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- NASA Technology Enables Leaps in Artificial Intelligence NASA · 29 Apr 2025 Artificial intelligence lets machines communicate autonomously
- Alpha rocket suffers stage separation anomaly during launch of Lockheed tech demo satellite SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2025 A Firefly Alpha rocket left a Lockheed Martin satellite in an orbit lower than planned, or not in orbit at all, after an anomaly during launch April 29.
- Successful Vega C Launch Delivers ESA Biomass Satellite to Orbit European Spaceflight · 29 Apr 2025 An Avio-built Vega C rocket was launched from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on 29 April, successfully delivering the European Space Agency’s Biomass to orbit. The 35-metre-tall Vega C rocket was launched from...
- NASA Soars to New Heights in First 100 Days of Trump Administration NASA · 29 Apr 2025 Today is the 100th day of the Trump-Vance Administration after being inaugurated on Jan. 20. In his inaugural address, President Trump laid out a bold and ambitious vision for NASA’s future throughout his second term, sa...
- NASA Invites Media to Agency’s 25th Annual Student Launch Challenge NASA · 29 Apr 2025 NASA’s annual Student Launch challenge will bring middle school, high school, and college students from around the country together to launch high-powered rockets and payloads. On Saturday, May 3, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m...
- Help Classify Galaxies Seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope! NASA · 29 Apr 2025 NASA needs your help identifying the shapes of thousands of galaxies in images taken by our James Webb Space Telescope with the Galaxy Zoo project. These classifications will help scientists answer questions about how th...
- Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home ESA · 29 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Where Does Gold Come From? NASA Data Has Clues NASA · 29 Apr 2025 Since the big bang, the early universe had hydrogen, helium, and a scant amount of lithium. Later, some heavier elements, including iron, were forged in stars. But one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics is: How did...
- Slingshot targets international market with sovereign space tracking systems SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2025 The service, called Sovereign Space Object Tracking, is designed to ‘give nations control over their own space domain awareness capabilities’
- Tuesday Telescope: Yes, you can see stars in space, and they’re spectacular Ars Technica · 29 Apr 2025 "Okay, where's my camera? I gotta record that."
- Apex raises $200 million to accelerate satellite production SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2025 Apex has raised $200 million in a new funding round intended to help the company accelerate production of satellite buses.
- Amazon establishes contact with first operational Kuiper satellites SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2025 Amazon said April 29 it has made contact with its first 27 operational Project Kuiper broadband satellites, after being dropped off in low Earth orbit by ULA's Atlas V rocket.
- China launches third batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2025 China launched a third batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites Tuesday, advancing its ambitious low Earth orbit communications network to rival Starlink and other global systems.
- Atlas launches first operational Project Kuiper satellites SpaceNews · 29 Apr 2025 An Atlas 5 successfully launched April 28 the long-delayed first set of operational Project Kuiper broadband satellites for Amazon.
- Biomass launched to count forest carbon ESA · 29 Apr 2025 ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a Vega-C rock...
- In the Starlight: Jason Phillips’ Unexpected Path to Johnson Procurement NASA · 29 Apr 2025 Sometimes an unexpected turn in a carefully planned career path leads to surprising opportunities for growth and exciting new experiences. For Jason Phillips, that turn steered toward NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houst...
- ESA’s Biomass mission launches on Vega-C ESA · 29 Apr 2025 ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass satellite has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).
- A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray ESA · 29 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- First Operational Project Kuiper Satellites Reach Orbit SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Apr 2025 Weather cooperated tonight and the United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket sent the first 27 operational Project Kuiper satellites into orbit for Amazon. Similar to SpaceX’s Starlink system, Project Kuiper
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 29 Apr 2025 The mission is the second planned Falcon 9 launch for SpaceX in the span of six hours. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeting 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 UTC).
