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- Senate committee advances Isaacman nomination a second time SpaceNews · 9 Dec 2025 The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator to the full Senate in a Dec. 8 vote.
- AI advances robot navigation on the International Space Station SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut...
- Neutron Hungry Hippo fairing completes qualification ahead of first launch SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Rocket Lab Corporation has qualified the captive Hungry Hippo fairing for its Neutron launch vehicle and is sending the structure to Virginia for integration ahead of the rocket's debut...
- RISTRETTO spectrograph cleared for Proxima b atmospheric hunt SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 The RISTRETTO project at the University of Geneva has reached a key stage, with several core elements of its high-precision spectrograph now prototyped and tested for observations o...
- Private capital targets mission-critical software power and platforms in new space economy SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Axle Point Capital and Balerion Space Ventures are directing new private capital into companies that build core infrastructure for the expanding U.S. space and defense economy, from miss...
- Record gamma ray burst traced to dusty massive host galaxy SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Gamma ray bursts rank among the most energetic explosions known, usually flashing and fading within seconds or minutes, but on 2 July 2025 astronomers detected GRB 250702B, a source that...
- Gravitational lens time delays refine Hubble constant SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Astronomers are testing a new way to measure how fast the universe is expanding by using time delays in gravitationally lensed images of distant quasars, in an effort to clarify the long-s...
- Nova images capture complex stellar blast behavior SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 An international group of astronomers led by Texas Tech University assistant professor Elias Aydi published a paper titled Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imagi...
- New island of inversion found in proton neutron symmetric molybdenum nuclei SpaceDaily · 9 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 For decades, nuclear physicists have known that so called islands of inversion mark regions of the nuclear chart where standard shell structure breaks down and magic numbers vanish in favo...
- Isaacman’s NASA Nomination Clears Senate Commerce Committee Again SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Dec 2025 The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee again approved Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA Administrator today. This is Isaacman’s second time through the process because President Trump withdrew th...
- Launch Roundup: China, Russia, Rocket Lab, ULA join SpaceX in flying this week NASASpaceflight · 8 Dec 2025 The upcoming launch week, starting on Monday, Dec. 8, is a very busy one as…
- Pentagon weighs consolidation of DIU tech portfolio SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2025 The ongoing review could have implications for space projects
- CSF Expands Space Supply Chain Council with Four New Member Companies SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2025 December 8, 2025 – Washington, D.C. – The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome its four newest members to our Space Supply Chain Council (S2C2): McCollister’s, MERC Aerospace, […]
- XRISM Finds Chlorine, Potassium in Cas A NASA · 8 Dec 2025 The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant glows in X-ray, visible, and infrared light in this Jan. 8, 2024, image that combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble, Webb, and Spitzer space telescopes. A study...
- How Spain and Poland pushed Europe’s new priorities with record contributions SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2025 MILAN – When the European Space Agency announced its new three-year spending plan last month, two countries stood out for the increased size of their contributions. Poland boosted its budget from 198 million euros ($132...
- Beyond the horizon: cost-driven strategies for space-based data centers SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2025 As the space industry explores orbital data centers to meet growing demands for sovereignty, resilience and sustainability, one critical lens remains underutilized: cost. Not just launch cost or CapEx; but total cost of...
- Galileo launch history ESA · 8 Dec 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Study quantifies costs of EU Space Act to European and U.S. companies SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2025 A proposed European Union space law could cost both European and American space companies hundreds of millions of euros in lost revenue annually, according to a new study.
- Space tested menstrual cup backs astronaut health on long missions SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Astrobiologist Ligia Coelho and collaborators have shown that a standard silicone menstrual cup can tolerate spaceflight conditions, opening another option for managing menstruation on l...
- Quantum fuzzy spacetime may reshape gravity theory SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 A team at TU Wien has developed a new way to connect quantum theory with general relativity by quantizing the spacetime metric and analyzing how this affects the paths that particles fo...
- Spire soil data to support conflict early warning in Ethiopias Somali Region SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 London, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Spire Global has been selected by GIST Research to supply satellite-derived Soil Moisture Insights for a project that links climate conditions to pastoralist movements and conflict risks in...
