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- EchoStar eyes satcom expansion after ‘forced pivot’ from spectrum sales SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2025 EchoStar is looking for ways to expand its communications business as an “asset-light growth company,” CEO Hamid Akhavan said Sept. 15.
- Helicopter Training for Artemis Missions NASA · 15 Sep 2025 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick (left) and Mark Vande Hei (right) prepare to fly out to a landing zone in the Rocky Mountains as part of the certification run for the NASA Artemis course on Aug. 26, 2025. The mountains...
- To lead in space, we must go all-in on our industrial base SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2025 The United States space enterprise is undergoing a sweeping transformation: commercial innovation is progressing at an incredible pace, with profound implications for national defense, economic competitiveness and indust...
- Military spending and direct-to-device competition are reshaping the space economy SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2025 PARIS – Expanding defense budgets and the direct-to-device race are driving growth in the global space economy, Novaspace CEO Pacôme Révillon, said at the outset of the World Space Business Week conference here. At the s...
- RISE: ESA’s mission extender in geostationary orbit ESA · 15 Sep 2025 An essential part of ESA’s Space Safety programme is dedicated to getting and keeping Earth’s orbits clean from space debris. In the long run, the Agency aspires to stimulate a true circular economy in space, minimising...
- Avatars for Astronaut Health to Fly on NASA’s Artemis II NASA · 15 Sep 2025 NASA announced a trailblazing experiment that aims to take personalized medicine to new heights. The experiment is part of a strategic plan to gather valuable scientific data during the Artemis II mission, enabling NASA...
- First view of aerosols from MetOp-SG’s 3MI instrument ESA · 15 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- UK-Based Hyperspectral Data Analytics Startup Messium Raises £3.3M European Spaceflight · 15 Sep 2025 UK-based startup Messium has raised £3.3 million in seed funding to accelerate the rollout of its agricultural analytics platform, which uses AI to analyse hyperspectral satellite data to track nitrogen levels in crops....
- Weird Ways to Observe the Moon NASA · 15 Sep 2025 International Observe the Moon Night is on October 4, 2025, this year– but you can observe the Moon whenever it’s up, day or night! While binoculars and telescopes certainly reveal incredible details of our neighbor’s su...
- Falcon 9 launches upgraded Cygnus cargo spacecraft to ISS SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2025 A Falcon 9 launched an upgraded version of a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Sept. 14.
- CSO Co., Ltd. — Redefining Earth Observation with Cutting-Edge Camera Systems for Small Satellites SpaceNews · 15 Sep 2025 Earth observation is no longer just about capturing images from orbit — it is about delivering insights that shape how societies respond to global challenges. CSO Co., Ltd., a subsidiary […]
- Northrop Grumman’s 1st Cygnus XL spacecraft launches on cargo run to the space station Spaceflight Now · 15 Sep 2025 SpaceX launched the vehicle on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 6:11 p.m. EDT (2211 UTC). It’s scheduled to be berthed to the ISS by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim on Wednesday,...
- NASA Science, Cargo Launches Aboard Northrop Grumman CRS-23 NASA · 14 Sep 2025 NASA is sending more science, technology demonstrations, and crew supplies to the International Space Station following the successful launch of the agency’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23 mission, or N...
- Mechele Elliott Safeguards Agency Information Systems at Johnson NASA · 14 Sep 2025 As an IT security administrator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mechele Elliott protects the information systems that support astronaut health and mission readiness. The encouragement of a family friend set he...
- Vast backs new NASA commercial space station strategy SpaceNews · 14 Sep 2025 WASHINGTON — The chief executive of commercial space station developer Vast says he supports NASA’s revised approach to supporting development of such stations, calling it the best way to avoid a gap in U.S. human presen...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy September 14-20, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Sep 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 14-20, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch new, improved Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL resupply ship to the space station Spaceflight Now · 14 Sep 2025 The new Cygnus XL spacecraft will deliver more than 11,000 pounds (4,990 kg) of food, science supplies and cargo to the International Space Station. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled...
- SpaceX set to launch Cygnus XL to ISS on CRS NG-23 mission NASASpaceflight · 14 Sep 2025 Just days after the Progress MS-32 cargo ship launched to the International Space Station from…
- NASA reestablishes contact with one of two TRACERS satellites SpaceNews · 13 Sep 2025 NASA has restored contact with one of a pair of space science satellites that ran into problems shortly after its July launch.
