; no official word on what caused the impromptu closure
2 years ago Airspace closed above Lake Michigan for 'national defense purposes'; exact reason unclear
2 years agoA "UFO" was claimed to be found by authorities of China near Qingdao, Shandong today. PLA Air Force was preparing to shoot down the unidentified flying object
2 years ago Mariusz Błaszczak: MQ-9A Reaper MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drones were delivered to Poland, leased from the US as part of an urgent operational need. They will serve in the Air Force, conducting reconnaissance, among others on our eastern border
2 years ago.@SpaceX: Deployment of 55 Starlink satellites confirmed
2 years ago .@SpaceX: Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship – completing this booster's 12th flight
2 years ago .@SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 55 Starlink satellites to orbit
2 years ago .@SpaceX: Less than 1 hour until Falcon 9's launch of 55 Starlink satellites to orbit; weather conditions have improved to 60% favorable for liftoff
2 years ago Some pilots that interacted with the object over Alaska said that it "interfered with their sensors". Some pilots also claimed to have seen no identifiable propulsion on the object, and could not explain how it was staying in the air - CNN
2 years agoLeak from Progress MS-21 appears to be less extensive than a similar loss of coolant on Souyz MS-22 in December, but it seemingly originated from the same area of a radiator.
2 years agoLocation of the alleguedy Chinese balloon launch facility mentioned recently in a WSJ article. It is located in the Siziwang Banner, 138 km N of Hohhot
2 years ago .@SpaceX: Targeting Sunday, February 12 at 12:10 a.m. ET for Falcon 9's launch of 55 Starlink satellites; team is keeping an eye on weather which is 20% favorable for liftoff
2 years agoUS F-22 shoots down , small car-sized floating object over Alaska. Officials say it's not another big China spy balloon & doesn't appear to be manned. "We're calling this an object. That's the best description we have"
2 years ago .@SpaceX: Super Heavy Booster 7 completed a full duration static fire test of 31 Raptor engines, producing 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons) – less than half of the booster's capability
2 years ago .@SpaceX: Views from drone of Booster 7's static fire test
2 years ago .@SpaceX: First static fire attempt of 33 Raptor engines on Booster 7
2 years ago .@SpaceX: 33 Raptor engine static fire attempt soon
2 years ago .@SpaceX: Starlink is now available in Iceland
2 years agoTurkish Vice President: Bad weather prevented us from using helicopters in relief operations