- Avio Secures €35M Defence Contract, Expects €600M in New ESA Contracts European Spaceflight · 8 Dec 2025 French missile manufacturer MBDA has awarded Italian rocket builder Avio a €35 million contract to provide solid rocket motors and aerodynamic surfaces for an unnamed air defence system. The company also revealed last we...
- NASA extends agreement with CASIS for ISS national lab SpaceNews · 8 Dec 2025 NASA has extended an agreement with a nonprofit organization to manage the portion of the International Space Station designated as a national laboratory, likely for the final time.
- Artemis II Vehicle Manager Branelle Rodriguez Gets Orion Ready for “Go” NASA · 8 Dec 2025 By the time the Artemis II Orion spacecraft launches to the Moon next year, its many components will already have traveled thousands of miles and moved across multiple facilities before coming together at NASA’s Kennedy...
- Methane hint on TRAPPIST 1e seen as likely stellar noise not proof of an atmosphere SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Two recent papers based on James Webb Space Telescope observations describe initial attempts to probe the atmosphere of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized planet orbiting in the habitable zone...
- Supernova mixing traced as source of key life elements SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Kyoto University and Meiji University researchers have used the XRISM X-ray satellite to quantify chlorine and potassium in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, addressing a longstanding ga...
- The World's Best Golf Resorts: Where Luxury Meets the Fairway SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 For golf enthusiasts, a memorable round isn't just about the score - it's about the setting, the experience, and the atmosphere. The world's best golf resorts combine championship course...
- Martian sound study models acoustic signals in Jezero crater SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both about Mars itself - such as turbulence in its atmosphere, cha...
- Astrobotic lunar surface sensor to track cislunar traffic and security SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 Astrobotic has secured a NASA Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award to develop Clavius-S, a visible-band imaging sensor designed to detect and track spacecraft in low lunar or...
- TRAPPIST 1 flares mapped to probe planetary habitability SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 TRAPPIST-1, a small star about 40 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, produces flares roughly six times per day, and this activity complicates efforts to evaluate whether i...
- ArkEdge boosts 6U micro-satellite fleet with three-satellite AE5R launch SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Tokyo, Japan, December 1, 2025 - ArkEdge Space Inc., a Tokyo-based space technology company that designs, builds, and operates micro-satellite constellations, has launched three new 6U-cla...
- Beyond Gravity positions new modular satellite platform for European LEO missions SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Beyond Gravity is expanding from supplying satellite components to delivering complete satellites based on a new low Earth orbit platform. The company aims to offer turnkey spacecra...
- D-Orbit launches dual orbital transportation missions, passes 200-payload milestone SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transportation, has launched two new orbital transportation missions using its ION Satellite Carrier, pushing the company past the...
- NASA backs WHOI effort to read organic signals from ocean worlds SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Ocean worlds such as Jupiter's icy moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus are emerging as prime locations to search for life beyond Earth, potentially including a second, independent or...
- ESO signs MOSAIC deal for Extremely Large Telescope spectrograph SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 The European Southern Observatory ESO has signed an agreement with a large international consortium for the design and construction of the Multi-Object Spectrograph MOSAIC, an instrume...
- ONE Bow River backs Odyssey Space Research growth in flight software and mission engineering SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 ONE Bow River National Defense Fund has taken a strategic stake in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a spaceflight software and engineering firm that supports government and commercial mission...
- OroraTech expands GENA satellite platform with orbital testbed for scientific payloads SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 OroraTech has launched GENA-OT, the first mission built on its GEneric flexible NAnosatellite platform, on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The...
- AAC Clyde Space secures ESA funding to develop Sirius EDGE on board computer SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 AAC Clyde Space has received SEK 4.7 million from the ESA Phi-Lab Sweden programme to develop the foundation for its next-generation Sirius EDGE on-board computer platform for small satellit...
- Cedars-Sinai and Exobiosphere Partner to Launch Biomedical Research Aboard the Vast Haven-1 Space Station SpaceDaily · 8 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Cedars-Sinai is partnering with Exobiosphere, a company that has developed scientific hardware to automate biomedical research in space and on Earth. Using this hardware, Cedars-Sinai in...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy December 7-13, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Dec 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of December 7-13, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session