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- NASA Tracks Snowmelt to Improve Water Management NASA · 24 Apr 2025 As part of a science mission tracking one of Earth’s most precious resources – water – NASA’s C-20A aircraft conducted a series of seven research flights in March that can help researchers track the process and timeline...
- NASA Marshall Fires Up Hybrid Rocket Motor to Prep for Moon Landings NASA · 24 Apr 2025 NASA’s Artemis campaign will use human landing systems, provided by SpaceX and Blue Origin, to safely transport crew to and from the surface of the Moon, in preparation for future crewed missions to Mars. As the landers...
- NASA Marshall Fires Up Hybrid Rocket Motor to Prep for Moon Landings NASA · 24 Apr 2025 NASA’s Artemis campaign will use human landing systems, provided by SpaceX and Blue Origin, to safely transport crew to and from the surface of the Moon, in preparation for future crewed missions to Mars. As the landers...
- OroraTech opens US office to expand wildfire monitoring network SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 German satellite operator OroraTech opened its U.S. headquarters in Denver, Colorado, April 24 to push its growing wildfire-monitoring constellation into a country that regularly experiences some of the world’s most cost...
- New York Stock Exchange Welcomes NASA’s SPHEREx Team NASA · 24 Apr 2025 Members of NASA’s recently launched SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) mission team participated in the New York Stock Exchange’s closing bell ceremony i...
- All Hands for Artemis III NASA · 24 Apr 2025 A NASA spacesuit glove designed for use during spacewalks on the International Space Station is prepared for thermal vacuum testing inside a one-of-a-kind chamber called CITADEL (Cryogenic Ice Testing, Acquisition Develo...
- Report warns U.S. risks strategic drift in space as China gains ground SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 The State of the Space Industrial Base 2024 report was released this week by the nonprofit NewSpace Nexus
- NASA, Boeing, Consider New Thin-Wing Aircraft Research Focus NASA · 24 Apr 2025 NASA and Boeing are currently evaluating an updated approach to the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project that would focus on demonstrating thin-wing technology with broad applications for multiple aircraft co...
- Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft arrives at Tiangong space station SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday aboard the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, hours after launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
- NASA Tests Key Spacesuit Parts Inside This Icy Chamber NASA · 24 Apr 2025 A JPL facility built to support potential robotic spacecraft missions to frozen ocean worlds helps engineers develop safety tests for next-generation spacesuits. When NASA astronauts return to the Moon under the Artemis...
- China Report: Debris risks, startup funding and previewing Space Day SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 China’s megaconstellation launches spark debris concerns; commercial space expands; Lightyear Explorer raises funds; key updates expected during China’s Space Day and Shenzhou-20 launch.
- NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour Skies NASA · 24 Apr 2025 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. These observation programs are designed to investigate some of the most profound...
- NASA Orbiter Spots Curiosity Rover Making Tracks to Next Science Stop NASA · 24 Apr 2025 The image marks what may be the first time one of the agency’s Mars orbiters has captured the rover driving. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has never been camera shy, having been seen in selfies and images taken from space....
- Fear, greed and glory with Lori Garver SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds, Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator sits down with host David Ariosto. Garver describes what drives spaceflight-and what that means for the agency's shifting priorities.
- 2025 EGU Hyperwall Schedule NASA · 24 Apr 2025 EGU General Assembly, April 27 – May 2, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #204) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, APRIL 28 TUESDAY, APRIL 29 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 THUR...
- NASA Engineering Sparks Innovative New Battery NASA · 24 Apr 2025 Nickel-hydrogen technology is safe, durable, and long-lasting – now it’s affordable too.
- Hidden and hampered: elevating the Office of Commercial Space Transportation SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 Winning the new space race with China is contingent on the competitiveness of the United States commercial space industry. While the Chinese space program enjoys the full financial and regulatory […]
- Hovering over Europe’s flattest floor with AI ESA · 24 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Okapi raises 13 million euros to expand space traffic management suite SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – German space traffic management startup Okapi:Orbits raised 13 million euros ($14.75 million) in a seed funding round announced April 24. With the new investment, Okapi will expand […]
- Katalyst Space acquires Atomos to accelerate in-space services SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 Arizona-based Katalyst completed the acquisition of Colorado-based Atomos in March for an undisclosed amount.
