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- NASA Welcomes Community, Astronauts to Marshall’s 65th Anniversary Celebration July 19 NASA · 17 Jun 2025 NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center invites the community to help celebrate the center’s 65th anniversary during a free public event noon to 5 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 19, at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama....
- CEOs push back on proposed cuts to commercial satellite imaging programs SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2025 The Trump administration’s proposal would cut electro-optical imagery funding and eliminate funding entirely for the acquisition of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery
- From Space to Soil: How NASA Sees Forests NASA · 17 Jun 2025 NASA uses satellite lidar technology to study Earth’s forests, key carbon sinks.
- NASA Engineers Simulate Lunar Lighting for Artemis III Moon Landing NASA · 17 Jun 2025 Better understanding the lunar lighting environment will help NASA prepare astronauts for the harsh environment Artemis III Moonwalkers will experience on their mission. NASA’s Artemis III mission will build on earlier t...
- Training for the Moo(n) NASA · 17 Jun 2025 A curious cow watches as NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate Rubins perform a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024, in preparation for NASA’s historic Artemis III...
- ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day Two Highlights ESA · 17 Jun 2025 The beginning of the industrial development of LISA was among the highlights for the European Space Agency on the second day of the International Paris Air Show.
- How ATMOS Space Cargo is shaping Europe’s spaceflight future through reentry capsules NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2025 As space-based research and manufacturing ramp up, a market is emerging for returning payloads to…
- CNES Taps ArianeGroup to Lead Reusable Rocket Engine Project European Spaceflight · 17 Jun 2025 The French space agency CNES announced that it had selected ArianeGroup to lead a project to develop a high-thrust reusable rocket engine. On 17 June, the agency announced the launch of its ASTRE (Advanced Staged-Combust...
- NASA, German Aerospace Center to Expand Artemis Campaign Cooperation NASA · 17 Jun 2025 While attending the Paris Air Show June 16, NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro signed an agreement with DLR (German Aerospace Center, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) to continue a partnership in space me...
- A New Hybrid System Could Enable Spacecraft Attitude Control Systems to Perform Scientific Measurements NASA · 17 Jun 2025 A NASA-sponsored team is creating a new approach to measure magnetic fields by developing a new system that can both take scientific measurements and provide spacecraft attitude control functions. This new system is smal...
- A Researcher’s Guide to: Microgravity Materials Research NASA · 17 Jun 2025 June 2025 Edition Most materials are formed from a partially or totally fluid sample, and the transport of heat and mass from the fluid into the solid during solidification inherently influences the formation of the mate...
- Desert Works Propulsion Successfully Tests Prototype Cathodes for Turion Space TIE-20 Thruster SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2025 New Mexico, June 17, 2025 — Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) has successfully completed initial testing of multiple prototype discharge and neutralizer cathodes developed for Turion Space Corp.’s TIE-20 ion thruster […]
- The Exploration Company outlines plans for human spaceflight SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2025 European startup The Exploration Company, which is developing a cargo vehicle with a key test flight launching within days, says it has long-term plans to fly people as well.
- Driven by a Dream: Farah Al Fulfulee’s Quest to Reach the Stars NASA · 17 Jun 2025 Farah Al Fulfulee was just four years old when she started climbing onto the roof of her family’s house in Iraq to gaze at the stars. “It scared me how vast and quiet the sky was, but it made me very curious. I grew a de...
- Construction of ESA’s ambitious LISA mission begins ESA · 17 Jun 2025 Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) and OHB System AG sealed their agreement to build ESA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, LISA. A bold scientific enterprise, the triple-spacecraft mission will be the first space...
- China conducts pad abort test for crew spacecraft, advancing moon landing plans SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2025 China carried out a successful pad abort test early Tuesday for its next-generation crew spacecraft for moon and low Earth orbit missions.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 16 Jun 2025 The Starlink 15-9 mission will be the 200th orbital launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East to date. SpaceX is targeting liftoff of its Falcon 9 rocket at 8:36 p.m. PDT (11:36 p.m. EDT, 0336 UTC).
- Explore Our Dynamic Sun! NASA · 16 Jun 2025 from NASA’s Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific/Night Sky Network Have you ever wondered about what the Sun is made of? Or why do you get sunburned on even cloud...
