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- Earth from Space: Alakol, the multicoloured lake ESA · 23 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- House Approves $25 Billion for Golden Dome, But Saltzman Worries About Resources SpacePolicyOnline.com · 23 May 2025 One day after President Trump received a draft plan for the Golden Dome missile defense system, the House passed the reconciliation bill that includes the first tranche of funding, $25
- The Pentagon seems to be fed up with ULA’s rocket delays Ars Technica · 22 May 2025 "The ULA Vulcan program has performed unsatisfactorily this past year."
- NASA Supports Artemis Accords Signatories Advancing Exploration NASA · 22 May 2025 The United States participated in an international Artemis Accords workshop May 21-22 to advance the safe and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Hosted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which was rep...
- Dawn Aerospace begins sales of Aurora suborbital spaceplane SpaceNews · 22 May 2025 Dawn Aerospace announced May 22 that it has started taking orders for an uncrewed spaceplane capable of taking small payloads on suborbital flights.
- Starship program at critical moment as Flight 9 and infrastructure work in focus NASASpaceflight · 22 May 2025 The Starship program is entering a critical period as Flight 9 preparations continue for a…
- FAA provides final approval for next Starship launch SpaceNews · 22 May 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration has given final approval to SpaceX for the next Starship launch, now scheduled for no earlier than next week.
- NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Washington State NASA · 22 May 2025 NASA astronaut and Spokane, Washington, native Anne McClain will participate in an event with students from the Mobius Discovery Center located in her hometown. McClain will answer prerecorded questions submitted by stud...
- Sols 4547-4548: Taking in the View After a Long Drive NASA · 22 May 2025 Written by Alex Innanen, Atmospheric Scientist at York University Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Monday’s single-sol plan included a marathon 45-meter drive (about 148 feet), which put us in position for tw...
- Preflight Flower NASA · 22 May 2025 A NASA photographer took this picture of a flower called Borshchov’s tulip near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 7, 2025, ahead of NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov a...
- Percolating Clues: NASA Models New Way to Build Planetary Cores NASA · 22 May 2025 A new NASA study reveals a surprising way planetary cores may have formed—one that could reshape how scientists understand the early evolution of rocky planets like Mars. Conducted by a team of early-career scientists an...
- NASA’s Moffett Federal Airfield Hosts Boeing Digital Taxi Tests NASA · 22 May 2025 New technology tested by an industry partner at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley could improve how commercial planes taxi to and from gates to runways, making operations safer and more efficient...
- Sol 4546: Martian Jenga NASA · 22 May 2025 Written by Michelle Minitti, Planetary Geologist at Framework Earth planning date: Monday, May 19, 2025 Have you ever played the game Jenga, where you remove one wooden block from a stack, gently place it on another part...
- NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Sets Sights on Titan’s Mysteries NASA · 22 May 2025 When it descends through the thick golden haze on Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft will find eerily familiar terrain. Dunes wrap around Titan’s equator. Clouds drift across its skies. Rain drizzles. River...
- Winners Announced in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition NASA · 22 May 2025 A team from South Dakota State University, with their project titled “Soil Testing and Plant Leaf Extraction Drone” took first place at the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, which challenged student teams to...
- Pentagon boosts budget for Palantir’s AI software in major expansion of Project Maven SpaceNews · 22 May 2025 DoD increases contract ceiling to $1.3 billion as artificial intelligence transforms battlefield targeting
- ESA seeks funding for ‘security and resilience’ satellite program SpaceNews · 22 May 2025 The European Space Agency will request funding from member states for an Earth observation satellite system for security applications, blurring the line between its traditional civil focus and defense work.
- PiLogic raises $4 million for bespoke satellite AI models SpaceNews · 22 May 2025 Californian software startup PiLogic announced $4 million in seed funding May 22 to develop satellite diagnostics and other artificial intelligence tools tailored for space applications.
- Navigate revisions to laws on hazardous chemicals in the EU ESA · 22 May 2025 Changes to regulations and processes will introduce new restrictions on the use of hazardous chemicals in the EU. These could impact space programmes, the space sector and its supply chains – PFAS, chromates and the REAC...
