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- Sophia Space raises $3.5 million for orbiting data centers SpaceNews · 19 May 2025 ST. LOUIS – Sophia Space raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to develop orbiting compute and data centers with key geospatial intelligence applications. The Southern California startup’s modular data centers […]
- As Washington rethinks broadband strategy, satellite solutions deserve equal consideration SpaceNews · 19 May 2025 At the end of April, I testified before the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. The hearing aimed to gather recommendations on how Congress can strengthen networks and ensure secure, […]
- China to launch Tianwen-2 asteroid sampling mission on May 28 SpaceNews · 19 May 2025 HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft […]
- Voyager Technologies files to go public SpaceNews · 19 May 2025 Space and defense company Voyager Technologies has filed to go public, revealing details about the company’s finances and plans for its largest project.
- Streaks on Mars ESA · 19 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy May 18-24, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 18 May 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of May 18-24, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Webb, Keck observe Titan; find clouds and carbon molecule in northern hemisphere NASASpaceflight · 18 May 2025 By combining data from the Keck II telescope and the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space…
- Capella Space bets on quantum future under IonQ ownership SpaceNews · 18 May 2025 IonQ’s long-term ambition is to build the world’s first space-based quantum key distribution network
- NGA set to open St. Louis campus in September, aiming to boost public-private geospatial collaboration SpaceNews · 18 May 2025 The $1.7 billion facility — the largest federal investment in St. Louis history — will replace the NGA’s current downtown site
- PSLV launch of Indian radar imaging satellite fails SpaceNews · 18 May 2025 An Indian launch of a radar imaging satellite failed May 17 when a problem with the third stage prevented the payload from reaching orbit.
- Rocket Lab achieves multiple milestones in Neutron development NASASpaceflight · 17 May 2025 Rocket Lab is making rapid progress in its quest to get its medium-lift launcher, Neutron,…
- Rocket Lab launches radar imaging satellite for iQPS SpaceNews · 17 May 2025 Rocket Lab launched the latest in a series of radar imaging satellites for a Japanese company May 17.
- Landspace launches 6 satellites with enhanced Zhuque-2 rocket SpaceNews · 17 May 2025 Chinese launch startup Landspace sent six satellites into orbit Saturday with the fifth launch of its Zhuque-2 series methane-fueled rocket.
- NASA’s LRO Views Japan’s RESILENCE Lunar Lander Landing Area NASA · 16 May 2025 NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) imaged the landing area of the ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander which is slated to land on the surface of the Moon no earlier than Ju...
- Nancy Grace Roman’s 100th Birthday NASA · 16 May 2025 Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy and namesake of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, briefs astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on celestial objects in 1965 in Washington, D.C. Nancy Grace Roman passed away...
- FAA license update brings SpaceX closer to next Starship launch SpaceNews · 16 May 2025 SpaceX is a step closer to winning regulatory approval for its next Starship test flight, a critical launch after the previous two failed.
- NASA, International Astronauts Address Students from New York, Ohio NASA · 16 May 2025 NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi will answer prerecorded questions submitted by middle and high school students from New York and Ohio. Both groups will h...
- SES to demonstrate ‘satellite orchestration’ tech for military communications SpaceNews · 16 May 2025 The network orchestration system could replace traditional PACE methodology in military communications
- Week in images: 12-16 May 2025 ESA · 16 May 2025 Week in images: 12-16 May 2025
- Mars Express updates software, extends lifetime until 2034 ESA · 16 May 2025 Mars Express mission operators at ESOC successfully sent a new software patch that would allow the spacecraft to operate in its third decade.
- Mars Express updates software, potentially extending spacecraft lifetime ESA · 16 May 2025 Mars Express mission operators at ESOC successfully sent a new software patch that would allow the spacecraft to operate in its third decade.
- Rocket Report: How is your payload fairing? Poland launches test rocket. Ars Technica · 16 May 2025 No thunder down under.
