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- Trump pulls Isaacman nomination for space. Source: “NASA is f****ed” Ars Technica · 31 May 2025 "NASA's budget request is just a going-out-of-business mode" without Isaacman.
- President Trump withdraws Isaacman nomination for NASA Administrator days before Senate confirmation vote Spaceflight Now · 31 May 2025 Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur who flew to space twice as a commercial astronaut, was nominated for the position in early December and was voted favorably out of committee in late April. A replacement hasn’t been named.
- White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA SpaceNews · 31 May 2025 The White House is withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of NASA, throwing an agency already reeling from proposed massive budget cuts into further disarray.
- Jared Isaacman Out as NASA Administrator Nominee SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 May 2025 Today the White House announced it is withdrawing Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA Administrator. The reason given is that the Administrator must be “in complete alignment with President Trump’s
- Blue Origin performs 12th crewed New Shepard suborbital flight SpaceNews · 31 May 2025 Blue Origin sent six people to space on a suborbital spaceflight May 31 that the company’s chief executive says is both a good business and a way to test technology.
- Live coverage: West Coast Falcon 9 to launch 27 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service Spaceflight Now · 31 May 2025 The mission will the 25th flight of the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number 1071. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:10 p.m. PDT (4:10 p.m. EDT, 2010 UTC).
- NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands SpaceNews · 30 May 2025 NASA released more details about its proposed fiscal year 2026 budget May 30, canceling dozens of science missions and cutting thousands of jobs.
- SpaceX launches latest GPS III satellite for U.S. military SpaceNews · 30 May 2025 GPS III SV-08, built by Lockheed Martin, is the eighth of 10 GPS III spacecraft.
- The Future of the Starship Program, Block 3 and Mars NASASpaceflight · 30 May 2025 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave a talk to employees inside the Starfactory, laying out the…
- Skepticism lingers about cost and business case for IRIS² SpaceNews · 30 May 2025 Despite a surge of interest in Europe in establishing autonomy in space systems, there remains skepticism that one of the biggest efforts along those lines.
- Sols 4554–4555: Let’s Try That One Again… NASA · 30 May 2025 Written by Abigail Fraeman, Planetary Geologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 We came in early this morning and learned that part of Tuesday’s plan didn’t execute on Mar...
- NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Fifth Anniversary NASA · 30 May 2025 President Donald Trump speaks inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission on May 30, 2020. The mission was the first crewed launch...
- Week in images: 26-30 May 2025 ESA · 30 May 2025 Week in images: 26-30 May 2025
- When Earth fails, space responds SpaceNews · 30 May 2025 On April 28, Spain experienced one of the most extensive power outages in recent memory. Millions of citizens and businesses were suddenly cut off, revealing how unprepared even developed nations […]
- Rocket Report: Northrop backs Firefly and names its rocket; Xodiac will fly no more Ars Technica · 30 May 2025 "This is a design change that I really had to push the team very hard to do."
- University of Colorado, Boulder to announce new space policy center SpaceNews · 30 May 2025 The University of Colorado, Boulder, is preparing to announce the establishment of the Colorado Space Policy Center (CSPC).
- Hubble Spies Paired Pinwheel on Its Own NASA · 30 May 2025 A single member of a galaxy pair takes centerstage in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. This beautiful spiral galaxy is NGC 3507, which is situated about 46 million light-years away in the constellation Leo (th...
- China’s Astronstone raises early funding for stainless steel rocket with “chopstick” recovery SpaceNews · 30 May 2025 Astronstone, one of China’s newest commercial launch startups, has raised early-stage funding for a stainless steel, reusable launch vehicle modeled on SpaceX’s Starship system.
- June’s Night Sky Notes: Seasons of the Solar System NASA · 30 May 2025 by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Here on Earth, we undergo a changing of seasons every three months. But what about the rest of the Solar System? What does a sunny day on Mars look like? How long...
- Final call: ESA’s Junior Professional Programme – your portal to space ESA · 30 May 2025 The deadline to apply for ESA’s Junior Professional Programme (JPP) is fast approaching, with applications closing on 5 June. The JPP is a unique opportunity for recent graduates and early-career professionals to gain ha...
