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- Ursa Major secures $32.9 million contract to supply engines for U.S. military hypersonic tests SpaceNews · 16 Jun 2025 Ursa Major will deliver an upgraded variant of its Hadley engine for use in Stratolaunch’s reusable hypersonic vehicle called Talon-A.
- Technology 2040 ESA · 15 Jun 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Solar Orbiter makes first ever observations of Sun’s south pole, reveals messy magnetic field NASASpaceflight · 15 Jun 2025 Following a flyby of Venus in February that successfully increased its orbital inclination around the…
- Live coverage: ULA to launch Atlas 5 rocket with 2nd batch of Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon Spaceflight Now · 15 Jun 2025 The 27 Kuiper satellites will head to low Earth orbit on an Atlas 5 rocket flying in a 551 configuration, using five solid rocket boosters. ULA is targeting liftoff at 1:25 p.m. EDT (1725 UTC) on Monday, June 16.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy June 15-21, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 15 Jun 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of June 15-21, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House is in recess this week.
- ESA moving ahead with ‘resilience from space’ satellite imaging program SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2025 The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans for the first phase of an Earth observation satellite system that will have both civil and military uses.
- NASA sets new potential launch date for Ax-4 mission to ISS SpaceNews · 15 Jun 2025 NASA says a private astronaut mission could launch to the ISS as soon as June 19 as it works to understand an air leak on the station's Russian segment.
- NASA Confirming Success of ISS Leak Repairs Before Finalizing Ax-4 Launch Date SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Jun 2025 NASA and Axiom Space are looking at Thursday, June 19, for the launch of Axiom-4 as NASA continues to evaluate the apparent success of recent repairs in the Russian segment
- China launches new seismo-electromagnetic satellite with European partners SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2025 China launched a second collaborative seismo-electromagnetic satellite early Saturday, aimed at detecting electromagnetic precursors to natural disasters such as earthquakes.
- ESA studying impacts of proposed NASA budget cuts SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2025 The European Space Agency is weighing options for programs affected by proposed major budget cuts at NASA as it also seeks to expand cooperation with other nations.
- American Pacific Corporation Finalizes $100 Million Capacity Expansion with Parent Company Approval SpaceNews · 14 Jun 2025 Strategic Investment to Support Critical U.S. and Allied Solid Rocket Motor and Space Launch Programs Cedar City, Utah – June 11, 2025 American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), a leading supplier of […]
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4568-4569: A Close Look at the Altadena Drill Hole and Tailings NASA · 13 Jun 2025 Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 As we near the end of our Altadena drill campaign, Curiosity continued he...
- Starship point-to-point: a potential future application or a capability flex? NASASpaceflight · 13 Jun 2025 Officially announced by SpaceX as a future goal of Starship, Point-to-Point proposes utilizing its rapidly…
- NASA, DoD Practice Abort Scenarios Ahead of Artemis II Moon Mission NASA · 13 Jun 2025 NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) teamed up June 11 and 12 to simulate emergency procedures they would use to rescue the Artemis II crew in the event of a launch emergency. The simulations, which took place off th...
- AST SpaceMobile reaches deal to bankroll Ligado’s Viasat settlement SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2025 AST SpaceMobile has reached a deal enabling bankrupt satellite operator Ligado Networks to pay the more than $500 million it owes Viasat, in exchange for L-band spectrum to boost its planned direct-to-smartphone services...
- “Cosmic Dawn” Screening at Greenbelt Cinema NASA · 13 Jun 2025 Attendees line up to enter the theater for a screening of the new NASA+ documentary “Cosmic Dawn: The Untold Story of the James Webb Space Telescope,” Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Greenbelt Cinema in Greenbelt, Maryl...
- There’s another leak on the ISS, but NASA is not saying much about it Ars Technica · 13 Jun 2025 A crew mission has been delayed until next Wednesday at the earliest.
- “The Starlink Effect”: NGSO Services to Dominate Maritime Satellite Communications Market SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2025 NGSO solutions positioned to capture 97% market share by 2034, driven by Starlink growth
- Germany’s POLARIS Spaceplanes Secures €5.4M in New Funding European Spaceflight · 13 Jun 2025 POLARIS Spaceplanes has secured €5.4 million in new funding through an oversubscribed top-up to its recent seed round. Founded in 2019, POLARIS Spaceplanes is developing a multipurpose spaceplane and hypersonic transport...
