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China to launch Shenzhou-22 spacecraft Nov. 25 to provide lifeboat for astronauts SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2025 China is set to launch an uncrewed Shenzhou spacecraft to the Tiangong space station to provide the Shenzhou-21 astronauts with a means of returning home.
FAA ends commercial launch curfew SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2025 The FAA has ended restrictions on the timing of commercial launches that were triggered by the government shutdown’s effects on airspace management.
Copernicus Sentinel-6B begins mission to advance ocean science SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 17, 2025 Copernicus Sentinel-6B launched today, 17 November, at 06:21 CET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The satellite was delivered into orbit j...
Falcon 9 launches Sentinel-6B satellite to monitor global sea level SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2025 A Falcon 9 launched a joint U.S.-European satellite to monitor sea levels Nov. 17, extending a record of measurements that dates back more than three decades.
Sentinel-6B launch highlights ESA · 17 Nov 2025 Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was carried into orbit on a Falc...
NASA, SpaceX Launch US-European Satellite to Monitor Earth’s Oceans NASA · 17 Nov 2025 About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will provide ocean and atmospheric information to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit comm...
French Rocket Builder HyPrSpace Secures €21 Million in New Funding European Spaceflight · 17 Nov 2025 Le Haillan-based rocket builder HyPrSpace has closed an oversubscribed Series A funding round, securing €21 million to continue the development of its hybrid rocket engines and complete a suborbital test flight. Founded...
SpaceX launches joint NASA-European sea level monitor Spaceflight Now · 17 Nov 2025 SpaceX launched a joint NASA-European environmental research satellite early Monday, the second in an ongoing billion-dollar project to measure long-term changes in sea level, a key indicator of climate change.
Sentinel-6B launched to extend record of sea-level rise ESA · 17 Nov 2025 The latest guardian of our oceans has taken its place in orbit. The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is now circling Earth, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measur...
Sentinel-6B is launched ESA · 17 Nov 2025 Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was carried into orbit on a Falc...
Can America Beat China Back to the Moon? SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Nov 17, 2025 The United States faces a narrowing window to claim its position as the first nation to return humans to the Moon in the 21st century. While NASA's official timeline targets Artemis 3...
Space Systems Command advances New Glenn certification after latest launch SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 Space Systems Command continues the process of certifying Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle for National Security Space Launch missions, following the successful NG-2 launch at 3:55...
Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved, in space SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 Urbana, IL (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur in The Grainger College of En...
Exoplanet map initiative earns NASA support for University of Iowa physicist SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 University of Iowa physicist David Nataf will lead a NASA-funded research project focused on producing detailed three-dimensional maps for the study of exoplanets and their host stars. N...
ESA's impact featured in key UK space policy report SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 Evidence provided by the European Space Agency was featured in a House of Lords report on space policy, highlighting the benefits and opportunities of ESA-UK cooperation. On 4 November, the...
Colorado Boulder advances research and education in space law and policy SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 University of Colorado Boulder researchers are expanding their work into space law following decades of experience in space exploration. The need for policy expertise has grown as countr...
Quantum timing and sensing partnership set to reshape space infrastructure SpaceDaily · 17 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Voyager Technologies and Infleqtion have formed a strategic partnership to deploy dual-use quantum technology in low-Earth orbit and beyond. The initiative aims to transfer quantum utili...
Live Coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch international satellite to keep watch on rising sea levels Spaceflight Now · 17 Nov 2025 The Sentinel-6B satellite will liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:21:42 p.m. PST (12:21:42 a.m. EST / 0521:42 UTC), almost exactly five years after its...
OHB raises concerns about planned European space joint venture SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2025 The head of OHB says he is concerned about a planned joint venture among three of his competitors, even as the company sees opportunities from growing European space spending.
What’s Happening in Space Policy November 16-22, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 Nov 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of November 16-22, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
Sentinel-6B ocean monitoring satellite to launch aboard Falcon 9 NASASpaceflight · 16 Nov 2025 Sentinel-6B, a joint US-European ocean monitoring satellite, will launch Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9…
Dream Chaser completes key tests ahead of first flight SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2025 Sierra Space has completed key testing milestones for its Dream Chaser vehicle as the company explores both civil and national security missions for the spaceplane.
