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- Celebrating Earth as Only NASA Can NASA · 21 Apr 2025 From the iconic image of Earthrise taken by Apollo 8 crew, to the famous Pale Blue Dot image of Earth snapped by Voyager I spacecraft, to state-of-the-art observations of our planet by new satellites such as PACE (Plankt...
- DARPA requests proposals for water-prospecting lunar orbiter SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2025 DARPA is seeking proposals for a small lunar orbiter that could be used to test operations in very low orbits while prospecting for water ice.
- Sols 4515-4517: Silver Linings NASA · 21 Apr 2025 Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Friday, April 18, 2025 As the APXS operations person today, I was hopeful that we could plan a compositional measurement a...
- Taking ‘remote care’ to new heights — how space can shape the future of healthcare SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2025 Imagine you’re on the moon, digging up lunar regolith. You’re focused on the task at hand when you suddenly slip and fall, right into your pickaxe. Even in the moon’s […]
- Taking the Ground Out of Ground Systems SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2025 The Russia-Ukraine war is arguably the first commercial space war on account of its use of private companies’ imagery for tracking and targeting. The conflict has demonstrated the advantage of […]
- ATMOS Raises €1M in New Funding as it Prepares for Inaugural Flight European Spaceflight · 21 Apr 2025 Germany’s ATMOS Space Cargo has secured €1 million in new funding as the company prepares for the launch of its re-entry capsule demonstration mission. Founded in 2021, ATMOS is developing a returnable in-orbit research...
- SpaceX launches cargo Dragon to ISS with additional crew supplies SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2025 SpaceX launched a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station April 21 whose cargo includes more crew supplies and fewer science experiments than usual.
- NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 32nd SpaceX Resupply Station Mission NASA · 21 Apr 2025 Following the successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Services mission, new scientific experiments and supplies are bound for the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying ap...
- Chinese orbital logistics startup InfinAstro raises angel round funding SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2025 Chinese startup InfinAstro has secured early funding for its plan to fill a gap in China’s commercial on-orbit services.
- ACES on its way to space ESA · 21 Apr 2025 Today at 10:15 CEST, ESA’s Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) began its journey to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 32nd resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 20 Apr 2025 The Cargo Dragon spacecraft, tail number C209, will carry 6,659 lbs. (3,021 kg.) of science and supplies to the orbiting outpost. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeting Monday, April 21, at 4:15...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy April 20-26, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Apr 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 20-26, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess
- NRO reaches milestone with over 200 satellites deployed in two years SpaceNews · 20 Apr 2025 The NROL-145 mission lifted off Sunday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 8:29 a.m. Eastern.
- NASA’s Pettit Celebrates 70th Birthday Returning to Earth After 7 Months in Space SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Apr 2025 NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian crewmates landed in Kazakhstan this evening, April 19, which was April 20 local time at the landing site. The time zone difference is
- NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Complete Space Station Expedition NASA · 20 Apr 2025 NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth Saturday, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. The trio departe...
- Weekly Pre Launch Preview: 4 Falcons, ISS Resupply, Recon Satellites, and G60 Constellation Launch The Launch Pad · 19 Apr 2025 Weekly Pre Launch Preview: 4 Falcons, ISS Resupply, Recon Satellites, and G60 Constellation Launch
- Starship program laying groundwork for huge facilities in Texas and Florida NASASpaceflight · 19 Apr 2025 SpaceX is busy creating launch and production capacity for the future of its Starship program,…
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch third NRO mission in eight days Spaceflight Now · 19 Apr 2025 The quick pace of missions is notably quick for the intelligence gathering agency. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 5:29 a.m. PDT (8:29 a.m. EDT, 1229 UTC).
- China launches 6 classified experimental satellites with Long March 6A SpaceNews · 19 Apr 2025 China sent six experimental Shiyan series satellites into orbit late Friday Eastern, using its Long March 6A rocket launched from Taiyuan.
- Spain Approves €1 Billion Loan to Hisdesat for PAZ 2 Satellites European Spaceflight · 19 Apr 2025 Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a loan agreement under which national satellite operator Hisdesat will receive €1.011 billion over eight years to develop a pair of PAZ 2 satellites. The PAZ-1 synthetic aperture...
