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NASA Glenn Offers Students Work-Based Learning Through Engineering Institute NASA · 13 Aug 2025 This summer, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland hosted the NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute, a free, work-based learning experience designed to prepare rising high school juniors and seniors for career...
NASA Glenn Shoots for the Stars During WNBA All-Star Weekend NASA · 13 Aug 2025 From astronauts to athletes, researchers to referees, and communicators to coaches, NASA is much like basketball – we all train to reach the top of our game. Staff from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland drove hom...
NASA Glenn Names University Student Design Challenge Winner NASA · 13 Aug 2025 A student team from The Ohio State University secured first place in NASA Glenn Research Center’s 2025-2026 University Student Design Challenge for their innovative design aimed at managing fluids in space. The team will...
MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 launch highlights ESA · 13 Aug 2025 Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted...
EDGX Secures €2.3M to Build AI In-Orbit Data Processing System European Spaceflight · 13 Aug 2025 Belgium-based startup EDGX announced on 11 August that it had secured €2.3 million in seed funding to develop a high-performance, AI-capable on-board computer that will process data collected by a satellite’s sensors dir...
MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 launch on Ariane 6 ESA · 13 Aug 2025 Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – has launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted...
First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched ESA · 13 Aug 2025 Ushering in a new era of weather and climate monitoring from polar orbit, the first in a new series of satellites, MetOp Second Generation, has been lofted into orbit aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European spaceport...
ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first Space Force mission Spaceflight Now · 13 Aug 2025 Equipped with four solid-fuel strap-on boosters for additional takeoff power, the 198-foot-tall Vulcan's two methane-fueled BE-4 engines thundered to life at 8:56p.m. EDT, instantly propelling the rocket away from pad 41...
ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Lifts Off on First National Security Mission SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Aug 2025 ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off on a national security mission for the first time this evening. One payload aboard the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-106 mission is the Navigation
B1091 “A Heavy Core in Falcon 9 Clothing” NASASpaceflight · 12 Aug 2025 SpaceX’s recent launch involved another successful landing of its Falcon 9 booster, but this time…
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4624-4626: A Busy Weekend at the Boxwork NASA · 12 Aug 2025 Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025 We continue to progress through the boxwork structures, arriving today at the “peace sign” ridges we were aiming...
NASA IXPE’s ‘Heartbeat Black Hole’ Measurements Challenge Current Theories NASA · 12 Aug 2025 Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), has challenged our understanding of what happens to matter in the direct vicinity of a black hole. Wit...
A Tapestry of Tales: 10th Anniversary Reflections from NASA’s OCO-2 Mission NASA · 12 Aug 2025 When woven together, the tapestry of experiences of staff and scientists provide the complete picture of OCO-2. Breathe in… Breathe out. This simple rhythm sets the foundation of life on Earth – and it’s a pattern that a...
A Gigantic Jet Caught on Camera: A Spritacular Moment for NASA Astronaut Nicole Ayers! NASA · 12 Aug 2025 Astronaut Captures Rare Gigantic Jet from Space On July 3, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed an extraordinary sight from the International Space Station — a rare gigantic jet, a powerful electrical discharg...
LIVE COVERAGE! Vulcan Set To Launch First U.S. National Security Mission The Launch Pad · 12 Aug 2025 LIVE COVERAGE! Vulcan Set To Launch First U.S. National Security Mission
Hubble Captures a Tarantula NASA · 12 Aug 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures incredible details in the dusty clouds of a star-forming factory called the Tarantula Nebula. Most of the nebulae Hubble images are in our galaxy, but this nebula is in...
NASA Roman Core Survey Will Trace Cosmic Expansion Over Time NASA · 12 Aug 2025 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be a discovery machine, thanks to its wide field of view and resulting torrent of data. Scheduled to launch no later than May 2027, with the team working toward launch as ear...
Ariane 6: preparing flight VA264 for liftoff ESA · 12 Aug 2025 MetOp-SG-A1 travelled onboard the Canopée ship. Our teams at the European spaceport in French Guiana have been quite busy making sure both the rocket and the payloads are ready for flight VA264.
