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- Isaacman’s Second Hearing Mostly Friendly, Nomination Could Clear Senate Soon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Dec 2025 Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA Administrator could be approved by the Senate in the next three weeks. During his mostly-friendly second confirmation hearing today, the top Republican and Democrat
- Eclipse Soundscapes Volunteers Still Engaged in Scientific Discovery Post-Eclipse NASA · 3 Dec 2025 The NASA Science Activation project Eclipse Soundscapes (ES), led by ARISA Lab in Medford, Massachusetts, helps learners of all ages explore NASA science through multisensory learning and participatory science opportunit...
- Isaacman, senators emphasize urgency in returning humans to the moon SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Senate Commerce Committee leaders said they hope to swiftly confirm Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator as he delivered a “message of urgency” about returning astronauts to the moon before China.
- Missile Defense Agency clarifies ‘SHIELD’ vendor selection is not a Golden Dome preview SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 MDA selected 1,014 vendors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program
- NASA nominee says now is the time for “action” to keep agency ahead of China Ars Technica · 3 Dec 2025 "We are in a great competition with a rival that has the will and means to challenge American exceptionalism."
- New ESA connection to advance robotics for lunar exploration ESA · 3 Dec 2025 Engineers are using a satellite link between two European Space Agency facilities to advance teleoperated robotics systems that could enable future lunar explorers to study the Moon from afar.
- A New Industrial Age in Orbit SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 For decades, building a space mission meant a hard choice between two imperfect models. The first was the traditional prime: capable, proven, and thorough, but slow and expensive. Customers paid […]
- Student Art Murals at Johnson Celebrate 25 Years of Humanity in Space NASA · 3 Dec 2025 Select walls at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have been transformed into works of art. Each piece reflects creativity, collaboration, and the spirit of discovery. Painted by Texas students, the murals honor the legacy of t...
- NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms NASA · 3 Dec 2025 Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of el...
- Hubble Seeks Clusters in ‘Lost Galaxy’ NASA · 3 Dec 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4535, which is situated about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden). Through a small telescope, this galaxy appears...
- CNES Found Liable for Destroying Protected Habitat at New Launch Facility European Spaceflight · 3 Dec 2025 The French Space Agency, CNES, has been found liable for destroying protected habitats on the grounds of the former Diamant launch facility, which is now being redeveloped to support a new commercial launch site and the...
- Jared Isaacman makes second appeal for NASA administrator position Spaceflight Now · 3 Dec 2025 This will be the second hearing for the commercial astronaut, billionaire and entrepreneur following his first go around in April. This hearing is scheduled for Dec. 3 beginning at 10 a.m. EST (1500 UTC).
- SLI bets on satellite leasing with $200 million commitment to AscendArc SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — Asset-financing specialist SLI plans to buy two small GEO satellites from U.S. startup AscendArc in a deal valued at more than $200 million, betting that operators will increasingly choose to lease spacecra...
- Rolling out the red carpet for Mars ESA · 3 Dec 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Space Force top buyer says rapid commercial innovation is reshaping military space strategy SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Speaking at the 2025 SpaceNews Icon Awards, Purdy said the pace of progress outside government is setting the agenda for how the service develops technology.
- Hazardous Material Summary Tables (HMSTs) NASA · 3 Dec 2025 Hazardous Materials Summary Tables (HMSTs) are a compilation of the chemical, biological, and flammability hazards of materials on a given flight or mission. HMSTs are required by Safety for all Programs, including but n...
- NASA desert drone trials refine navigation software for future Mars explorers SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 To prepare new autonomous systems for Mars, NASA teams have been testing drones, a legged robot, and a winged flyer concept in harsh desert environments in California, New Mexico, and Vi...
- SPHERE debris disk survey maps hidden asteroid and comet belts in young planetary systems SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Observations with the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced a large gallery of debris disks around nearby young stars, revealing where unseen asteroid- and comet...
- JWST spots early Milky Way style spiral galaxy Alaknanda SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Astronomers using NASAs James Webb Space Telescope have identified a massive spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way but existed when the Universe was only about 1.5 billion years old...
- LandSpace ZQ 3 Y1 rocket reaches orbit on first reusable flight attempt SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 LandSpace, a private Chinese rocket company, has flown its ZQ 3, or Rosefinch 3, carrier rocket for the first time, marking China's initial orbital mission using a reusable rocket architec...
