Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS has used the James Webb Space Telescope to study heli...
Space station reaches new record with all docking ports in use SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 For the first time in the history of the International Space Station, all eight of its docking ports are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo space...
Hot dust near a nearby star system SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Seventy light-years from Earth, astronomers studying the star Kappa Tucanae A have identified dust heated to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit orbiting very close to the star, where such mat...
EIB launches Space TechEU finance program for European space sector SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched Space TechEU, its first financing programme dedicated to companies in Europe's space sector, under its wider TechEU initiative. The bank...
Roadmap sets circular economy agenda for space hardware and debris mitigation SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Every rocket launch discards large amounts of material and releases substantial greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances into the atmosphere, prompting researchers to examine how...
China consolidates new commercial space regulator and industry roadmap SpaceDaily · 3 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 The China National Space Administration has set up a Commercial Space Department to serve as a dedicated regulator for the country's expanding private space sector. The new office is respo...
Zhuque-3 reaches orbit on test flight, first stage lost during landing attempt SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 China’s Landspace carried out the first launch of its reusable Zhuque-3 rocket late Tuesday, successfully achieving orbit, but failing with a first stage landing attempt.
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Advances Research Aboard Space Station NASA · 3 Dec 2025 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim is wrapping up his first mission aboard the International Space Station in early December. During his stay, Kim conducted scientific experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit humanity...
Sophisticated maneuvers from a new spacecraft SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Making seamless connections between D2D patchwork SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Making multiple breakthroughs in spacecraft swarms SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
A vindication for NASA’s CLPS program, and a victory for Firefly SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Honoring a career opening doors for the commercial space sector SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Defending NASA science in the face of sweeping budget cuts SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Leading the integration of commercial and military capabilities in space SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Using AI to scan the Earth SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Teaming up to create multi-orbit broadband SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
A rapid deployment of a space traffic management platform SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Spotting smaller wildfires sooner than ever SpaceNews · 3 Dec 2025 Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes outsized achievements...
Blue Origin unveils new spacecraft and New Glenn upgrades NASASpaceflight · 2 Dec 2025 Fresh off its highly successful NG-2 flight, which launched the ESCAPADE Mars probes and featured…
NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract NASA · 2 Dec 2025 NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon. The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefin...
NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure NASA · 2 Dec 2025 NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize in-space operations,...
Waxing Gibbous Moon NASA · 2 Dec 2025 The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025, as it orbited 263 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Quebec, Ca...
NASA Tests Drones in Death Valley, Preps for Martian Sands and Skies NASA · 2 Dec 2025 Next-generation drone flight software is just one of 25 technologies for the Red Planet that the space agency funded for development this year. When NASA engineers want to test a concept for exploring the Red Planet, the...
Isar Aerospace Awarded Contract to Launch EU In-Orbit Demo Mission European Spaceflight · 2 Dec 2025 German rocket builder Isar Aerospace has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch a mission for the European Union’s In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation (IOD/IOV) programme. Isar Aerosp...
Wary of picking just one, NASA nears important decision on a lunar rover selection Ars Technica · 2 Dec 2025 "This would be a cheap insurance policy."
The U.S. Senate vs. the Athena Plan — NASA on trial SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2025 On December 3, 2025, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing to examine the re-nomination of Mr. Jared Isaacman for NASA Administrator. A central issue at the Hearing will be...
NASA’s Moon Rocket Celebrates 250 Years of American Innovation NASA · 2 Dec 2025 NASA is marking America’s 250th year with a bold new symbol of the nation’s relentless drive to explore. The America 250 emblem is now on the twin solid rocket boosters of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for Artemis...
It’s time to give NASA an astrophysics nervous system SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2025 The most tragic event in modern astronomy isn’t a funding cut or a launch failure. It is a “missed connection.” Right now, a neutron star collision somewhere in the distant universe is blasting out a short gamma-ray burs...
Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples NASA · 2 Dec 2025 The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Eart...
BAE Systems, GlobalFoundries team up to modernize chipmaking for space SpaceNews · 2 Dec 2025 BAE is offering the new chip design process to U.S. government contractors and space agencies.
New BlackSky satellite delivers rapid high-resolution imagery of strategic port operations SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 BlackSky Technology Inc. has provided the first set of very high-resolution images from its third Gen-3 satellite less than 24 hours after launch. The company released images taken over...
SyLEx test rocket gives France new suborbital launch option SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 ArianeGroup has completed the first flight of its new SyLEx sounding rocket system, providing France with an in-country suborbital launch capability for experiments and technology tests o...
Alen Space delivers ETRISat CubeSat to ETRI for upcoming launch on Korean Nuri rocket SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Alen Space has completed and delivered ETRISat, a 6U CubeSat manufactured at its facility in Nigran, Spain, for the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Ko...
Mexico to launch its first microsatellite on SpaceX mission SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Miami FL (UPI) Nov 26, 2025 Mexico's Alvaro Obregon borough plans to send first locally assembled microsatellite into orbit this week on SpaceX's Transporter-15 mission, a rideshare launch scheduled Wednesday from Vanden...
SatRev PW6U satellite checks in from orbit after Transporter 15 launch SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 SatRev reports that its PW6U Earth observation nanosatellite has completed initial commissioning steps after launch on SpaceX's Transporter 15 rideshare mission, with the first link fro...
Spire Global faces NYSE noncompliance as contract momentum collides with reporting delay SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 On November 25 2025 Spire Global Inc received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange stating that the company is not in compliance with the exchange's continued listing standards beca...
South Korean team prepares BioCabinet payload for space biology research on Nuri rocket mission SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Chan Hum Park and his research team from Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital are sending their BioCabinet payload into orbit aboard the fourth Nuri rocket flight on November...
AST SpaceMobile increases US manufacturing capacity with new sites for next generation satellite production SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 AST SpaceMobile announced new manufacturing locations in Texas and Florida, strengthening its production network for BlueBird satellites. The company now has more than 1,800 employees, w...
UAH CanSat and rover teams notch winning performances in 2025 national and international competitions SpaceDaily · 2 Dec 2025 Huntsville, AL (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 UAH students prepare CanSat payload for launch during 2025 International CanSat competition held in Monterey and Staunton, Va. Three CanSat teams at The University of Alabama in Huntsvil...

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