- Veteran NASA astronaut says ISS can operate past 2030 SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2025 A veteran NASA astronaut just back from the International Space Station believes the orbiting facility can operate well past its planned 2030 retirement date
- China and Malaysia to study international equatorial spaceport project SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2025 China is exploring establishing its first overseas launch site with a proposed equatorial spaceport in Malaysia, carrying strategic, economic, and geopolitical implications.
- Pettit Wants More Spaceflights, ISS Beyond 2030 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Apr 2025 After just coming back from seven months on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit insists there is no reason to “dump” it into the ocean in 2030. It
- ESA’s Biomass mission to launch aboard Vega-C NASASpaceflight · 28 Apr 2025 The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, will launch Tuesday aboard an Arianespace…
- Meet the astronaut who celebrated his 70th birthday by thudding into the planet Ars Technica · 28 Apr 2025 "When the flight docs say I'm ready to go back, I'm ready to do it."
- NASA Moon Observing Instrument to Get Another Shot at Lunar Ops NASA · 28 Apr 2025 A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research...
- How Are We Made of Star Stuff? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 58 NASA · 28 Apr 2025 How are we made of star stuff? Well, the important thing to understand about this question is that it’s not an analogy, it’s literally true. The elements in our bodies, the elements that make up our bones, the trees we s...
- Czechia Selects Experiments for Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS European Spaceflight · 28 Apr 2025 The Czech Ministry of Transport has selected 14 experiments to be conducted by Aleš Svoboda during an Axiom-managed mission to the International Space Station. In September 2024, the Czech government signed an agreement...
- NASA 3D Wind Measuring Laser Aims to Improve Forecasts from Air, Space NASA · 28 Apr 2025 Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data — including a flight through a hurricane. The goal? To demonstrate the...
- NASA 3D Wind Measuring Laser Aims to Improve Forecasts from Air, Space NASA · 28 Apr 2025 Since last fall, NASA scientists have flown an advanced 3D Doppler wind lidar instrument across the United States to collect nearly 100 hours of data — including a flight through a hurricane. The goal? To demonstrate the...
- Spire Global closes stalled $241 million maritime sale SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2025 Satellite operator Spire Global has closed the $241 million sale of its commercial maritime tracking business to Belgian analytics provider Kpler, ending a legal dispute over the stalled transaction.
- Live coverage: ULA to launch first production Amazon Kuiper satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 28 Apr 2025 The rescheduled mission comes following the April 9 scrub due to poor weather and a period on the Eastern Range marked by a noted lack of orbital launches. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is tar...
- Seeing the Cygnus Loop in a New Way NASA · 28 Apr 2025 The Cygnus Loop, also known as the Veil Nebula, is a supernova remnant – the remains of the explosive death of a massive star. Studying images like these leads to discovery, but NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory provides...
- Mission control GO for Biomass launch ESA · 28 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Ignis science ESA · 28 Apr 2025 ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will conduct a variety of science experiments and technology demonstrations during the Ignis mission. While the International Space Station is a home away from Earth for...
- ACES in space ESA · 28 Apr 2025 The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA’s state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, is now installed on the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. This still image, captured by external cameras on th...
- Head of FAA’s commercial space office takes buyout SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2025 The head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space transportation office is leaving the agency through a deferred resignation program.
- Upcoming ESA–Industry events prepare for Ministerial Council 2025 ESA · 28 Apr 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) invites the industrial community to several events where ESA directorates will communicate and coordinate with industry on their proposals and intentions in relation to its Council Meeting...
- Biomass: from Europe to French Guiana ESA · 28 Apr 2025 ESA’s Biomass satellite has been at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana since early March, undergoing final preparations for launch aboard a Vega-C rocket. This timelapse video captures key stages of its journey — from i...
- Data architecture is paramount for Golden Dome success — and the Department of Defense is not ready SpaceNews · 28 Apr 2025 President Trump recognizes the grave threats posed by adversary ballistic and hypersonic missiles and has issued mandates for the Department of Defense to deploy a “Golden Dome” defense shield for […]