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- LZ-1 receives its final Falcon landing as SpaceX hand over the landing pad NASASpaceflight · 3 Aug 2025 After years of delivering iconic views of Falcon boosters performing Return to Launch Site (RTLS)…
- Artemis II astronauts discuss mission status ahead of in-capsule training NASASpaceflight · 2 Aug 2025 Scheduled to launch in February 2026, the Artemis II Orion capsule and Space Launch System…
- ArianeGroup Receives Heat Shield Mock-Up for ExoMars Mission European Spaceflight · 2 Aug 2025 French tooling manufacturer Loiretech has delivered a mock-up of the ExoMars heat shield to ArianeGroup’s facilities in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. In April 2024, the European Space Agency awarded a €522 million contract to...
- Crew-11 on The Way to ISS SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Aug 2025 Crew-11 had better luck today. Yesterday their launch was scrubbed one minute before liftoff as storm clouds arrived at just the wrong moment. Today looked like it was going to
- Helio Highlights: July 2025 NASA · 1 Aug 2025 As NASA and its partners prepare to send astronauts back to the Moon, we must address the potential dangers caused by space weather, which can damage spacecraft and cause physical harm to unprotected astronauts in space.
- Crew-11 Returns Station to Normal Operations Space Scout · 1 Aug 2025 With the launch of Crew-11 on August 1, 2025 - ISS operations continue to tell the tale of humanity's longest lived orbital outpost.
- The curious case of Russia’s charm offensive with NASA this week Ars Technica · 1 Aug 2025 "We're going to continue to work on the problems that we have here."
- NUBE: New Card Game Helps Learners Identify Cloud Types Through Play NASA · 1 Aug 2025 Different clouds types can have different effects on our weather and climate, which makes identifying cloud types important – but learning to identify cloud types can be tricky! Educational games make the learning proces...
- NASA, SpaceX ‘thread the clouds’ to launch Crew-11 to the International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 1 Aug 2025 The Crew Dragon mission was delayed a day due to cumulus clouds, but had enough clearance to allow for a launch on August 1. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC).
- Crew-11 Launches to International Space Station NASA · 1 Aug 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Endeavour lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 1, 2025. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Ja...
- NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars NASA · 1 Aug 2025 The agency’s largest interplanetary probe tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results include a detailed image and bode well for the mission at Jupiter’s moon Europa. As it soared past Mars in March, NASA’s Europa...
- What’s Up: August 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 1 Aug 2025 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction and Meteor Mojo Jupiter and Venus shine brightly in the mornings as they appear to graze each other in the sky on the 11th and 12th. The Perseids are washed out by the Moon. Skywatching Highligh...
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Launches to International Space Station NASA · 1 Aug 2025 Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission launched at 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station...
- How Joint NASA-ESA Sea Level Mission Will Help Hurricane Forecasts NASA · 1 Aug 2025 Sentinel-6B will measure sea surface height for nearly all of the world’s ocean, providing important data for information products, including weather and hurricane forecasts. NASA has a long record of monitoring Earth’s...
- CNES Issues Call for Lunar Power Station Prototype European Spaceflight · 1 Aug 2025 The French space agency CNES has initiated a call for the development of a lunar power station prototype intended for terrestrial testing. CNES began work on the Lunar Integrated Shelter for Exploration (LISE) initiative...
- Week in images: 28 July - 1 August 2025 ESA · 1 Aug 2025 Week in images: 28 July - 1 August 2025
- Rocket Report: NASA finally working on depots, Air Force tests new ICBM Ars Technica · 1 Aug 2025 "I didn't expect that we would get to orbit."
- Hubble Surveys Supernova-Rich Spiral NASA · 1 Aug 2025 Rich with detail, the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 1309 shines in this Hubble Space Telescope image.
- SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests ESA · 1 Aug 2025 Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can be used to estimate how much carbon is stored in forests – and a study has improved our understanding of how reliable this proxy is and how long-term da...
