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- Boeing turns to 3D printing to speed production of satellite solar arrays SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 The first 3D-printed arrays will be deployed on small satellites built by Millennium Space
- NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year NASA · 10 Sep 2025 A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken from a rock named “Cheyava Falls” last year, the sample, called...
- NASA Aims to Keep Fuel Cool Under Pressure with Zero Boil-Off Experiment On NG-23 NASA · 10 Sep 2025 Space missions rely on cryogenic fluids — extremely cold liquids like liquid hydrogen and oxygen — for both propulsion and life support systems. These fuels must be kept at ultra-low cryogenic temperatures to remain in l...
- Dinner is Served! NASA · 10 Sep 2025 Dinnertime fare on the International Space Station takes center stage in this Aug. 15, 2025, photo. One tray features shrimp cocktail on whole grain wheat crackers, while the other holds sushi made with seaweed, Spam, tu...
- Rendezvous Robotics raises funding to develop technology for self-assembling space structures SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 A startup has raised an initial round of funding to commercialize a technology that could create large structures in orbit.
- SpaceX launches 21 satellites for Space Development Agency ‘Transport Layer’ military network SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 The satellites, made by York Space Systems, make up the first plane of a mesh network projected to have 126 spacecraft
- Genesis SFL Moves Up Launch Dates for Two Return Capsule Demo Missions European Spaceflight · 10 Sep 2025 Croatian space logistics startup Genesis Space Flight Laboratories (Genesis SFL) has moved up the launch of two subscale demonstration missions from 2027 to 2026. Initially founded in Slovenia in 2020 as the Genoplant Re...
- How is the Space Force doing on getting the resources it needs? SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 “The Space Force we have is not the Space Force we need” —Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations The United States and our allies have never been more dependent on space-based capabilities. Every other milita...
- NASA’s Webb Observes Immense Stellar Jet on Outskirts of Our Milky Way NASA · 10 Sep 2025 A blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Stretching across 8 light-years, the length of the stellar eruption is approximatel...
- Immense stellar jet in Milky Way outskirts ESA · 10 Sep 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Japan’s IHI expands constellation plans with SatVu thermal imaging partnership SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 Japan’s IHI is broadening its push to build a sovereign Earth observation constellation, partnering with U.K.-based SatVu to explore adding thermal imaging satellites alongside radar and other sensors already in the work...
- What Would It Take to Say We Found Life? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 63 NASA · 10 Sep 2025 What Would It Take to Say We Found Life? We call this the podium test. What would it take for you personally to confidently stand up in front of an international audience and make that claim? When you put it in that way,...
- NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding NASA · 10 Sep 2025 NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of a forthcoming science paper. The agency prev...
- Musk confident Starship will start launching 100 tons to orbit next year SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says he is confident that Starship can start delivering 100 tons of payload to orbit next year while reusing both stages.
- The grief of a fandom: on Starship, Musk and losing the spark SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 Why do people defend someone who has done things that are frankly terrible?
- Ramses asteroid mission on track ahead of key funding SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 A European-led mission to the asteroid Apophis is on schedule ahead of key funding decisions in the coming months in both Europe and Japan.
- Live coverage: Space Development Agency, SpaceX to launch next-gen national security satellites Spaceflight Now · 10 Sep 2025 The 21 satellites from York Space Systems are the first in the SDA’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellite constellation. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:12 a.m. PDT (10:12 a...
- Short-duration space station missions not part of NASA’s long-term plans SpaceNews · 10 Sep 2025 The inclusion of a 30-day demonstration mission in revised plans by NASA to support development of commercial space stations does not represent a permanent shift to shorter missions.
- SpaceX’s $17 Billion Spectrum Coup: Securing Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell Revolution NASASpaceflight · 9 Sep 2025 In a monumental transaction, SpaceX has allocated more than $17 billion—nearly equivalent to 75% of…
- After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch Ars Technica · 9 Sep 2025 "Probably the best part of my day is watching that team hit their milestones."
- Maxar to supply 3D terrain data for U.S. Army mixed-reality system SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 The system, known as Soldier-Borne Mission Command Architecture (SBMC-A), is being developed by defense contractor Anduril Industries.