- Micro nano robots aim to cut carbon buildup in closed life support systems SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Researchers have developed micro and nanoscale reconfigurable robots that capture and release carbon dioxide in confined life support systems such as crewed spacecraft, submarines, and sea...
- Bacterial partnership offers pathway to produce Mars regolith bricks for future habitats SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Human missions to Mars will require robust shelters that can be built without hauling heavy materials from Earth, pushing engineers and scientists to focus on in situ resource utilizatio...
- Cosmic rays drive urgent search for better protection before crewed trips to Mars SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Norwich, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 The first step on the Moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips - and dreaming of Mars beyond. Next year, Nasa's Artemis II mission...
- Iridium wins five year US Space Force contract to upgrade EMSS infrastructure SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Iridium Communications Inc. has secured a five year indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract from the US Space Force Space Systems Command Commercial Space Office worth up to...
- Toxicology Analysis of Spacecraft Air NASA · 3 Dec 2025 Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry (TEC) monitors airborne contaminants in both spacecraft air and water. In-flight monitors are employed to provide real-time insight into the environmental conditions on ISS. Archiva...
- China pushing for reusability milestone with Zhuque-3 launch and near-landing NASASpaceflight · 3 Dec 2025 Chinese commercial launch provider LandSpace achieved a major milestone with the successful maiden flight of…
- Shield AI partners with Sedaro to demonstrate autonomous satellite operations SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 The agreement brings “AI pilot” software to space as the Pentagon seeks capabilities for close proximity operations, swarm coordination and defensive satellite maneuvers
- Germany’s space defense strategy marks a turning point. Private investors must now respond SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Readers of this magazine have known for years what we, as investors, have also known for years: that the space sector is not some marginal realm of human activity, to be left to a handful of specialists operating on the...
- The next steps in the quest for full rocket reusability SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 When a Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California late Nov. 16, it did something that was unprecedented a decade ago but unremarkable today: it landed the first stage, in this case on a pad next t...
- Antares raises $96 million for nuclear reactors on Earth and in space SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Nuclear power startup Antares announced a $96 million Series B round Dec. 2 to fund work on developing small nuclear reactors, including for space applications.
- EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models ESA · 3 Dec 2025 True to its promise, the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite is now being used to calculate directly how clouds and aerosols influence Earth’s energy balance – the all-important balance that regulates our climate...
- A martian butterfly flaps its wings ESA · 3 Dec 2025 Is it an insect? A strange fossil? An otherworldly eye, or even a walnut? No, it’s an intriguing kind of martian butterfly spotted by ESA’s Mars Express.
- Mars Rover Uncovers Evidence of Ancient Wet Climate in Jezero Crater SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 NASA's Perseverance rover identified light-colored rocks in Jezero crater that consist of white, aluminum-rich kaolinite clay. These rocks formed after prolonged exposure to water leache...
- Scientists trace ancient mega watersheds on Mars SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Billions of years ago, rainfall on Mars fed rivers that cut valleys, overtopped crater rims and carved canyons, with some flows likely reaching a northern ocean basin on the planet. Rese...
- SwRI opens NOUR lab to track chemical pathways from nebulae to planetary systems SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established the Nebular Origins of the Universe Research (NOUR) Laboratory to investigate how the chemistry of interstellar material leads to the...
- Mars clocks run ahead of Earth by microseconds each day SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have produced the first detailed calculation of how fast time passes on Mars compared with Earth, providing a parameter t...
- Auroral radio signal offers new insight into intense magnetic storms SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Southampton, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 A University of Southampton team has identified a distinct low frequency radio signature that appears when small-scale auroral structures known as auroral beads emerge, providing a new...
- AI eXpress 1 Plus completes first generation in orbit AI satellite trio SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Planetek Italia has placed the AI eXpress 1 Plus (AIX-1+) satellite in orbit, completing the first generation of its AI eXpress constellation for in-orbit artificial intelligence processi...
- Orbit Fab to lead ESA backed ASTRAL refuelling demo in orbit SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Orbit Fab has secured up to $3.8 million in funding through the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications to lead a European...
- Leaf Space scales support for multi-satellite rideshare missions SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Leaf Space is providing ground segment services for 31 satellites on a single upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission, the largest number of spacecraft it has supported on one launch to date...