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- NASA Sets Launch Coverage for International Ocean Tracking Mission NASA · 14 Nov 2025 NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and ocean data to protect coastal infrastructure, improve weather forecasting, an...
- Mapping Dark Matter NASA · 14 Nov 2025 This image released on June 30, 2025, combines data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to visualize dark matter. Researchers used Webb’s observations to carefully measure the mass...
- NASA Glenn Teams Win 2025 R&D 100 Awards NASA · 14 Nov 2025 NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has earned 2025 R&D 100 Awards for developing a system that delivers high-speed internet for space and co-inventing technology for a new class of soft magnetic nanocrystalline ma...
- Two arrangements mark a new step for Ariane 6 and Vega-C exploitation ESA · 14 Nov 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- A solar prominence hovers over the Sun ESA · 14 Nov 2025 The Sun is always mesmerising to watch, but Solar Orbiter captured a special treat on camera: a dark ‘prominence’ sticking out from the side of the Sun.
- Week in images: 10-14 November 2025 ESA · 14 Nov 2025 Week in images: 10-14 November 2025
- Chinese Space Station Crew Safely Home After Swapping Capsules SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Nov 2025 China’s three-man Shenzhou-20 space station crew landed safely this morning (EST) in the Shenzhou-21 capsule. Their Shenzhou-21 colleagues remain aboard Tiangong-3 with the Shenzhou-20 capsule that apparently was damaged...
- Hubble Studies Star Ages in Colorful Galaxy NASA · 14 Nov 2025 Stars of all ages are on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the sparkling spiral galaxy called NGC 6000, located 102 million light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. NGC 6000 has a glowing ye...
- Rocket Report: Blue Origin’s stunning success; vive le Baguette One! Ars Technica · 14 Nov 2025 "If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth."
- Maryland congressional delegation seeks information on Goddard facility closures SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2025 Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation added their voices to concerns about the closure of offices and labs at the Goddard Space Flight Center.
- China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts return to Earth after delay SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, state TV footage showed, after a delay caused by their spacecraft being struck by debris in orbit. The Tiangong space station, the crown je...
- Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Cape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard, and in a breakthrough nailed the landing of its booste...
- Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISS SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Lisbon (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a frenzied race for the world's first commercial space station. Haven-1...
- Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. communications satellite SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2025 Following a handful of troubling valve issues that pushed a launch back for a week, an Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:04 p.m. EST on Th...
- Our Solar System Is Moving Faster Than Expected SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Bielefeld, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 How fast and in which direction is our solar system moving through the universe? This seemingly simple question is one of the key tests of our cosmological understanding. A research...
- Europe commercial satellite life extension mission set for 2027 SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 Infinite Orbits and SES have agreed to conduct a geostationary satellite life extension mission, marking the first commercial undertaking of its kind in Europe. The operation will use Endura...
- NASA twin spacecraft depart Earth orbit to begin Mars mission SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 NASA's ESCAPADE mission has initiated its journey as two identical spacecraft, designed to study Mars' magnetosphere, separated and deployed from Blue Origin's New Glenn upper stage. Bot...
- Nanometer precision ranging demonstrated across 113 kilometers sets new benchmark for space measurement SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2025 Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, led by professors Jian-Wei Pan, Hai-Feng Jiang, and Qiang Zhang, have achieved nanometer-level absolute distance measure...
- CSES satellite tracks shifting South Atlantic anomaly and impact on solar cycle twenty five SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 The South Atlantic anomaly represents the region of Earth's radiation belts with the highest particle concentrations and weakest geomagnetic shielding. This area poses risks to the electro...
- Dream Chaser spaceplane passes pre-flight tests at Kennedy Space Center SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 Sierra Space announced completion of a series of critical pre-flight tests for its Dream Chaser spaceplane at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, marking progress toward the vehicle's first unc...
- Brazil gears up to harness ESA's Biomass data SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 As the COP30 climate conference gets underway in Brazil, the world's attention is once again drawn to the plight of the Amazon - the planet's largest and most vital rainforest. With the...
- Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Paris, France (SPX) Nov 10, 2025 Europe finds itself in the midst of a new space race, one defined less by exploration and more by the imperative to safeguard critical orbital infrastructure from the mounting threats of...
- Solar storm brings new chance of vivid auroras, signal disruptions SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Spectacular displays of auroras at abnormally low latitudes were expected again Wednesday night into Thursday, a result of intense solar activity which also carries risks to communication ne...
- AI enables tailored education for medical students at scale SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Researchers at Dartmouth have demonstrated that artificial intelligence platforms can provide individualized academic support for large student populations. The study tracked 190 medical...
- Filtronic wins contract for RF payload assemblies in LEO satellite program SpaceDaily · 14 Nov 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2025 Filtronic has confirmed a contract exceeding euro 7 million to supply high-frequency radio frequency assemblies for a leading European aerospace manufacturer engaged in the expansion of...
- Shenzhou-20 astronauts safely return to Earth on Shenzhou-21 spacecraft after space debris damage concerns SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2025 Three Chinese astronauts have safely returned to Earth in the recently-launched Shenzhou-21 spacecraft after their own spacecraft was declared unsafe.
- ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars ESA · 14 Nov 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 predicted location by a factor of 10...
- Earth from Space: Prague ESA · 14 Nov 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Virgin Galactic on track to begin commercial flights in 2026 SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2025 Virgin Galactic says it remains on schedule to complete development of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane and begin commercial flights before the end of 2026.
- ULA launches Viasat’s second shot at a terabit-class broadband satellite SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2025 An Atlas 5 rocket sent Viasat’s second ViaSat-3 satellite toward geostationary orbit Nov. 13, bringing the U.S. broadband provider closer to operating a terabit-per-second giant it had hoped to debut six years ago.
- The Exploration Company Tests Nyx Micrometeoroid Shielding European Spaceflight · 14 Nov 2025 European space logistics firm The Exploration Company has successfully tested the shielding that will protect its Nyx spacecraft against micrometeoroid and orbital debris impacts. The Exploration Company is developing Ny...
- NASA, Blue Origin Launch Two Spacecraft to Study Mars, Solar Wind NASA · 14 Nov 2025 A pair of NASA spacecraft ultimately destined for Mars will study how its magnetic environment is impacted by the Sun. The mission also will help the agency prepare for future human exploration of Mars. NASA’s ESCAPADE (...
- Canada’s SBQuantum wins contract to supply ESA magnetometer SpaceNews · 14 Nov 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – Canada’s SBQuantum has won an €800,000 ($932,000) European Space Agency contract to deliver a prototype quantum magnetometer for space-based Earth observation. Under the 21-month contract, announced Nov....
- Blue Origin Nails It — NG-2 Makes a Landing, ESCAPADE Enroute to Mars SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Nov 2025 Blue Origin not only had a successful launch today and sent two NASA cubesats on their way to Mars, but landed their New Glenn-2 first stage on a barge at
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4702-4708: It’s Only Spooky Here on Earth Today! NASA · 14 Nov 2025 By Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, U.K. Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 I am writing this blog and it’s still daytime — and I am looking forward to accompanying...
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4695-4701: Searching for Answers at Monte Grande NASA · 14 Nov 2025 Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 Curiosity has successfully drilled its 44th hole on Mars, which is a major milestone in our invest...
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4689-4694: Drill in the Boxwork Unit is GO! NASA · 14 Nov 2025 Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 Curiosity has been investigating the “boxwork unit” for several months now....
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4682-4688: Seven Mars Years NASA · 14 Nov 2025 Written by Diana Hayes, Graduate Student at York University, Toronto Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 This week was one of seasonal changes and milestones for the mission. As was mentioned several weeks ago, Ma...
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4675-4681: Deciding Where to Dig Into the Boxworks NASA · 13 Nov 2025 Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator at Framework Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 Before Curiosity landed 13 years ago, the science team eyed all the geologic wonders scattered acros...
- Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing Spaceflight Now · 13 Nov 2025 Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more about how the sun has slowly blown away the red planet's once thic...