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- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 26 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Spaceflight Now · 3 May 2025 With this mission, SpaceX will have launched more than 800 Starlink V2 Mini satellites in 2025. Liftoff is targeting 11:13 a.m. PDT (2:13 p.m. EDT, 1813 UTC).
- Proposed 24 percent cut to NASA budget eliminates key Artemis architecture, climate research Spaceflight Now · 3 May 2025 The budget proposal coming from the White House would also reduce spending on the International Space Station program by more than $500 million.
- White House Proposes SLS, Orion, Lunar Gateway Cancellation & ISS Mission Reductions The Launch Pad · 2 May 2025 White House Proposes SLS, Orion, Lunar Gateway Cancellation & ISS Mission Reductions
- Europe begins probing SES–Intelsat merger on competition grounds SpaceNews · 2 May 2025 European regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into Luxembourg satellite fleet operator SES’ multi-billion-dollar plan to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat.
- Expedition 73 underway on ISS, crew perform spacewalk NASASpaceflight · 2 May 2025 With Expedition 73 now underway, the International Space Station is hosting seven crewmembers again. Thursday…
- Back to Earth NASA · 2 May 2025 The Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is pictured backing away from the International Space Station shortly after undocking on April 19, 2025. Three hours later, the spacecraft landed in Kazakhstan, returning astronaut Don Pettit a...
- White House budget proposal would phase out SLS and Orion, scale back ISS operations SpaceNews · 2 May 2025 The White House is proposing to phase out SLS and Orion spacecraft as well as reduce ISS operations in its fiscal year 2026 budget request.
- White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs Ars Technica · 2 May 2025 "SLS alone costs $4 billion per launch and is 140 percent over budget."
- Inside the $320B Opportunity to Connect the Unconnected SpaceNews · 2 May 2025 New analysis from Novaspace outlines the scale, urgency, and investment potential of closing the global access gap. Paris, FR – May 2, 2025 – Novaspace today released the third edition […]
- President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration NASA · 2 May 2025 The Trump-Vance Administration released toplines of the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on Friday. The budget accelerates human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with a fiscally responsible portfolio of miss...
- Trump Proposes $6 Billion Cut to NASA SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 May 2025 President Trump released a “skinny” version of his FY2026 budget request today with top-line numbers for NASA and other parts of the government funded by annual appropriations. The detailed budget
- Exoplanets explained by Nobel Prize winner (part 1) | The 5 Ws ESA · 2 May 2025 Astrophysicist and Nobel Prize Laureate Didier Queloz answers the who, what, where, when and why of exoplanets in this 3-part series.
- NASA to continue Lunar Trailblazer recovery efforts through mid-June SpaceNews · 2 May 2025 NASA will continue efforts to restore contact with Lunar Trailblazer through mid-June, holding out hope it can still conduct its mission to search for water ice on the moon.
- NASA Stennis Employee Contributes to Innovative Work NASA · 2 May 2025 Living up to, and maintaining, the standard of excellence associated with NASA is what drives Robert Williams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, Williams sa...
- Eric Schmidt apparently bought Relativity Space to put data centers in orbit Ars Technica · 2 May 2025 "Gives you a sense of how big this crisis is."
- ESA unveils longest-ever dataset on forest biomass ESA · 2 May 2025 As the new Biomass satellite settles into life in orbit following its launch on 29 April, ESA has released its most extensive satellite-based maps of above-ground forest carbon to date. Spanning nearly two decades, the d...
- Week in images: 28 April - 02 May 2025 ESA · 2 May 2025 Week in images: 28 April - 02 May 2025
- Building the space workforce — how to compete for top talent in a new frontier SpaceNews · 2 May 2025 The space industry is entering a new era. No longer defined solely by national agencies and defense contractors, it now includes a fast-growing field of private innovators, venture-backed startups and […]
- New Polish Space Agency Chief Named After Abrupt Exit of Predecessor European Spaceflight · 2 May 2025 Poland’s Minister of Development and Technology has announced the appointment of Dr. Marta Ewa Wachowicz as the new President of the Polish Space Agency (POLSA). Her appointment comes less than a month after her predeces...