- Week in images: 09-13 June 2025 ESA · 13 Jun 2025 Week in images: 09-13 June 2025
- Is AI the next frontier in spacecraft design, or just a shiny buzzword? SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2025 There is huge promise in AI to transform spacecraft design. From near real-time performance calculations that enable broader design space exploration, to generative algorithms using mission requirements as inputs to […]
- ESA at Le Bourget 2025 - Day One Highlights ESA · 13 Jun 2025 The European Space Agency has begun the 55th International Paris Air Show by unveiling the first images from the Proba-3 spacecraft.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 13 Jun 2025 The Starlink 12-26 mission represents the 490th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. SpaceX is targeting a liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:21 a.m. EDT (1521 UTC).
- Hubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene NASA · 13 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...
- CAS Space performs Kinetica-2 first stage hot fire test ahead of first launch and cargo demo SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2025 China’s CAS Space completed a hot fire test of its Kinetica-2 rocket’s first stage, targeting a maiden orbital launch later this year.
- ESA at Le Bourget 2025 ESA · 13 Jun 2025 ESA at Le Bourget 2025
- Earth from Space: East Kalimantan, Borneo ESA · 13 Jun 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Belgian endive, meatballs and microgravity ESA · 13 Jun 2025 When ESA astronaut Raphaël Liégeois flies to the International Space Station, he will carry with him not only scientific experiments and mission objectives, but also a comforting memory of home in the form of two beloved...
- French SSA company Look Up raises 50 million euros SpaceNews · 13 Jun 2025 Look Up, a French space situational awareness company, has raised nearly 50 million euros ($57.6 million) to continue development of a radar network to track space objects.
- Europe Looks to Space Resilience, Autonomy Amid Global Changes SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Jun 2025 The European Union and the European Space Agency are emphasizing the need for European readiness to use and protect space assets and ensure autonomy for access to space as global
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 12 Jun 2025 The Starlink 15-6 mission will add another 26 satellites into SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Teams are targeting liftoff from pad 4E at 6:54 p.m. PDT (9:54 p.m. EDT, 0154 UTC).
- House appropriators advance defense bill, slam White House for budget delay SpaceNews · 12 Jun 2025 The Space Force would receive $29 billion under the HAC-D bill
- NuSTAR Coloring Pages NASA · 12 Jun 2025 A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spacecraft (PNG) Jun 12, 2025 PNG (187.75 KB) NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spacecraft (PDF) Jun 12, 2025 PDF (485.00 KB) A coloring page for NASA’s Nu...
- Logos nets $50 million to advance plans for more than 4,000 broadband satellites SpaceNews · 12 Jun 2025 Logos Space Services has raised $50 million to advance engineering plans for more than 4,000 broadband satellites, the startup founded by a former Google executive and NASA project manager announced June 12.
- NASA indefinitely delays private astronaut mission, citing air leak in Russian module SpaceNews · 12 Jun 2025 NASA and Axiom Space are indefinitely delaying a private astronaut mission to the International Space Station because of an air leak in a Russian module.
- What might have been at Jared Isaacman’s NASA Ars Technica · 12 Jun 2025 "I was very disappointed, especially because it was so close to confirmation."
- NASA’s SLS Rocket: Booster Separation Motors NASA · 12 Jun 2025 NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters are the largest, most powerful solid propellant boosters to ever fly. Standing 17 stories tall and burning approximately six tons of propellant every second, each bo...
- The Exploration Company Launches Mission Possible Recovery Vessel European Spaceflight · 12 Jun 2025 European space logistics startup The Exploration Company has announced that its recovery vessel, Makushin Bay, departed Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on 10 June. The vessel will be used to recover the company’s Mission Possible...
- Far Out NASA · 12 Jun 2025 Pismis 24, the star cluster seen here in an image released on Dec. 11, 2006, lies within the much larger emission nebula called NGC 6357, located about 8,000 light-years from Earth. The brightest object in the picture wa...
- NASA’s Hurricane Science, Tech, Data Help American Communities NASA · 12 Jun 2025 With hurricane season underway, NASA is gearing up to produce cutting-edge research to bolster the nation’s readiness and response to severe weather.