- Boeing reports progress on containing Starliner costs SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2025 Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work.
- New Chinese Space Station Crew Lifts Off SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Apr 2025 A crew of three Chinese taikonauts lifted off this morning to the Tiangong-3 space station. Shenzhou-20 will replace the Shenzhou-19 crew who have been aboard for the past six months.
- Watch Biomass launch live ESA · 24 Apr 2025 ESA's Biomass mission is on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Don’t miss the live coverage of liftoff on Tuesday 29 April, on ESA WebTV. Coverage will start at 10:55 CEST with commentary live...
- Solar Orbiter’s widest high-res view of the Sun ESA · 24 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Sentinel-1 captures ground shift from Myanmar earthquake ESA · 24 Apr 2025 On 28 March 2025, a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar, sending shockwaves through the region. While the country is still dealing with the devasting aftermath, scientists have used radar images from...
- LIVE COVERAGE! China Shenzhou 20 Crew Launch The Launch Pad · 24 Apr 2025 LIVE COVERAGE! China Shenzhou 20 Crew Launch
- China’s InfinAstro Secures Early Investment for Orbital Space Bus Program The Launch Pad · 24 Apr 2025 China’s InfinAstro Secures Early Investment for Orbital Space Bus Program
- DARPA Seeks Proposals for Lunar Orbiter to Prospect Water Ice and Test Low Orbit Operations The Launch Pad · 24 Apr 2025 DARPA Seeks Proposals for Lunar Orbiter to Prospect Water Ice and Test Low Orbit Operations
- SpaceX Launches Sparse Bandwagon-3 Mission with Just Three Payloads The Launch Pad · 24 Apr 2025 SpaceX Launches Sparse Bandwagon-3 Mission with Just Three Payloads
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 23 Apr 2025 The mission will be the 30th Starlink launch of the year for SpaceX. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeted for Thursday, April 24, at 9:52 p.m. EDT (0152 UTC).
- US Senate Committee Sets April 30 Vote for Jared Isaacman’s NASA Administrator Nomination The Launch Pad · 23 Apr 2025 US Senate Committee Sets April 30 Vote for Jared Isaacman’s NASA Administrator Nomination
- ATMOS PHOENIX 1 Reaches Orbit; Conducts Critical Inflatable ReEntry Test The Launch Pad · 23 Apr 2025 ATMOS PHOENIX 1 Reaches Orbit; Conducts Critical Inflatable ReEntry Test
- China to launch three taikonauts to Tiangong, commercial sector continues to expand NASASpaceflight · 23 Apr 2025 China is set to launch its ninth crewed mission to the Tiangong space station, coinciding…
- NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in California NASA · 23 Apr 2025 Students from Santa Monica, California, will connect with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim as he answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions aboard the International Space Station. Wat...
- NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson NASA · 23 Apr 2025 NASA’s Lucy spacecraft took this image of the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson during its flyby on April 20, 2025, showing the elongated contact binary (an object formed when two smaller bodies collide). This was Lucy’s...
- Sols 4518-4519: Thumbs up from Mars NASA · 23 Apr 2025 Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University Earth planning date: Monday, 21st April 2025 It is Easter Monday, a bank holiday here in the United Kingdom. I am Science Operations Working Group...
- NASA Airborne Sensor’s Wildfire Data Helps Firefighters Take Action NASA · 23 Apr 2025 Data from the AVIRIS-3 sensor was recently used to create detailed fire maps in minutes, enabling firefighters in Alabama to limit the spread of wildfires and save buildings. A NASA sensor recently brought a new approach...
- Republican space officials criticize “mindless” NASA science cuts Ars Technica · 23 Apr 2025 "Heliophysics is the most unknown—and underrated—part of NASA’s science program."
- Republican space officials criticize “mindless” NASA science cuts Ars Technica · 23 Apr 2025 "Heliophysics is the most unknown—and underrated—part of NASA’s science program."
- Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch ESA · 23 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.