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- Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object Ars Technica · 2 Jul 2025 The object has a very high eccentricity.
- This is not the time to cut space-enabled medical research SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2025 Research that leverages space to develop treatments for blindness, cancer, and Parkinson’s disease is jeopardized by the $6.1 billion NASA budget cuts recently announced for 2026 by President Trump. The cuts to the Inter...
- Space Force to fund development of Atomic-6 solar power for satellites SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2025 WASHINGTON — Composite materials startup Atomic-6 secured a $2 million agreement with the U.S. Space Force to mature its solar power array for military satellite applications, the company announced July 2. Based in Marie...
- MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission highlights ESA · 2 Jul 2025 Two meteorological missions – Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission – have launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.
- Boeing ships more O3b mPower satellites with fixes SES might no longer need SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2025 Boeing has shipped two more O3b mPower broadband satellites to SES with hardware fixes the operator might no longer need thanks to a surprising assist from solar storms.
- Prometheus fires up once again (and again) ESA · 2 Jul 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Brave for space ESA · 2 Jul 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4586-4587: Straight Drive, Strategic Science NASA · 2 Jul 2025 Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Our weekend drive placed Curiosity exactly where we had hoped: on lighter-toned, resistant...
- An Update From the 2025 Mars 2020 Science Team Meeting NASA · 2 Jul 2025 A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Mars 2020 Science Team Meeting Written by Katie Stack Morgan, Mars 2020 Acting Project Scientist The Mars 2020 Science Team gathered for a week in June to discuss recent science res...
- Falcon 9 launches European weather satellite SpaceNews · 2 Jul 2025 A Falcon 9 launched a European satellite July 1 with a dual mission to collect weather data and monitor atmospheric pollution.
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4584 – 4585: Just a Small Bump NASA · 1 Jul 2025 Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, June 27, 2025 We weren’t able to unstow Curiosity’s robotic arm on Wednesday because of some potential...
- MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 launch highlights ESA · 1 Jul 2025 Two meteorological missions – Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission – have launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.
- LeoLabs secures U.S. military funding for missile-tracking mobile radar SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2025 The funding was awarded through a Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) agreement
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch its 500th Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now · 1 Jul 2025 The Starlink 10-25 mission will also set a new reuse milestone for the first stage booster, which is flying for a record-setting 29th time. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 1:29...
- CAPSTONE™ Celebrates Three Years of Groundbreaking Achievements in Lunar Navigation and Autonomy SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2025 IRVINE, Calif. – July 1, 2025 – CAPSTONE™ (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment), owned and operated by Advanced Space, proudly celebrates its three-year anniversary. Ser...
- MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to change how we see our atmosphere ESA · 1 Jul 2025 The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission lifted off at 23:04 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July. The satellite is now on its way to monitor Earth’s...
- MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 launch from Florida ESA · 1 Jul 2025 Two meteorological missions – Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission – have launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.
- NASA Missions Help Explain, Predict Severity of Solar Storms NASA · 1 Jul 2025 An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in the U.S. and taking the world by surprise. Two days earlier, the Sun blasted a coronal mass eject...
- MethaneSAT fails in orbit SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2025 A privately funded satellite designed to measure methane emissions has failed after only a little more than a year in orbit.
- Pódcast en español de la NASA estrena su tercera temporada NASA · 1 Jul 2025 Read this release in English here. La NASA estrenó el martes el primer episodio de la tercera temporada de Universo curioso de la NASA, el único pódcast en español de la agencia. Los episodios se centran en algunas de la...
- NASA’s Spanish-language Podcast Debuts Third Season NASA · 1 Jul 2025 Lee esta nota en español aquí. NASA released the first episode Tuesday of its third season of Universo curioso de la NASA, the agency’s only Spanish-language podcast. Episodes focus on some of NASA’s top missions and res...
- Trump administration moves to tighten the noose around NASA science missions Ars Technica · 1 Jul 2025 "We would be turning off some fabulous missions that are doing extremely well."
- Planet pushes into European market, announces new agreement with Germany SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2025 Planet Labs won a multi-year $280 million agreement funded by the German government to supply satellite imagery and intelligence
- NASA Assigns Astronaut Anil Menon to First Space Station Mission NASA · 1 Jul 2025 NASA astronaut Anil Menon will embark on his first mission to the International Space Station, serving as a flight engineer and Expedition 75 crew member. Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in...
- Live coverage: EUMETSAT, ESA to launch combo MTG-S1, Sentinel-4 satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 1 Jul 2025 The dual mission satellite will help better monitor both weather patterns as well as air quality over Europe and North Africa. SpaceX is targeting liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, July 1, at 5:03 p.m. EDT (2103...
- Building the future of SpaceNews SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2025 Since 1989, SpaceNews has been committed to delivering trusted, independent journalism that keeps the global space industry informed, connected and ahead of the curve. And just as the space business has evolved during th...
- NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-11 Launch to Space Station NASA · 1 Jul 2025 Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 11th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. NASA’s Space...
- NASA Hosts ISRO Officials at Johnson, Kennedy NASA · 1 Jul 2025 NASA astronaut Raja Chari and Dr. V. Narayanan, chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), interact outside the Orion spacecraft mockup at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Narayanan and Indian official...
- Sidereus Space Dynamics Nears Completion of EOS Test Stand European Spaceflight · 1 Jul 2025 Italian rocket builder Sidereus Space Dynamics has announced that it is nearing completion of its Solaris Test Bench, which will be used for key testing of its EOS launch system before its inaugural flight. Sidereus Spac...
- A New Alloy is Enabling Ultra-Stable Structures Needed for Exoplanet Discovery NASA · 1 Jul 2025 A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space telescopes that future NASA missions require to search for habitable worlds. One of the goals of...
- Introduction of EU Space Act marks start of debate on regulations SpaceNews · 1 Jul 2025 The European Union has unveiled a long-anticipated space law, but details of how its space sustainability and other provisions will be implemented could take years to work out.
- Southern Europe’s land and sea sizzles ESA · 1 Jul 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Ames Science Directorate’s Stars of the Month: July 2025 NASA · 1 Jul 2025 The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Sigrid Reinsch, Lori Munar, Kevin Sims, and Matthew Fladeland. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the en...
- Tuesday Telescope: A howling wolf in the night sky Ars Technica · 1 Jul 2025 "Ever since I saw it for the first time, it's been high on my list."
- A pinch of France in space ESA · 1 Jul 2025 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot selected the French chef Anne-Sophie Pic to develop the bonus food she will bring to the International Space Station during her mission εpsilon.
- Liberatech Space to offer custom Earth-observation products for commodity, energy and environmental monitoring SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – While working in finance years ago, Yasunori Yamazaki traveled to mines to conduct due diligence. Later, as Axelspace chief business officer and Astroscale head of brand management, […]
- Cambrian Works Announces Upcoming GigRouter Launch to the International Space Station SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2025 LOS GATOS, CA– Cambrian Works, an innovator in technological connections between Earth and space, is proud to announce their GigRouter flight unit is ready for launch aboard Aegis Aerospace’s MISSE-21 […]
- NASA Awards Electrical Utility Services Contract for Kennedy NASA · 30 Jun 2025 NASA has awarded a task order to Florida Power and Light of Juno Beach, Florida, to provide electric distribution utility service at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is a fixed-price task order with an...
- NOAA budget proposal seeks to cancel TraCSS SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2025 The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.
- France backs Skynopy’s global expansion with plans for 100+ ground antennas SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2025 France’s space agency helped local startup Skynopy raise nearly $18 million to rapidly grow its ground station network amid a broader national push to boost financial support for the industry.