- FCC closes EchoStar probes as spectrum sales reshape D2D race SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 The FCC has dropped investigations into EchoStar as the satellite operator moves to sell spectrum to SpaceX and AT&T in deals totalling more than $40 billion.
- Airbus CEO ‘very committed’ to combination of European space businesses SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 The chief executive of Airbus says he is still “very committed” to combining his company’s space business with those of two other European firms.
- NASA Partnerships Allow Artificial Intelligence to Predict Solar Events NASA · 9 Sep 2025 Exploring AI in space bolsters analytics software used in finance, manufacturing, and industry.
- Artemis II Crew Walks Out for Practice Scenarios NASA · 9 Sep 2025 The Artemis II crew (from front left to back right) – pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and mission specialist Christina Koch – walk out of the...
- Ami Choi: Unraveling the Invisible Universe NASA · 9 Sep 2025 Research Astrophysicist and Roman’s Deputy Wide Field Instrument Scientist – Goddard Space Flight Center From a young age, Ami Choi — now a research astrophysicist at NASA — was drawn to the vast and mysterious. By the f...
- NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle NASA · 9 Sep 2025 An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres — and potentially those of exoplanets. Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in th...
- Finnish Satellite Manufacturer ReOrbit Closes €45M Series A European Spaceflight · 9 Sep 2025 Finnish satellite manufacturer ReOrbit has closed a €45 million Series A funding round, part of which will be used to expand its manufacturing capacity. Founded in 2019, ReOrbit manufactures a range of small Earth observ...
- The business case for resting among the stars SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 Memorial spaceflights have grown from novelty to a modest and steady business, one that’s carried thousands of loved ones to orbit over the past three decades. Now, a startup founded by a former Blue Origin engineer aims...
- NGSO set to disrupt In-Flight Connectivity Landscape SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 Incoming NGSO services shift sector norms, driving 63% of commercial aviation IFC by 2034
- Frontgrade Launches SIMOPS Dual-Channel Power Amplifier for Defense Communications and Electronic Warfare Applications SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 Colorado Springs, CO (September 09, 2025) – Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of high-reliability electronic solutions for space and national security missions, today introduced its SIMOPS Dual-Channel Power Am...
- Frontgrade Launches Space-Optimized PSM28 Power Supply Module for High-Reliability SpaceVPX Systems SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (September 9, 2025) Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of high-reliability electronic solutions for space and national security missions, today announced the release of the PSM28 VPX Power [...
- Crossroads to the Future – NASA Stennis Grows into a Model Federal City NASA · 9 Sep 2025 NASA’s Stennis Space Center is widely known for rocket propulsion testing, especially to support the NASA Artemis program to send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future human exploration of Mars. What may not be so...
- Launch Your Name Around Moon in 2026 on NASA’s Artemis II Mission NASA · 9 Sep 2025 Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep spac...
- NASA Stennis Provides Ideal Location for Range of Site Tenants NASA · 9 Sep 2025 If location, location, location is the overarching mantra in real estate, it is small wonder that NASA’s Stennis Space Center is considered a national asset and prime aerospace and technology operations site. It has long...
- Eye on the future, as SpaceX prepare Pad 2 and Block 3 at Starbase NASASpaceflight · 9 Sep 2025 As SpaceX prepares for Flight 11 of Starship, the company is also making significant strides…
- Abolishing the UK’s independent space agency could be a mistake SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 At the end of August, the U.K. government took the decision to fold the UK Space Agency (UKSA) into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). UKSA was created in 2010, reflecting the understanding tha...
- In space, the old debates about turf are obsolete SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 If the Army is training soldiers to become better space professionals, that is not duplication. It is survival.
- China launches mystery Yaogan-45 spysat, expands Geesatcom constellation SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 China carried out two launches Monday, sending a new reconnaissance satellite into an unexpected orbit and adding 11 spacecraft to automaker Geely’s commercial constellation.
- Office of Space Commerce loses 40% of budget in rescission SpaceNews · 9 Sep 2025 The Commerce Department has moved to rescind 40% of the current-year funding for the Office of Space Commerce.