- States bid to host a revamped NASA headquarters SpaceNews · 18 Apr 2025 More states are lining up in a bid to host NASA’s headquarters, but the prize they seek may turn out to be smaller than they expect.
- So is Katy Perry now an astronaut, or what? Ars Technica · 18 Apr 2025 It turns out the FAA now takes no role in identifying who is an astronaut.
- Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula NASA · 18 Apr 2025 This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its size, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also...
- From Bent Panels and Broken Wings To Stable Lunar Orbit : Inside China’s Satellite Rescue Mission The Launch Pad · 18 Apr 2025 From Bent Panels and Broken Wings To Stable Lunar Orbit : Inside China’s Satellite Rescue Mission
- Minotaur IV Rocket Launches Classified NROL-174 Payloads from Vandenberg in Return to California Skies The Launch Pad · 18 Apr 2025 Minotaur IV Rocket Launches Classified NROL-174 Payloads from Vandenberg in Return to California Skies
- NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conference NASA · 18 Apr 2025 Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades. NASA will preview the upcoming spacewalk during a news conference a...
- Early Career Faculty 2024 NASA · 18 Apr 2025 Back to ECF Home Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion Power Systems to Enable Small System Operations in Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions
- Developing Oxychalcogenide Membranes for Superconducting Power Transmission NASA · 18 Apr 2025 ECF 2024 Quadchart Yang.pdf Shuolong Yang University of Chicago This effort will leverage the latest developments in superconductors to build a power transmission cable that can operate in the extreme cold temperatures f...
- Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Driven Electromagnetic Propulsion NASA · 18 Apr 2025 ECF 2024 Quadchart Underwood.pdf Thomas Underwood University of Texas, Austin This project will demonstrate a fusion propulsion system based on z-pinch which is a method of compressing plasma by running electrical curren...
- Origami-inspired Diffractive Sail for Directed Energy Propulsion NASA · 18 Apr 2025 ECF 2024 Quadchart Oguri.pdf Kenshiro Oguri Purdue University This project will investigate one of the key fundamental challenges associated with directed-energy light-sailing technology, similar to solar sails but power...
- Concept Demonstration of Directed Energy Propulsion with Metasurface Lightsails NASA · 18 Apr 2025 ECF 2024 Quadchart Ilic.pdf Ognjen Ilic University of Minnesota This effort will aim to demonstrate the feasibility of directed-energy propulsion through a combination of computational simulations and prototype testing....
- Development of a MW-Scale High-Voltage Multiphase Dual-Rotor Generator and Rectifier for a PMAD in an NEP System NASA · 18 Apr 2025 ECF 2024 Quadchart Beik.pdf Omid Beik Colorado School of Mines This project will design a power management and distribution (PMAD) system that can be coupled with a megawatt-scale nuclear power generation system for nucl...
- A Fond Farewell: NASA’s C-130 Begins New Mission in California NASA · 18 Apr 2025 NASA’s C-130 Hercules, fondly known as the Herc, went wheels up at 9:45 a.m., Friday, April 18, as it departed from its decade-long home at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, for the final time. The aircraft is...
- NASA Calibrates Second Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Testing NASA · 18 Apr 2025 When you’re testing a cutting-edge NASA aircraft, you need specialized tools to conduct tests and capture data –but if those tools need maintenance, you need to wait until they’re fixed. Unless you have a backup. That’s...
- Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula NASA · 18 Apr 2025 As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and...
- NASA Glenn to Test Air Quality Monitors Aboard Space Station NASA · 18 Apr 2025 As NASA prepares to return to the Moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and analyze every part of the International Space Station crew’s daily life—down to the air they breathe....
- Biomass mission kit ESA · 18 Apr 2025 Biomass mission kit
- Moon, Mars — China leads to both SpaceNews · 18 Apr 2025 In the Senate hearing considering the confirmation of Jared Isaacman as NASA Administrator, he and Senator Ted Cruz engaged in extensive dialogue about China. They strongly expressed the view that […]
- Rocket Report: Daytona rocket delayed again; Bahamas tells SpaceX to hold up Ars Technica · 18 Apr 2025 A Falcon 9 core has now launched as many times as there are Merlins on a Falcon Heavy.
- Hubble Spots a Squid in the Whale NASA · 18 Apr 2025 Today’s rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, which sits 45 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (The Whale). Th...