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NASA’s X-59 Nears First Flight NASA · 19 Aug 2025 As we honor the legacy of aviation pioneers this National Aviation Day, NASA’s X-59 is preparing to push the boundaries of what’s possible in air travel. The quiet supersonic aircraft’s historic first flight is on the ho...
What is BioNutrients? NASA · 19 Aug 2025 A series of biology experiments, called BioNutrients, is testing ways to use microorganisms to produce nutrients – off Earth and on demand – that will be critical for human health in space. Editor’s note: This article wa...
New moon of Uranus ESA · 19 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
NASA’s Psyche Captures Images of Earth, Moon NASA · 19 Aug 2025 Headed for a metal-rich asteroid of the same name, the Psyche spacecraft successfully calibrated its cameras by looking homeward. On schedule for its 2029 arrival at the asteroid Psyche, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft recently...
Moonlight and Our Atmosphere NASA · 19 Aug 2025 The Moon’s light is refracted by Earth’s atmosphere in this April 13, 2025, photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited into a sunset 264 miles above the border between Bolivia and Brazil in South Ameri...
National Aviation Day: Celebrating NASA’s Heritage While Charting Our Future NASA · 19 Aug 2025 As we observe National Aviation Day Tuesday – a tribute to Orville Wright’s birthday – let’s reflect on both America’s and NASA’s aviation heritage and share how we are pushing the boundaries of flight for the nation’s f...
Starbase Pad 2: Design Advancements from Pad 1 NASASpaceflight · 19 Aug 2025 SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, continues to evolve as the company pushes the…
NASA-funded Compact Radar Drives Big Changes in Airborne and Suborbital Radar Capabilities NASA · 19 Aug 2025 A collaboration between NASA and the small business Aloft Sensing produced a new compact radar system that will enable researchers to leverage High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) platforms to observe dynamic Earth system...
Polish Consortium Selects Payloads for State-Sponsored Suborbital Rocket Launch European Spaceflight · 19 Aug 2025 On 19 August, Poland’s Łukasiewicz Research Network’s Institute of Aviation revealed the four payloads that were selected to fly aboard a suborbital rocket under a Polish Space Agency–funded launch service. In April, the...
NASA Invites You to Celebrate National Aviation Day 2025 NASA · 19 Aug 2025 The first “A” in NASA stands for Aeronautics – so naturally that means today, Aug. 19, National Aviation Day, is one of our favorite days all year! National Aviation Day was first proclaimed in 1939 by President Franklin...
Where the Wild Things Are: Wildlife Management with Johnson’s Matt Strausser NASA · 18 Aug 2025 If you asked someone what they expected to see during a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, they would probably list things like astronauts, engineers, and maybe a spacecraft or two. It might be a surprise to learn you...
NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 33rd Station Resupply Launch, Arrival NASA · 18 Aug 2025 NASA and SpaceX are targeting 2:45 a.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply...
Station Nation: Meet Tess Caswell, Extravehicular Activity Flight Controller and Lead Capsule Communicator NASA · 18 Aug 2025 Tess Caswell supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a capsule communicator, or capcom, as well as through the Extravehicular Activity Office. She is currently on rotation...
After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon Ars Technica · 18 Aug 2025 An expert explains why this will be enormously bad for the United States.
Summary of the 2025 GEDI Science Team Meeting NASA · 18 Aug 2025 Introduction The 2025 Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Science Team Meeting (STM) took place April 1–3, 2025 at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). Upwards of 60 participants attended in-person,...
ESA Increases Mars Ambitions with Mars Transportation Infrastructure Space Scout · 18 Aug 2025 As the European Space Agency (ESA)'s ExoMars/Rosalind Franklin Mission prepares for its 2028 launch, the agency is looking forward to future Mars science and exploration needs with an eye towards increasing European spac...
A Decade of Global Water Cycle Monitoring: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission NASA · 18 Aug 2025 Introduction The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, launched in 2015, has over 10 years of global L-band radiometry observations. The low frequency [1.4 GHz frequency or 21 cm (8 in) wavelength] measuremen...
Summary of the 54th U.S.–Japan ASTER Science Team Meeting NASA · 18 Aug 2025 Introduction The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Science Team (ST) organized a three-day workshop that took place June 9–11, 2025, at the Japan Space System’s (JSS) offices in Tokyo...
Portable Planetarium takes Thousands of Alaskan Students on a Cosmic Adventure NASA · 18 Aug 2025 Exploring the Cosmos and Inspiring Young Minds From January through June 2025, the Education Outreach Office at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute (GI) continued its mission of bringing science to l...