- Celebrating 50 years of ESA at Open Days 2025 ESA · 1 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field ESA · 1 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- A supernova-rich spiral ESA · 1 Aug 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Crew-11 Must Wait Another Day, While Duffy Meets With Bakanov SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Aug 2025 Weather prevented Crew-11 from getting off the launch pad today, but they will try again tomorrow. Meanwhile, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy was at the attemted launch and met with
- SpaceX launches West Coast Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink 13-4 mission Spaceflight Now · 31 Jul 2025 Some classified satellites might have hitched a ride with 19 Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX from the company’s West Coast launch site on Thursday.
- Sunrise on Crew-11 Launch Attempt NASA · 31 Jul 2025 The Sun rises on the morning of July 31, 2025, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch was postponed due to an unfavorable weather forecast. Teams are now tar...
- NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope NASA · 31 Jul 2025 Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s inner segment. Along with the observatory’s Solar Array Sun Shield and Deployable Aperture Cover, the panels (togethe...
- The Exploration Company Tests Key Component of Typhoon Rocket Engine European Spaceflight · 31 Jul 2025 The Exploration Company has successfully completed a six-week test campaign of the oxygen-rich preburner for its Typhoon rocket engine. With co-financing from the French space agency CNES, The Exploration Company began w...
- NASA Invites Proposals to Lease Aircraft Hangar in Cleveland NASA · 31 Jul 2025 NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is seeking proposals for the use of its historic aircraft hangar, along with a parking lot, tarmac, and a small neighboring office building. Proposals are due by 1 p.m. EDT on No...
- Wildfires burn in northern Portugal ESA · 31 Jul 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- NASA, SpaceX to launch Crew-11 mission to the ISS NASASpaceflight · 31 Jul 2025 NASA and SpaceX are set for the launch of the 11th operational crew rotation mission…
- Live coverage: Former members of Crew-9, Starliner-1 missions unite to fly to the Space Station Spaceflight Now · 31 Jul 2025 The four members of the SpaceX Crew-11 flight were previously set to fly on different missions before they ended up as a quartet on the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s K...
- Senate Commerce Clears NOAA Nominations SpacePolicyOnline.com · 30 Jul 2025 The Senate Commerce Committee approved the nominations of Neil Jacobs and Taylor Jordan to top positions at NOAA today. The nominations now must be voted on by the full Senate.
- NASA Releases Opportunity to Boost Commercial Space Tech Development NASA · 30 Jul 2025 NASA has released a new proposal opportunity for industry to tap into agency know-how, resources, and expertise. The Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), managed by the Space Technology Mission Directorate, e...
- India safely launches a $1.5 billion satellite for NASA Ars Technica · 30 Jul 2025 "We are at the threshold of fulfilling the immense scientific potential NASA and ISRO envisioned."
- Gilmour’s Eris fails during maiden launch, but positives can be found NASASpaceflight · 30 Jul 2025 The first Australian-built Orbital Rocket just took flight for the first time – but it…
- NASA Tests Epic Solution for Supersonic Parachute Deliveries NASA · 30 Jul 2025 NASA/Lori Losey The best way to solve a mystery is by gathering evidence and building a case. That’s exactly what NASA researchers are doing with a series of research flights aimed at advancing a sensor for supersonic pa...
- NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces NASA · 30 Jul 2025 Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centr...
- NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula NASA · 30 Jul 2025 Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-intermediate mass star late in its life, can come in all shapes and sizes....
- Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula ESA · 30 Jul 2025 More than one star contributes to the irregular shape of NGC 6072 – Webb’s newest look at this planetary nebula in the near- and mid-infrared shows what may appear as a very messy scene resembling splattered paint. Howev...
- Thales Alenia Space Ships Key Component for Mars Sample Return Mission European Spaceflight · 30 Jul 2025 Thales Alenia Space has shipped the Orbit Insertion Module for the European Space Agency’s Earth Return Orbiter from its facilities in Turin to Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, UK. As part of its contribution to th...