Record doubleheader: SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets from Florida SpaceDaily · 16 Nov 2025 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 15, 2025 SpaceX launched two rockets with a total of 58 Starlink Internet satellites about 3 1/2 hours apart overnight Saturday in the private company's quickest turnaround from Florida's Space Co...
NASA, European Partners Set to Launch Sentinel-6B Earth Satellite NASA · 16 Nov 2025 Set to track sea levels across more than 90% of Earth’s ocean, the mission must first get into orbit. Here’s what to expect. Sentinel-6B, an ocean-tracking satellite jointly developed by NASA and ESA (European Space Agen...
ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS's path with data from Mars SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Paris, France (ESA) Nov 14, 2025 Since comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, was discovered on 1 July 2025, astronomers worldwide have worked to predict its trajectory. ESA has now improved the comet's pre...
Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission achieves key flyby milestones SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Chandrayaan-3 was developed to demonstrate the capability for a controlled lunar landing, enable rover mobility on the Moon, and facilitate in-situ research. The mission includes a la...
Reading a quantum clock costs more energy than running it, study finds SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Oxford UK (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping - the act of measurement itself. In a study published 14 Nov in Physical Review Le...
A galaxy with earliest star signatures found during cosmic noon SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Researchers led by the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University have identified a galaxy labeled CR3, which shows evidence of containing stars from the earliest phase of the universe...
Chang'e-6 lunar mission finds impact-created hematite and maghemite in SPA Basin samples SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Researchers from the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS), and Shandong University have identified, for the first time, crystalline hematite and maghemite produce...
Open-source clock framework aims to synchronize deep space missions SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Vartis Space Corp. has introduced the Vartis Space Clock, an open-source framework that enables independent synchronization of zero-time reference points for space operations without rel...
Haystack scientists study recent geospace storms and light shows SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 The northern lights, or aurora borealis, one of nature's most spectacular visual shows, can be elusive. Conventional wisdom says that to see them, we need to travel to northern Canada or Alas...
New research with GW230814 upholds Hawking black hole area law SpaceDaily · 15 Nov 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 Researchers from Purple Mountain Observatory have conducted an observational test of the black hole area law. Using the gravitational-wave event GW230814, which features a high signal-to-n...
European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026 European Spaceflight · 15 Nov 2025 During her mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2026, French astronaut Sophie Adenot will be tasked with testing a European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit. In late 2023, the French space agency CN...
Blue Origin planning next New Glenn flight for early next year SpaceNews · 15 Nov 2025 After a successful second flight of New Glenn, includig landing the booster, Blue Origin is looking to perform its next launch early next year, possibly with the same booster.
6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite NASA · 15 Nov 2025 Data from Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long record of sea surface height, helping to improve coastal planning, protect critical infrastructure, and advance weather forecasts. With launch set for no earlier than 12...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch predawn Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 14 Nov 2025 The mission is one of two Starlink flights scheduled to fly from Florida within a four-hour window of opportunity. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-85 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 1...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 14 Nov 2025 This is the first of planned back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from Florida, roughly three hours apart. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-89 mission is scheduled for 10:08 p.m. EST (0308 UTC).
SES adds to GEO’s busiest servicing pipeline with Infinite Orbits contract SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2025 SES is adding another servicer to what is already the broadest and busiest satellite life-extension roster in the commercial geostationary orbit market, with five missions now scheduled between 2026 and 2029.
Maryland Delegation Presses NASA on Goddard Closings, NASA Replies to Lofgren SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Nov 2025 The Democratic members of the Maryland congressional delegation have written to Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy asking for an explanation of reported laboratory and other facility closures at Goddard Space
How space weather events effect launches, orbiting spacecraft, and our future in space NASASpaceflight · 14 Nov 2025 When Blue Origin scrubbed the launch of its NG-2 mission on its New Glenn rocket…

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