- Golden Dome’s cost: anywhere from billions to trillions, depending on design SpaceNews · 13 Sep 2025 A new report by Todd Harrison of the American Enterprise Institute estimates Golden Dome could cost from $252 billion to $3.6 trillion over 20 years, based on scope and capabilities
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 13 Sep 2025 SpaceX is targeting a liftoff from pad 4 East at 8:41 a.m. PDT (11:41 a.m. EDT / 1541 UTC).
- 60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details Ars Technica · 13 Sep 2025 "It's that level of risk that they were taking. I think that's what really hit home."
- Maxar executive renews warning that budget cuts threaten commercial remote sensing industry SpaceNews · 12 Sep 2025 Maxar executive Susanne Hake pressed the case that commercial firms can deliver faster and for less cost than bespoke government satellites, but need predictable funding and contracts to keep investing
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4649-4654: Ridges, Hollows and Nodules, Oh My NASA · 12 Sep 2025 Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS Team Member, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 Curiosity is in the midst of the boxwork campaign, trying to decipher why...
- China completes second hot-fire test for new moon rocket, including engine restarts SpaceNews · 12 Sep 2025 China conducted a rocket stage hot fire test Friday in the latest step in the country’s plans to land astronauts on the moon.
- Flight 11 closing in as Booster 15 completes testing, Pad 1 awaits Ship 38 NASASpaceflight · 12 Sep 2025 With Booster 15-2’s static fire out of the way and crews setting up Pad 1(A)…
- NASA Awards Third Glenn Facility and Engineering Services Contract NASA · 12 Sep 2025 NASA has selected Troy Sierra JV, LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide engineering, research, and scientific support at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Test Facility Operations, Maintenance, and En...
- NASA’s X-59 Moves Toward First Flight at Speed of Safety NASA · 12 Sep 2025 As NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from taxi and takeoff to cruising and landing – and their decision-making is guided by safety. First...
- NASA, War Department Partnership Tests Boundaries of Autonomous Drone Operations NASA · 12 Sep 2025 Through an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the Department of War are working to advance the future of modern drones to support long distance cargo transportation that could increase efficiency, reduce human workload, and...
- Department of the Air Force, FAA clear SpaceX to launch up to 120 Falcon 9 rockets annually from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 12 Sep 2025 The move not only allows SpaceX to increase its allowed launches at pad 40 from 50 to 120, but it also permits the Texas-based company to construct a new landing site adjacent to the launch pad.
- New U.S. military satellite constellation takes shape with first launch from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 12 Sep 2025 The Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation is expected to deliver global coverage beginning in 2027. Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 7:12 a.m. PDT (10:12 a...
- A Brief Outburst NASA · 12 Sep 2025 The NASA-ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft captured this extreme ultraviolet wavelength image of the Sun on Feb. 24, 2015, during a three-hour period in which our closest star blew out a coronal ma...
- NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time NASA · 12 Sep 2025 A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami off Russia in late July tested an experimental detection system that had deployed a critical component just the day before. A recent tsunami triggered by a magnitude 8.8 earthq...
- Cailabs Raises €57M to Ramp Up Production of Optical Ground Station European Spaceflight · 12 Sep 2025 French optical communication systems provider Cailabs has secured €57 million in new funding that it will use to scale production of its optical ground stations. Founded in 2013, Cailabs offers a range of laser-based sol...
- Week in images: 08-12 September 2025 ESA · 12 Sep 2025 Week in images: 08-12 September 2025
- Artemis II Crew to Advance Human Spaceflight Research NASA · 12 Sep 2025 A sweeping collection of astronaut health studies planned for NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon will soon provide agency researchers with a glimpse into how deep space travel influences the human body, mind, and...
- How carrying enough water to make return-trip propellant simplifies a Starship mission to Mars SpaceNews · 12 Sep 2025 The idea of a human mission to explore Mars has been studied repeatedly over the past 75 years. More than 1,000 piloted Mars mission studies were conducted inside and outside NASA between about 1950 and 2000. Many were t...
- Defying gravity ESA · 12 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Group photo from General Assembly on Defence, Space and Cybersecurity ESA · 12 Sep 2025 Group photo taken at the General Assembly on Defence, Space and Cybersecurity, held on Friday 12 September 2025, at ESRIN, ESA’s Centre for Earth Observation Programmes in Italy.
- NSTGRO 2025 NASA · 12 Sep 2025 NSTGRO Homepage Andrew ArendsUniversity of California, DavisAstronaut-Powered Laundry Machine Allan AttiaStanford UniversityComputational Modeling of Lithium Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster for Nuclear Electric Propulsion...