- Earth from Space: Cloud-free Iceland ESA · 30 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Elevating Europe in space for fifty years ESA · 30 May 2025 For half a century, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been serving Europe as its space agency and inspiring its citizens. On 30 May 1975, the ESA Convention was signed by 10 founding Member States and has since now exp...
- CNES Issues Call for In-Orbit Refuelling Services Demonstration European Spaceflight · 30 May 2025 On 26 May, the French space agency CNES issued a call for proposals for the development of an in-orbit demonstration of the storage and refuelling of cryogenic propellants. The CRYOSTARS (CRYOgenic Storage and Transfer f...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch GPS III-7 mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 30 May 2025 The mission represents a short turnaround time for a national security mission, launching just three months after getting the call up from the government. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at 1:23 p.m. EDT (1723 UT...
- Musk Still Hoping for First Starship to Mars Next Year SpacePolicyOnline.com · 30 May 2025 Undeterred by the third Starship RUD in a row two days ago, Elon Musk remains optimistic about sending an uncrewed Starship to Mars at the end of next year and
- Sol 4553: Back to the Boxwork! NASA · 30 May 2025 Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Tuesday, May 27, 2005 We return to planning today after a successful long weekend and about 42 meters of drive distance (a...
- A Dust Devil Photobombs Perseverance! NASA · 30 May 2025 Written by Athanasios Klidaras, Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University, and Megan Kennedy Wu, Senior Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems To celebrate her 1,500th Martian day (“Sol”) exploring the r...
- With strategic acquisitions, Rocket Lab pursues prime defense contractor status SpaceNews · 29 May 2025 “We’re not done,” Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck told SpaceNews
- Cape Canaveral Spaceport Master Plan work to ramp up in summer 2025 Spaceflight Now · 29 May 2025 The reevaluation work is designed to enable NASA and the U.S. Space Force to meet their mission requirements while helping to foster commercial and government tenant growth.
- China launches classified Shijan-26 satellite with Long March 4B rocket SpaceNews · 29 May 2025 China carried out its ninth launch of the month early Thursday, sending the secretive Shijian-26 spacecraft into orbit.
- NASA Tech Gives Treadmill Users a ‘Boost’ NASA · 29 May 2025 Creators of the original antigravity treadmill continue to advance technology with new company.
- 45 Years Ago: NASA Announces Ninth Astronaut Group NASA · 29 May 2025 Nearly all of NASA’s ninth class of astronaut candidates, along with two European trainees, poses for photos in the briefing room in the public affairs facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 7, 1980....
- NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain NASA · 29 May 2025 Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future cr...
- Northrop invests $50 million into Firefly for launch vehicle development SpaceNews · 29 May 2025 Northrop Grumman is investing $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further development of a medium-lift launch vehicle with a new name.
- New report details China’s push to dominate artificial intelligence SpaceNews · 29 May 2025 At the core of Beijing's campaign are advanced data centers, on Earth and in orbit
- Webinar: Geospatial Intelligence – New Data to Solutions SpaceNews · 29 May 2025 Join us on May 6 for a timely discussion on those challenging Starlink and the push for multi-orbit and multi-operator solutions.
- Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations NASA · 29 May 2025 Teams responsible for preparing and launching Artemis II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set to begin a series of integrated tests to get ready for the mission. With the upper stage of the agency’s SLS (Spa...
- NASA’s MAVEN Makes First Observation of Atmospheric Sputtering at Mars NASA · 29 May 2025 After a decade of searching, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile Evolution) mission has, for the first time, reported a direct observation of an elusive atmospheric escape process called sputtering that could help ans...
- NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible Booms NASA · 29 May 2025 Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in space in such a way that gravity helps, rather than hinders, the process....
- The power of daily Earth imaging SpaceNews · 29 May 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds Ashley Johnson, President and CFO of Planet, explains the company's ambitious goal to make global change visible, accessible and actionable.