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- White House taps former Air Force colonel for NASA Deputy Administrator role Spaceflight Now · 8 May 2025 President Donald Trump sent the nomination of Matthew Anderson to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on May 6, but it was announced by the Space Force Association where Anderson serves as t...
- Leshin to step down as JPL director SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 The director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is leaving after three years on the job and will be replaced by a longtime lab official.
- Trump Nominates CACI’s Matt Anderson as NASA Deputy Administrator SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 May 2025 President Trump has nominated Matt Anderson, a retired Air Force pilot who now works for CACI International, to be NASA Deputy Administrator. Anderson would replace Pam Melroy, another retired Air
- IonQ to acquire Capella Space in bid to build ultra-secure quantum network SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 The quantum computing firm plans to build the first space-based quantum key distribution system
- Retired Air Force officer nominated to be NASA deputy administrator SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 The White House has nominated a former Air Force officer and advocate for the Space Force to be the deputy administrator of NASA.
- NASA Statement on Nomination of Matt Anderson for Deputy Administrator NASA · 7 May 2025 Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro issued the following statement regarding the nomination by President Donald Trump of Matt Anderson Wednesday to serve as the agency’s deputy administrator: “As a retired United State...
- Laurie Leshin Steps Down as JPL Director SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 May 2025 Laurie Leshin is stepping down as the Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on June 1. Dave Gallagher, JPL’s Associate Director for Strategic Integration, will be her successor. Leshin’s three-year
- The Exploration Company Ships Completed Mission Possible Capsule European Spaceflight · 7 May 2025 German space logistics startup The Exploration Company has shipped its Mission Possible capsule to the launch site in California, ahead of a planned June liftoff. The Exploration Company is developing a modular spacecraf...
- Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum Test NASA · 7 May 2025 One half of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy test to ensure it will function properly in the space environment. This milestone keeps Roman well on track for its target launch...
- A Glimpse of a Meatball NASA · 7 May 2025 The NASA “meatball” logo, mounted on the Flight Research Building at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, peeks through tree leaves in this June 10, 2016, photo. Built in the 1940s, the Flight Research Building, al...
- New Visualization From NASA’s Webb Telescope Explores Cosmic Cliffs NASA · 7 May 2025 In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made its public debut with a series of breathtaking images. Among them was an ethereal landscape nicknamed the Cosmic Cliffs. This glittering realm of star birth is the sub...
- NASA Statement on Appointment of New JPL Director NASA · 7 May 2025 The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro on the appointment of David Gallagher as director of the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. NASA JPL announced Wednesd...
- Dave Gallagher Named 11th Director of JPL as Laurie Leshin Steps Down NASA · 7 May 2025 Laurie Leshin has decided to step down as director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sunday, June 1. David Gallagher, who has been serving as the Lab’s associate director for Strategic Integration, has been selected...
- Vast to complete Haven-1 primary structure in July 2025, ahead of target May 2026 launch date Spaceflight Now · 7 May 2025 Vast CEO said the company’s next big announcement will be revealing the crew who will be the first to fly on their commercial space station. The timing of that reveal has not been made public.
- NASA Expands Youth Engagement With New Scouting America Agreement NASA · 7 May 2025 NASA and the Sam Houston Area Council (SHAC) of Scouting America signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement on December 17, 2024, expanding youth access to programs and opportunities with the Johnson Space Center’s Offic...
- NASA scrambles to cut ISS activity after Trump budget—its options are not great Ars Technica · 7 May 2025 "The Budget reduces the space station’s crew size and onboard research."
- Why NASA should apply the CLPS mindset to low-cost science missions, not just landers SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) are bringing us closer than we’ve been in decades to regular lunar exploration and scientific discovery. As a scientist, I admire what these companies […]
- House Democrats seek information from NASA and the Pentagon on Musk conflicts of interest and SpaceX foreign investment SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 Democratic leaders of two House committee are asking NASA and the Defense Department to investigate claims that SpaceX takes investment from Chinese sources as well as broader conflict-of-interest concerns.
- MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 take a step closer to space ESA · 7 May 2025 Fresh from the cleanroom in Bremen, Germany, the second of the Meteosat Third Generation satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission have arrived at Cape Canaveral harbour, in the US.
