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Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster NASA · 12 Sep 2025 This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster. This scene is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light-years away in the const...
PAW Participant Discussion NASA · 12 Sep 2025 Participants are encouraged to dialogue before, during, and after the workshop. Contact the organizing committee for further questions.
Apex reaches billion-dollar valuation with Series D funding round SpaceNews · 12 Sep 2025 Satellite manufacturer Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round that values the company at more than $1 billion.
Drag Prediction Workshop Series NASA · 12 Sep 2025 The Drag Prediction Workshop series is an extensive international effort to improve transonic aerodynamic predictions. This long-running collaborative effort seeks to mobilize the international aerospace community to imp...
Cailabs raises $67 million to scale up production of optical ground stations SpaceNews · 12 Sep 2025 Cailabs, a French company that manufactures optical ground stations for satellite communications, has raised 57 million euros ($67 million) to scale up production.
Avio Approves €400M Capital Increase to Expand Defence and Rocket Production European Spaceflight · 12 Sep 2025 Italian rocket builder Avio’s Board of Directors has approved a €400 million capital increase to fund an expansion of its manufacturing capacity to meet rising demand in the global space and defence markets. Announced on...
Earth from Space: Gibson Desert, Australia ESA · 12 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Europe celebrates 30 years of satellite navigation ESA · 12 Sep 2025 On 2 September 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) opened the doors of ESTEC, its research and technology centre, to celebrate 30 years of European satellite navigation. Partners from across the continent gathered for...
Columbus: 100 000 orbits and counting ESA · 12 Sep 2025 Today, the Columbus laboratory aboard the International Space Station completes its 100 000th orbit around Earth—a remarkable achievement for Europe’s science module in space.
House Appropriators Approve FY2026 Budget for NASA SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Sep 2025 The House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2026 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) bill last evening including funding for NASA. The committee disagreed with the Trump Administration’s proposal to cut NASA’s budget by...
NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return? Ars Technica · 11 Sep 2025 "I have to look at dollars, and I have to look at time, and I have to look at return."
NASA Armstrong to Host Partnership Day Oct. 21-22 NASA · 11 Sep 2025 NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, invites innovative companies, government agencies, and organizations to attend Partnership Days, scheduled for Oct. 21-22, 2025, at the center. The event of...
Firefly pitches rockets, satellites for Golden Dome SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2025 CEO Jason Kim said the company’s Alpha vehicle could launch test targets while the Elytra platform could host interceptors for the Golden Dome missile-defense shield
Sophia and Armada link terrestrial and space edge processors SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2025 PARIS – Mobile edge computing specialist Armada and Sophia Space are working together to establish integrated, scalable compute infrastructure extending from Earth to space. By connecting terrestrial and orbital edge pro...
NASA Ames Science Directorate: Stars of the Month – September 2025 NASA · 11 Sep 2025 Ames Science Directorate’s Stars of the Month: September 2025 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Taejin Park, Lydia Schweitzer, and Rachel Morgan. Their...
NASA, Embry-Riddle Enact Agreement to Advance Research, Educational Opportunities NASA · 11 Sep 2025 As NASA inspires the world through discovery in a new era of innovation and exploration, NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are working together to advance resea...
Shining Pismis 24 NASA · 11 Sep 2025 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this sparkling scene of star birth in an image released on Sept. 4, 2025. Called Pismis 24, this young star cluster resides in the core of the nearby Lobster Nebula, approximate...
New U.S.-European Sea Level Satellite Will Help Safeguard Ships at Sea NASA · 11 Sep 2025 Sea surface height data from the Sentinel-6B satellite, led by NASA and ESA, will help with the development of marine weather forecasts, alerting ships to possible dangers. Because most global trade travels by ship, accu...
NASA’s Sean Duffy surprising leadership SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2025 In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss is joined by SpaceNews senior writer Jeff Foust to break down the surprising appointment of Sean Duffy as NASA’s Acting Administrator.
Artemis II Crew Both Subjects and Scientists in NASA Deep Space Research NASA · 11 Sep 2025 With Artemis II, NASA is taking the science of living and working in space beyond low Earth orbit. While the test flight will help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration, the crew also w...
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-23 Infographics & Hardware NASA · 11 Sep 2025 NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 23, or Northrop Grumman CRS-23, will deliver more than 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be the first flight...
