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Senyar Swamps Sumatra NASA · 5 Dec 2025 A rare tropical cyclone dropped torrential rains on the Indonesian island, fueling extensive and destructive floods.
Getting Back to the Moon Before China No Sure Bet SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Dec 2025 Republicans and Democrats on a House committee today shared common ground on not letting China outpace the United States in space, but witnesses were generally pessimistic that NASA is on
Satellite surge threatens space telescopes, astronomers warn SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Paris (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronom...
European rocket puts S.Korean satellite in orbit SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Kourou (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 The European Vega C rocket blasted off into space on Monday, successfully putting a South Korean Kompsat-7 satellite into the Earth's orbit. After two delays, Vega C achieved lift-off from the Gu...
Martian butterfly crater reveals low angle impact and buried lava history SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 ESA's Mars Express orbiter has observed an impact crater in Mars's northern lowlands whose shape resembles a butterfly, created when an incoming space rock struck the surface at a shallow...
Vast spinning galaxy filament mapped in nearby Universe SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 An international collaboration led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures observed so far, a thin string of hydrogen-rich galaxies embedded in...
SwRI links Uranus radiation belt mystery to solar storm driven waves SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 SwRI scientists report that a reanalysis of Voyager 2 measurements suggests a powerful solar storm may explain why Uranus hosts an electron radiation belt far more intense than expected....
Isolation and bed rest volunteers sought for future spaceflight research SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 DLR and ESA are recruiting volunteers for two human research campaigns at the :envihab aerospace medicine facility in Cologne that will simulate key aspects of long duration missions be...
Trump NASA nominee aims to beat China in new Moon race SpaceDaily · 5 Dec 2025 Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Jared Isaacman, US President Donald Trump's two-time appointee to lead NASA, said it was his goal that the United States beat rival China in the race to return humans to the Mo...
Congress told there needs to be “consequences” for NASA delays amid China’s rise Ars Technica · 4 Dec 2025 "The Artemis III mission and those beyond should be canceled."
Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidies SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 SpaceX and Amazon stand to get about 4% of the nearly $20 billion that states have proposed for rural broadband buildouts, representing roughly 21% of the locations under the federal BEAD program.
Washington Harbour deepens space portfolio with investment in Trusted Space SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 This investment follows Washington Harbour’s earlier moves into space technology.
NASA Selects 2 Instruments for Artemis IV Lunar Surface Science NASA · 4 Dec 2025 NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during the Artemis IV mission to the lunar south polar region. The instruments will improve our knowledge of the luna...
How Starlink’s explosive growth is reshaping connectivity in an increasingly connected world SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 Part 2 of our Understanding the SpaceX-Era Economy series examines how Starlink’s explosive growth is reshaping connectivity in an increasingly connected world, pushing satellite broadband from a niche service into the m...
Welcome, Jared Isaacman SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 Welcome, Jared Isaacman. We who love NASA, or at least the idea of NASA, wish you the very best in taking leadership of the great American space agency. You seem to be an agent for change and NASA sorely needs that. Its...
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Completed NASA · 4 Dec 2025 Two technicians look up at NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope after its inner and outer segments were connected at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland on Nov. 25, 2025. This marked the e...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandengerg SFB Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2025 The Starlink 11-25 mission will see the Falcon 9 rocket fly on a south-easterly trajectory upon leaving the pad. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:42 p.m. PST (3:42 p.m. EST / 2...
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return NASA · 4 Dec 2025 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, is preparing to depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and return to Earth. Kim, Ryzhi...
Celestis Selects Stoke Space’s Nova for Infinite Flight: Humanity’s Next Deep-Space Memorial Mission SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 HOUSTON, TX – December 3, 2025 – For more than three decades, Celestis, Inc. has transformed remembrance into exploration, sending the names, ashes, and DNA of pioneers and visionaries into […]
NASA-JAXA XRISM Finds Elemental Bounty in Supernova Remnant NASA · 4 Dec 2025 For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft. The Resolve in...