- What Is a Black Hole? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 7 May 2025 This article is for students grades 5-8 A black hole is a region in space where the pulling force of gravity is so strong that light is not able to escape. The strong gravity occurs because matter has been pressed into a...
- Space: the new frontier for transatlantic cooperation SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 Despite existing cooperation, fragmented efforts between the United States and the European Union are limiting space security and sustainability. A stronger, unified approach is needed to tackle these growing challenges,...
- NASA Selects Winners of the 2024-2025 Power to Explore Challenge NASA · 7 May 2025 NASA has chosen three winners out of nine finalists in the fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the enabling power of radioisotopes for space expl...
- Resilience lunar lander enters orbit around the moon SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 Japanese company ispace says its second lunar lander in now in orbit around the moon ahead of a landing attempt in early June.
- Forest satellite’s big antenna opens up ESA · 7 May 2025 Just a week after its launch, ESA’s Biomass mission has reached another critical milestone on its path to delivering unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their vital role in Earth’s carbon cycle – the sate...
- Research Fellows in space science 2025 ESA · 7 May 2025 ESA has selected 10 new Fellows to pursue their own independent research in space science, starting in 2025.
- ClearSpace completes second phase of UK debris-removal mission SpaceNews · 7 May 2025 PUAKO, Hawaii — ClearSpace completed the second phase of the UK Space Agency’s Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission, by testing and refining technology to remove satellites from low-Earth orbit. In […]
- ESA and PLAYMOBIL join forces to inspire the next generation of space explorers ESA · 7 May 2025 As the European Space Agency (ESA) ramps up Europe’s ambition in space exploration, it is equally committed to sparking curiosity among young minds. What better way to inspire future explorers than with a fully equipped...
- Space Force chief makes case for increased funding before House panel SpaceNews · 6 May 2025 Saltzman said the military’s space branch is not resourced to do what it’s being asked to do
- India’s satellite crackdown brings fresh challenges for Starlink and OneWeb SpaceNews · 6 May 2025 India is tightening security and data compliance rules for satellite connectivity, creating new hurdles for SpaceX’s Starlink and other broadband constellations aiming to enter the world’s most populous country.
- FAA gives environmental approval for increased Starship launch rate SpaceNews · 6 May 2025 The Federal Aviation Administration will allow SpaceX to perform as many as 25 Starship launches a year from its Texas site, five times the previous limit.
- NASA Live Coverage, Original Content Now Streaming on Prime Video NASA · 6 May 2025 NASA’s on-demand streaming service, NASA+, launched a FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channel on Prime Video Tuesday, giving viewers another way to watch the agency’s aeronautics, human spaceflight, science, and tech...
- NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets NASA · 6 May 2025 The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: How are X-rays generated in e...
- NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets NASA · 6 May 2025 The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: How are X-rays generated in e...
- FAA clears SpaceX for 25 launches a year from its Texas launch site Ars Technica · 6 May 2025 If SpaceX can clean up Starship's reliability issues, the company is free to fly.
- Space Force awards contracts for missile-warning ground systems SpaceNews · 6 May 2025 The Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program seeks to build a government-owned ground system for missile warning satellite command and control.
- NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones NASA · 6 May 2025 Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. At the agency’s Kennedy Sp...
- SPHEREx Starts Scanning Entire Sky NASA · 6 May 2025 A soot-like cloud is revealed in a section of the sky in this May 1, 2025, image from NASA’S SPHEREx space observatory. On May 1, SPHEREx began regular science operations, which consist of taking about 3,600 images per d...
- Simulating space on Earth for miniature satellite testing ESA · 6 May 2025 Inside a spherical cagelike structure, a small platform slowly spins as if floating. A single, bright lamp illuminates the scene, simulating the Sun. This setup constitutes the European Space Agency’s brand new facility...
- SpaceWERX Selects Cambrian Works for a $1.25M Phase II Contract SpaceNews · 6 May 2025 LOS GATOS, CA – Cambrian Works announces it has been selected by SpaceWERX for a SBIR Phase II in the amount of $1,249,906.00 focused on Tactical Space Payload for Inertial […]
- SpaceNews Appoints Adam Griffiths as Chief Product Officer to Lead New Era of Product Innovation SpaceNews · 6 May 2025 Washington, D.C. — May 6, 2025 — SpaceNews, the trusted source for space industry news and analysis for more than 35 years, is proud to announce the appointment of Adam […]