- Lockheed Martin delivers completed Orion to NASA for Artemis 2 SpaceNews · 2 May 2025 Lockheed Martin formally delivered to NASA May 1 the Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, keeping that mission on track for a launch in early 2026.
- Rocket Report: Starbase the city is coming soon; Alpha remains in beta Ars Technica · 2 May 2025 "A commitment to keeping on with the Moon mission is the key requirement."
- Hubble Images a Peculiar Spiral NASA · 2 May 2025 A beautiful but skewed spiral galaxy dazzles in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, sits about 190 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis (...
- Earth from Space: World’s biggest iceberg ESA · 2 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Radian Aerospace unveils plans for reentry vehicle SpaceNews · 2 May 2025 Radian Aerospace, a company with long-term plans to develop a spaceplane, intends first to develop a reentry vehicle as both a technology demonstrator and for hypersonic test applications.
- Ursa Major wins $28.5 million Air Force contract to flight-test Draper engine for hypersonic use SpaceNews · 1 May 2025 The contract covers both the flight demonstration and integration of the engine into a test vehicle
- NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky NASA · 1 May 2025 After weeks of preparation, the space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to create a map of the cosmos like no other. Launched on March 11, NASA’s SPHEREx space observator...
- U.S. Space Force taps 12 firms for $237 million small-satellite procurement SpaceNews · 1 May 2025 The contracts are for the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 program
- Lohmeier defends qualifications for Air Force post as senators question past remarks SpaceNews · 1 May 2025 Matthew Lohmeier was nominated by President Trump to be undersecretary of the Air Force, overseeing both the Air Force and the Space Force
- NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone” NASA · 1 May 2025 Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes. The bone appears to have been struck by a fast...
- EBAD’s Spacecraft Dispensing Mechanisms Propel Amazon’s Project Kuiper into Orbit SpaceNews · 1 May 2025 Simsbury, CT — May 1, 2025 — Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD) has once again demonstrated its unparalleled expertise in spacecraft dispensing with the successful deployment of the first round […]
- NASA Invests in Future STEM Workforce Through Space Grant Awards NASA · 1 May 2025 NASA is awarding up to $870,000 annually to 52 institutions across the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico over the next four years. The investments aim to create opportunities for the next generatio...
- What’s Up: May 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 1 May 2025 Eta Aquarids & Waiting for a Nova! The first week of May brings the annual Eta Aquarid meteors, peaking on the 6th. And sometime in the next few months, astronomers predict a “new star” or nova explosion will become visi...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 1 May 2025 SpaceX will be aiming to complete its 440th successful booster landing with this mission, using a Falcon 9 first stage booster flying for an 18th time. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeti...
- Adding Dimension to Cassiopeia A NASA · 1 May 2025 Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers uncovered a mysterious feature within the remnant, nicknamed the “Green Monster,” alongside a puzzling network of ejecta filaments forming a web of oxygen-rich materia...
- Amateur Radio Scientists Shine at the 2025 HamSCI Workshop NASA · 1 May 2025 Love Ham Radio? The HamSCI project fosters collaboration between amateur radio operators and professional researchers. Its goals are to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities, enco...
- NASA Harvests Lettuce for Space Station Study NASA · 1 May 2025 Inside a laboratory in the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a payload implementation team member harvests ‘Outredgeous’ romaine lettuce growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat gr...
- Expanding the human presence in orbit faces growing risk from space debris SpaceNews · 1 May 2025 Low Earth orbit (LEO) is on the verge of a major expansion in crewed operations, but the proliferation of space debris could threaten these missions and create safety hazards for […]
- ‘ELOPE’ with ESA’s moon landing guidance competition ESA · 1 May 2025 Mapping the descent of a lunar lander, using nothing but data from an ‘event camera’ – this is the next challenge presented to the space community by the European Space Agency’s Advanced Concepts Team (ACT).
- NASA delays astrophysics mission call for proposals amid budget uncertainties SpaceNews · 1 May 2025 NASA is delaying the next competition for an astrophysics mission by a year, the latest sign of the fiscal pressures from an upcoming budget proposal.
- Why space needs nuclear now SpaceNews · 1 May 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds, Bhavya Lal, the former acting Chief Technologist at NASA explains how nuclear power could unlock humanity's next giant leap in space.