ArianeGroup Receives Rear Heat Shield Mock-Up for ExoMars Mission European Spaceflight · 4 Dec 2025 French tooling manufacturer Loiretech has delivered a second component of a mock-up of the ExoMars heat shield to ArianeGroup’s facilities in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. The development of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) r...
Comet 3I/ATLAS shows activity in Juice navigation camera teaser ESA · 4 Dec 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
NASA Software Raises Bar for Aircraft Icing Research NASA · 4 Dec 2025 When flying in certain weather conditions, tiny freezing water droplets floating in the air can pose a risk to aircraft. If not taken into consideration, these water droplets can accumulate on an aircraft as ice and pose...
NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction NASA · 4 Dec 2025 NASA’s next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in the largest clean room at the agency’s Goddard Space Fligh...
Orion hatch ‘blemish’ delays launch day rehearsal for Artemis 2 astronauts Spaceflight Now · 4 Dec 2025 The temporary issue caused the agency to reorient its planned order of pre-rollout tests within the Vehicle Assembly Building. The agency continues to target an early February launch of the mission.
The shift that saved American spaceflight SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 In this episode, former NASA commercial space division chief Phil McAlister sits down with host David Ariosto for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of human spaceflight, NASA’s internal culture, and the explos...
Roscosmos replaces cosmonaut on next Crew Dragon mission to ISS SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 Roscosmos has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station for reasons neither it nor NASA will disclose.
The overlooked space race: keeping satellites alive SpaceNews · 4 Dec 2025 U.S. Space Command’s push for “dynamic space operations” — the ability to maneuver in orbit without worrying about running dry — demands logistics the military has never had.
The 30-year journey of European satellite navigation ESA · 4 Dec 2025 In 2025, Europe celebrated the 30th anniversary of satellite navigation on the continent, a milestone built on decades of innovation, collaboration and excellence. Three decades of challenges and triumphs that have shape...
SSC expands ground station access with SSC Go service for small satellites SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 SSC has introduced SSC Go, a ground segment service built around a global network of 4 meter class antennas operating in S band, X band and Ka band for Low Earth Orbit missions. The ser...
Solar telescope captures flare rich sunspot region in fine detail SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 Scientists using the GREGOR solar telescope in Tenerife have obtained a rare series of high resolution observations of the active region NOAA 14274, a sunspot group that generated two X...
Beijing space lab targets orbital data centers for AI era SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 An institute in Beijing plans to launch its first high-computing-power experimental satellites by late 2025 or early 2026 as part of a wider effort to move intensive data processing into o...
Chinese team runs long term Martian dust cycle simulation with GoMars model SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 Chinese researchers have used a self-developed next generation Mars general circulation model, known as GoMars, to carry out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle spanning 5...
ESA Space Safety programme gains major funding increase SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 European Space Agency member states have approved 955 million euros for the agency's Space Safety programme for the next three years, about 30 percent more than the previous funding level...
ICEYE boosts SAR capacity with launch of five satellites for commercial and national missions SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 ICEYE has placed five new Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, extending its commercial constellation and adding spacecraft for several national customers. The satellite...
Martian dust devils found to generate electrical sparks SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Electric discharges have been detected inside dust devils and dust storms on Mars for the first time, using sound recordings from the SuperCam microphone on NASAs Perseverance rover. Scie...
NASA rover hears electric crackles inside Mars dust devils SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2025 NASA's Perseverance rover has directly detected tiny electrical sparks and associated shock waves inside Martian dust devils, confirming that the Red Planet's ubiquitous whirlwinds can gene...
LandSpace reviews booster loss after Zhuque-3 reusable rocket test SpaceDaily · 4 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 LandSpace has begun a detailed analysis of its first Zhuque-3 (ZQ 3) orbital test after the reusable rocket's booster was lost during an attempted landing, even as the mission's upper stag...
Hayli Gubbi’s Explosive First Impression NASA · 4 Dec 2025 In its first documented eruption, the Ethiopian volcano sent a plume of gas and ash drifting across continents.
Isaacman hearing overviews bold vision for NASA NASASpaceflight · 3 Dec 2025 In an encore performance before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, entrepreneur…

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