- FCC highlights national security role in satellite licensing reforms SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 'A strong national defense very much motivates the work that we’re doing at the FCC'
- NASA Employees Named 2025 Service to America Medals Honorees NASA · 16 Jun 2025 Two NASA employees are being honored as part of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, also known as the Sammies, recognizing outstanding federal employees who are addressing many of our country’s greatest chall...
- Launch Roundup: Missions to launch from the U.S., China, Japan, and Russia NASASpaceflight · 16 Jun 2025 On the heels of a busy launch week, this week will see even more launches…
- Hubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene NASA · 16 Jun 2025 This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, is situated 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Hubble captured this im...
- ESA Director Says Europe Has the Capabilities to Replace NASA Contributions European Spaceflight · 16 Jun 2025 The European Space Agency’s Director of Science, Carole Mundell, has explained that Europe has the technical capabilities to replace NASA contributions to its missions should the White House go ahead with budget cuts. In...
- NASA Announces Winners of 2025 Student Launch Competition NASA · 16 Jun 2025 By Beth Ridgeway NASA’s Student Launch competition celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 4, just north of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, bringing together more than 980 middle school, high s...
- NASA Seeks Commercial Feedback on Space Communication Solutions NASA · 16 Jun 2025 NASA is seeking information from U.S. and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for eme...
- Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse ESA · 16 Jun 2025 Today, the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the solar corona. The mission’s two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft thanks to a suite of onboard...
- Proba-3’s first artificial solar eclipse ESA · 16 Jun 2025 Today, the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere – the solar corona. The mission’s two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft thanks to a suite of onboard...
- ESA-CNES press conference at Le Bourget Paris Air Show 2025 ESA · 16 Jun 2025 Watch the replay of the ESA-CNES press conference held at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 16 June 2025, with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, and Lionel Suchet, Executive Vice President of CNES.
- First artificial solar eclipse in space ESA · 16 Jun 2025 Proba-3 artificially created what is normally a rare natural phenomenon: a total solar eclipse.
- China lays foundation for cislunar infrastructure with spacecraft in novel lunar orbits SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 China has sent several small spacecraft into specialized lunar and cislunar orbits to test communications, navigation and orbital dynamics for planned Earth-moon infrastructure.
- Astroscale secures UK defense contract for space weather, object-tracking mission SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 Astroscale, the space junk removal venture, announced a British government contract June 16 worth about $7 million to deploy a pair of cubesats in 2027 to monitor space weather while tracking other objects in low Earth o...
- An international commission to protect space cultural heritage on the moon is needed now SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 How can heritage in space — the very objects and events that tell the story of humanity becoming a spacefaring civilization, such as Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s bootprints, India’s […]
- BlackSky unveils wide-area imaging satellite SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 The new wide-area imaging satellite is slated for launch in 2027 and will complement BlackSky’s existing fleet
- ESA teams up with Leonardo against satnav jamming ESA · 16 Jun 2025 Press Release N° 36–2025
- A Modular Future for Earth Observation: How Domino-E is Unlocking Innovation, Sovereignty, and Access SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 Imagine a world where Earth observation (EO) is not restricted by complex systems, high costs, or remote institutions. Instead, EO is modular, secure, and sovereign, and is designed to facilitate […]
- The administration’s anti-consensus Mars plan will fail SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 The White House’s FY 2026 budget request for NASA proposes a radical shift in the agency’s direction, proposing extinction-level cuts to space science, severe cuts in other program areas and […]
- Members of Congress want White House to quickly nominate new NASA administrator SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 Members of the House and Senate called in the White House to promptly offer a new candidate for NASA administrator after the surprise withdrawal of Jared Isaacman’s nomination.
- Johnson’s Jason Foster Recognized for New Technology Reporting Record NASA · 16 Jun 2025 Heading into a recent staff meeting for Johnson Space Center’s Business Development & Technology Integration Office, Jason Foster anticipated a typical agenda of team updates and discussion. He did not expect an announce...
- Safeguarding Europe’s role in Solar System Internet: First Stop, the Moon ESA · 16 Jun 2025 ESA is taking a significant step towards realising the Solar System Internet (SSI) - an ambitious vision made possible through global collaboration. Earlier this year, ESA launched a concurrent design activity for a Sola...
- China’s Cangyu plans mixed-orbit commercial data relay satellite system SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 Private firm Cangyu Space Technology is planning a commercial data relay constellation using a novel mix of orbits, signaling continued expansion of China’s commercial ecosystem.