Strategy 2040: Europe’s Vision for Exploration Beyond Artemis Space Scout · 18 Aug 2025 Amidst a changing world, space powers like ESA are forced to contend with new realities - where existing allies are no longer and the game has drastically changed.
Bone Loss Research Launches Aboard NASA’s SpaceX-33 Resupply Mission NASA · 18 Aug 2025 The 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission for NASA, scheduled to liftoff from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in late August, is heading to the International Space Station with an important invest...
NASA, Army National Guard Partner on Flight Training for Moon Landing NASA · 18 Aug 2025 By Corinne BeckingerWhen Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s South Pole in a commercial human landing system, they will encounter a landscape pockmarked with deep craters, sloped connecting ridges, and harsh lighting c...
Artemis II Crew Practices Night Launch Scenario NASA · 18 Aug 2025 NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, and Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, walk on the crew access arm of the mobile launcher in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Fl...
Evaluating Blue Origin’s Mars Telecom Orbiter Proposal NASASpaceflight · 18 Aug 2025 Blue Origin has revealed its concept for a Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO), entering a burgeoning…
NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-23 Station Resupply Launch NASA · 18 Aug 2025 Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft will launch to the orbital laborato...
New ESA Business Incubator in Spain Opens First Call for Proposals European Spaceflight · 18 Aug 2025 The European Space Agency’s new Business Incubation Centre in Andalusia, southern Spain, has opened its first call for proposals, offering up to €60,000 to space startups in the region. Launched in 2003, the ESA Business...
NASA Challenge Winners Cook Up New Industry Developments NASA · 18 Aug 2025 NASA invests in technologies that have the potential to revolutionize space exploration, including the way astronauts live in space. Through the Deep Space Food Challenge, NASA, in partnership with CSA (Canadian Space Ag...
ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite adds power to forecasts ESA · 18 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4629-4630: Feeling Hollow NASA · 18 Aug 2025 Written by Elena Amador-French, Science Operations Coordinator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025 Today’s team investigated the texture and chemistry of the bedrock within a...
Countdown To Launch : What to Expect From Starship Flight 10 The Launch Pad · 17 Aug 2025 Countdown To Launch : What to Expect From Starship Flight 10
Launch Roundup: Falcon 9, Starship, and Russia flying this week NASASpaceflight · 17 Aug 2025 A pair of Russian space missions, a trio of Falcon 9 launches, and the long-awaited…
Launch Roundup: SpaceX, Chinese, and Russian missions make up busy week NASASpaceflight · 17 Aug 2025 A Chinese rocket, a pair of Russian missions, a trio of Falcon 9 launches, and…
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Streamline U.S. Commercial Space Regulations The Launch Pad · 17 Aug 2025 President Trump Signs Executive Order to Streamline U.S. Commercial Space Regulations
Starlink Doubles Up, ISS Gets A New Booster, X-37B Returns, and Starship is GO For Launch This Week The Launch Pad · 17 Aug 2025 Starlink Doubles Up, ISS Gets A New Booster, X-37B Returns, and Starship is GO For Launch This Week
What’s Happening in Space Policy August 17-24, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Aug 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of August 17-24, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate
Live coverage: 24 Starlink satellites to launch from California on 100th Falcon 9 rocket of the year Spaceflight Now · 17 Aug 2025 The Starlink 17-5 mission will add another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s constellation of more than 8,100 currently in orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4E at 9:23 a.m. PDT (12:23 p.m. EDT / 1623 UTC...
Hurricane Erin sets early season intensification record, becomes Category 5 storm Ars Technica · 16 Aug 2025 The good news is that, for now, Erin appears unlikely to directly strike land.
SpaceX schedules 10th test flight for Starship, details recent setbacks Spaceflight Now · 16 Aug 2025 The next launch of SpaceX’s super heavy lift rocket would come nearly three months after the last test flight. Liftoff from Starbase, Texas, is planned during a one-hour window that opens at 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT...
FAA approves Starship Flight 10 after mishap probe, eyes August 24 launch NASASpaceflight · 16 Aug 2025 SpaceX has received clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the 10th test…
NASA-Developed Printable Metal Can Take the Heat NASA · 15 Aug 2025 Until now, additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, of engine components was limited by the lack of affordable metal alloys that could withstand the extreme temperatures of spaceflight. Expensive metal allo...

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