- Beyond launch: SpaceX’s expanding role in U.S. defense SpaceNews · 16 May 2025 SpaceX’s ascent from commercial launch provider to indispensable national security asset marks one of the most significant shifts in America’s defense industrial base in decades. As Elon Musk’s company extends […]
- Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds NASA · 16 May 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbors, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. Located 160,000 light-years away in the constel...
- NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground NASA · 16 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...
- ESA Launches Phase 2 of Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator Project European Spaceflight · 16 May 2025 The European Space Agency has issued a call for proposals for the second phase of its Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator project. Initially announced in March 2024, the Reusable Upper Stage Demonstrator project is being m...
- Virgin Galactic says production of new spaceplanes on track SpaceNews · 16 May 2025 Virgin Galactic says production of its new suborbital spaceplanes remains on track to allow commercial flights to begin in the middle of next year as it contemplates restarting ticket sales.
- Earth from Space: Svalbard Archipelago ESA · 16 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Eutelsat’s DoD setback adds to GEO headwinds as LEO growth builds SpaceNews · 16 May 2025 The sudden loss of a large U.S. Department of Defense contract has added to Eutelsat’s geostationary challenges as the French operator shifts greater focus to its low Earth orbit OneWeb constellation.
- House hearing on asteroid threats also takes up budget threats SpaceNews · 16 May 2025 A House hearing about how NASA is dealing with the threat posed by asteroid impacts turned into a discussion about impacts of budget cuts.
- NASA’s Asteroid-Hunting Telescope on Track for 2027 Launch SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 May 2025 Earth-threatening asteroids have been in the news recently and Congress is paying attention. At a House hearing today, they got the good news that NASA’s NEO Surveyor asteroid-hunting telescope is
- Live coverage: SpaceX plans morning launch of Starlink satellites from California Spaceflight Now · 16 May 2025 The Starlink 15-5 will be SpaceX’s 58th Falcon 9 launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandneberg Space Force Base is targeted 6:43 a.m. PDT (9:43 a.m. EDT, 1343 UTC).
- Norway signs Artemis Accords SpaceNews · 15 May 2025 Norway signed the Artemis Accords May 15, a sign that the new administration continues to advance the document outlining best practices for responsible space exploration.
- Top Prize Awarded in Lunar Autonomy Challenge to Virtually Map Moon’s Surface NASA · 15 May 2025 NASA named Stanford University of California winner of the Lunar Autonomy Challenge, a six-month competition for U.S. college and university student teams to virtually map and explore using a digital twin of NASA’s In-Si...
- Artemis II stacking and preparations underway even as SLS faces budget cuts NASASpaceflight · 15 May 2025 The SLS program continues with preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon’s vicinity…
- NASA Welcomes Norway as 55th Nation to Sign Artemis Accords NASA · 15 May 2025 Following an international signing ceremony Thursday, NASA congratulated Norway on becoming the latest country to join the Artemis Accords, committing to the peaceful, transparent, and responsible exploration of space. “...
- NASA Satellite Images Could Provide Early Volcano Warnings NASA · 15 May 2025 Scientists know that changing tree leaves can indicate when a nearby volcano is becoming more active and might erupt. In a new collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, scientists now believe they can d...
- NASA Satellite Images Could Provide Early Volcano Warnings NASA · 15 May 2025 Scientists know that changing tree leaves can indicate when a nearby volcano is becoming more active and might erupt. In a new collaboration between NASA and the Smithsonian Institution, scientists now believe they can d...
- Space Force officials say it’s too early to pin down Golden Dome costs SpaceNews · 15 May 2025 Booz Allen’s Chris Bogdan: If the Pentagon tries to develop Golden Dome through its traditional procurement system, it will likely fail
- Let’s Bake a Cosmic Cake! NASA · 15 May 2025 To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of Dr. Nancy Grace Roman — NASA’s first chief astronomer and the namesake for the agency’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — we’re baking a birthday...