After Biosignature Announcement, Mars Sample Return Remains in Limbo Space Scout · 11 Sep 2025 Ambitious plans by NASA and the European Space Agency to return samples of the Martian surface to Earth continue to remain in limbo even as the Agency has announced the collection of a potentially biosignature-containing...
ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Lander European Spaceflight · 11 Sep 2025 Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe has completed the Mission Definition Review for the European Space Agency’s MAGPIE lunar lander mission. The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration (MAGPIE) is designed t...
ispace-Europe Completes Key Milestone for ESA MAGPIE Lunar Rover European Spaceflight · 11 Sep 2025 Luxembourg-based ispace-Europe has completed the Mission Definition Review for the European Space Agency’s MAGPIE lunar rover mission. The Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration (MAGPIE) is designed to...
Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign ESA · 11 Sep 2025 The fourth satellite for the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, Sentinel-1D, has arrived at Félix Eboué airport, the main airport in French Guiana. From there the spacecraft, safely stored in its protective casing, will be t...
Progress MS-32 set for launch to ISS from Baikonur NASASpaceflight · 11 Sep 2025 Just over two weeks after the CRS-33 cargo delivery to the International Space Station, another…
Plato arrived at ESA’s test centre by boat ESA · 11 Sep 2025 The European Space Agency’s Plato spacecraft has safely arrived at ESTEC, ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands. There, engineers will complete the spacecraft by connecting its solar panels and sunshield, and carry ou...
House appropriators offer support to threatened NASA missions SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2025 House appropriators offered support, but no specific funding, for several NASA missions slated for cancellation in the administration’s 2026 budget proposal.
Satellite Solar Panel Startup Astradyne Closes €2M Seed Round European Spaceflight · 11 Sep 2025 Italian startup Astradyne has secured €2 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its Solar-Z product, a lightweight solar array designed to enhance the capabilities of small satellites. Astradyne was fou...
Eutelsat opens OneWeb ground stations to Earth observation with Ka-band boost SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2025 Eutelsat has teamed up with French satellite connectivity startup Skynopy to offer Earth observation operators spare capacity on the ground stations used for OneWeb, its LEO broadband service.
House Passes FY2026 NDAA SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Sep 2025 The House passed the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act this evening, authorizing funding for the U.S. Space Force and other components of the Department of Defense. Only a fraction of
Mars Samples Must Be Returned To Earth to Prove If Life Existed There SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Sep 2025 A rock sample discovered by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover last year may hold proof that life once existed on Mars, but scientists need to get the sample back to Earth
NASA Unveils Potential Evidence of Ancient Martian Life in Peculiar Rock Patterns NASASpaceflight · 10 Sep 2025 An international team of scientists has revealed that unusual leopard-spot patterns on a Martian rock…
NASA highlights potential evidence of past life in Martian rock SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 Scientists have found potential evidence of past life on Mars in a rock sample collected by a NASA rover, even as a proposed budget cancels plans to return those samples.
NASA Uses Colorado Mountains for Simulated Artemis Moon Landing Course NASA · 10 Sep 2025 NASA has certified a new lander flight training course using helicopters, marking a key milestone in crew training for Artemis missions to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA explore the lunar South Pole, paving the way for...
Live coverage: SpaceX attempts to launch Indonesian communications satellite following back-to-back weather scrubs Spaceflight Now · 10 Sep 2025 The launch once again faces long odds with poor weather in the forecast for a third day in a row. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 UTC).
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: July–September 2025 NASA · 10 Sep 2025 NOTE TO READERS: After more than three decades associated with or directly employed by NASA, Steve Platnick [GSFC—Deputy Director for Atmospheres, Earth Sciences Division] stepped down effective August 8, 2025. Steve beg...
Summary of the 11th ABoVE Science Team Meeting NASA · 10 Sep 2025 Introduction The NASA Arctic–Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) is a large-scale ecological study in the northern regions of North America (Alaska and western Canada) that was developed to understand environmental c...
NASA Invites Media to View Artemis Moon Rocket, Spacecraft at Kennedy NASA · 10 Sep 2025 Media are invited to see NASA’s fully assembled Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft in mid-October before its crewed test flight around the Moon next year. The event at NASA’s Kennedy Space C...
NASA Data, Trainings Help Uruguay Navigate Drought NASA · 10 Sep 2025 When Uruguay faced its worst drought in nearly a century, the nation’s water authority turned to NASA satellite data and trainings to build a reservoir-monitoring tool.

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