Live coverage: ULA to launch first national security mission on a Vulcan rocket Spaceflight Now · 12 Aug 2025 The mission, dubbed USSF-106, will be the first Vulcan rocket launch since the vehicle was certified by the United States Space Force in late March. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is schedule f...
DGA Selects Infinite Orbits for €50M PALADIN Satellite-Inspection Service European Spaceflight · 12 Aug 2025 France’s Directorate General of Armament has awarded the €50M PALADIN framework agreement to Infinite Orbits to deliver a geostationary orbit inspection and monitoring service for the nation’s Space Command. The PALADIN...
CREAM: avoiding collisions in space through automation ESA · 12 Aug 2025 Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded. With over 11 000 active satellites and many thousands more expected in the coming years as well as over 1.2 million pieces of space debris greater than 1 cm, the risk of in-o...
Raptor 3 testing ramps up at SpaceX McGregor NASASpaceflight · 12 Aug 2025 SpaceX has ramped up its engine testing efforts at the McGregor test facility this past…
NASA Invites Media to View Artemis II Orion Stage Adapter at Marshall NASA · 11 Aug 2025 Media are invited to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at 2 p.m. CDT Thursday, Aug. 14 to view the final piece of space flight hardware for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the...
NASA Awards Second Human Health, Performance Contract NASA · 11 Aug 2025 NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services, LLC of Fulton, Maryland, to provide services to the Human Health and Performance Directorate at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, which focuses on astronaut health, occupa...
NASA Explores Industry Possibilities to Raise Swift Mission’s Orbit NASA · 11 Aug 2025 To drive the development of key space-based capabilities for the United States, NASA is exploring an opportunity to demonstrate technology to raise a spacecraft’s orbit to a higher altitude. Two American companies – Camb...
Launch Roundup: Vulcan and Ariane to launch ahead of Starlink missions NASASpaceflight · 11 Aug 2025 After a week of weather delays across the U.S, launch cadence increases as providers strive…
Space Station Cell Studies NASA · 11 Aug 2025 Science in Space August 2025 Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things, from single-celled bacteria to plants and animals containing vast numbers of them. Cells have adapted for a wide variety of settings...
NASA Continues Search for Moon-Focused Sustainability Solutions NASA · 11 Aug 2025 NASA is accepting U.S. submissions for the second phase of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, a Moon-focused recycling competition. The challenge aims to develop solutions for recycling common trash materials – like fab...
Why Amazon is letting its rival launch its satellites Ars Technica · 11 Aug 2025 Satellite companies find themselves between a rocket and a hard place.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean NASA · 11 Aug 2025 The members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission – Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, left, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi – are all smil...
ESA to Develop Hummingbird-Inspired Flying Mars Explorer European Spaceflight · 11 Aug 2025 The European Space Agency has published a call to tender for the development of “flapping wing technology” for a Mars surface explorer. In the 8 August call, the agency states that on Mars, a flapping-wing propulsion sys...
Behind the scenes with MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 ESA · 11 Aug 2025 Experience the preparation of the MetOp-SG-A1 satellite, hosting Copernicus Sentinel-5, scheduled for liftoff on an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August 2025 at 02:37 CEST (12 Au...
The top of Ariane 6 with MetOp-SG-A1 ESA · 11 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Ariane 6 with MetOp-SG-A1 in its mobile hangar ESA · 11 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Juliana Barajas: Supporting NASA’s Mission, One Task at a Time NASA · 11 Aug 2025 As an administrative assistant in the Safety and Mission Assurance Office at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Juliana Barajas approaches her work with one clear mission: to help others succeed....
Ariane 6 infographic: launch pad ESA · 11 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Ariane 6 infographic: launch pad ESA · 11 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Ariane 6 infographic: countdown to liftoff ESA · 11 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Hera observes asteroids as DART reveals more about its destination NASASpaceflight · 10 Aug 2025 Travelling through the asteroid belt, the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft has taken its first…
What’s Happening in Space Policy August 10-16, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Aug 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of August 10-16, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess

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