- Connecting GEOINT innovation to the front lines SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 This is a bonus edition of Space Minds by SpaceNews. Our guest today is Devin Brande, Director, Commercial Operations, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- Blue Origin updates work on ‘transporter’ for Blue Moon lunar lander SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 Blue Origin revealed new details about its development of an Artemis lunar lander as the company nears the first launch of a smaller lander.
- Ursa, University of Illinois and Palantir win Luno A contracts SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 ST. LOUIS — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced Luno A awards May 21 to Palantir Technologies, the University of Illinois and Ursa Space Systems at the GEOINT Symposium 2025. Through […]
- NASA Knows: What is Lunar Regolith? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 21 May 2025 This article is for students grades 5-8. The surface of the Moon is covered in a thick layer of boulders, rocks, and dust. This dusty, rocky layer is called lunar regolith. It was created a long time ago when meteorites...
- Space Force and NGA move to end turf disputes with new intelligence agreement SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 'We signed a piece of paper that explains the roles and responsibilities of each organization'
- NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time NASA · 21 May 2025 In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by...
- Straight talk from GEOINT: Keith Masback on the road ahead SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 This is a bonus edition of Space Minds by SpaceNews. Our guest today is Keith Masback, Principal Consultant of Plum Run, LLC.
- AI could deliver insights when paired with (the right) humans SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 ST. LOUIS – Artificial intelligence combined with human insight promises to transform geospatial intelligence, experts said at the GEOINT Symposium 2025. But it will require standards, data verification and monitoring […...
- Another Milestone for X-59 NASA · 21 May 2025 NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert – all without ever leaving th...
- How Big is Space? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode: 61 NASA · 21 May 2025 How big is space? Space is really big. Thinking about our solar system, let’s imagine you could get in a car and drive to Pluto at highway speeds. It would take you about 6,000 years to get there. When we start to think...
- Devil’s in Details in Selfie Taken by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover NASA · 21 May 2025 The rover took the image — its fifth since landing in February 2021 — between stops investigating the Martian surface. A Martian dust devil photobombed NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover as it took a selfie on May 10 to mark...
- Satellites take frontline role in maritime security SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 'In maritime domain awareness, timeliness is often the deciding factor between actionable insight and stale data'
- Discovery Alert: A Possible Perpendicular Planet NASA · 21 May 2025 The Discovery A newly discovered planetary system, informally known as 2M1510, is among the strangest ever found. An apparent planet traces out an orbit that carries it far over the poles of two brown dwarfs. This pair o...
- Satellite startups race to enhance wildfire detection and response SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 Constellations aim to bridge gap between space-based monitoring and ground-level firefighting efforts
- Balancing progress and partnership: evaluating the Space Force’s new personnel laws SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 The United States Space Force, America’s newest military branch, executes its mission with roughly 9,400 military personnel and an additional 5,000 civilian employees. This is a fraction of the size […]
- Station Nation: Meet Megan Harvey, Utilization Flight Lead and Capsule Communicator NASA · 21 May 2025 Megan Harvey is a utilization flight lead and capsule communicator, or capcom, in the Research Integration Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. She integrates science payload constraints related to vehicles’...
- Recipe for a ‘rocky road’ crater soaked in martian history ESA · 21 May 2025 To create a crumbly crater rich in ice and chunky blocks soaked in layers of martian history – like this one recently observed by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express – follow this recipe:
- NASA says long-running budget shortfalls may lead to ISS crew and research reductions SpaceNews · 21 May 2025 NASA says a “multi-year” budget shortfall even before the cuts in the fiscal year 2026 budget have led it to consider reductions in crew size and research on the ISS.
- Trump taps Space Force general to lead $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense program SpaceNews · 20 May 2025 The Golden Dome program represents one of the most ambitious missile defense initiatives in U.S. history.
- Live coverage: New Falcon 9 booster to make second attempt at debut on Starlink delivery mission Spaceflight Now · 20 May 2025 SpaceX will try again Tuesday to launch a brand new Falcon 9 booster after an abort halted its first attempt. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, with 23 Starlink satellites aboard, is scheduled for 11:19 p.m. EDT (03...
- USSF’s Gen. Michael Guetlein Appointed to Lead Golden Dome Project SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 May 2025 President Trump appointed U.S. Space Force’s Gen. Michael Guetlein today to lead the Golden Dome missile defense shield project. In a televised Oval Office meeting, Trump projected Golden Dome will