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- NASA Invites Virtual Guests to Launch of SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission NASA · 16 Apr 2025 NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for the agency. NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday, April 2...
- Space technologies find new life on Earth ESA · 16 Apr 2025 Each year, cutting-edge technologies developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) for its complex missions and scientific discoveries find new life in applications used to benefit Earth and improve our daily lives.
- Northrop Grumman to launch first Minotaur 4 rocket from Vandenberg in 14 years Spaceflight Now · 16 Apr 2025 The last Minotaur 4 launch from Space Launch Complex 8 was on Aug. 11, 2011. It is returning to that pad nearly a decade and a half later, targeting a liftoff at 12:33 p.m. PDT (3:33 p.m. EDT, 1933 UTC).
- Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite NASA · 16 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...
- Hubble offers a new view of Sombrero galaxy ESA · 16 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- In-flight connectivity – where national policy and global service (don’t) mix SpaceNews · 16 Apr 2025 An increase in the demand for better in-flight connectivity is inevitable: people don’t want to be incommunicado anymore when they travel. The in-flight connectivity (IFC) market is transitioning from niche […]
- NASA Sees Progress on Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Design Development NASA · 16 Apr 2025 A NASA-supported commercial space station, Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef, recently completed a human-in-the-loop testing milestone as the agency works toward developing commercial space stations in low Earth orbit. The huma...
- Going Home: NASA Retires S-3B Viking to POW/MIA Museum NASA · 16 Apr 2025 After supporting the center’s research missions for more than a decade, NASA’s S-3B Viking aircraft is moving on from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to begin a new and honorable assignment. The aircraft is hea...
- Forest mission sealed within rocket fairing for liftoff ESA · 16 Apr 2025 With the launch of ESA’s Biomass satellite scheduled for 29 April, preparations at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, have reached a key milestone. The satellite has now been sealed inside the protective fairin...
- Bipartisan caucus criticizes proposed NASA science budget cuts SpaceNews · 16 Apr 2025 The bipartisan co-chairs of a congressional caucus have criticized proposed cuts in NASA’s science programs, marking the first Republican opposition in Congress to the plans.
- Sols 4511-4512: Low energy after a big weekend? NASA · 16 Apr 2025 Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center Earth planning date: Monday, April 14, 2025 We all know the feeling: it’s Monday morning after a big weekend and you’re coming into the wee...
- Sols 4509-4510: A weekend of long drives NASA · 16 Apr 2025 Written by Abigail Fraeman, Planetary Geologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 11, 2025 Curiosity is continuing to book it to the potential boxwork structures. The rover drove over...
- Decision to Move U.S. Space Command HQ to Alabama Expected Soon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 Apr 2025 The release of a report by the DOD Inspector General today likely is a prelude to a decision to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to
- Rocket Factory Augsburg replaces CEO SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2025 German launch vehicle startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has replaced its chief executive as it works towards a second chance for its first launch.
- Space Command headquarters battle reignites SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2025 Rep. Mike Rogers claims victory in long-running dispute over Space Command's home
- D-Orbit sets course to expand beyond space transportation services NASASpaceflight · 15 Apr 2025 Italian company D-Orbit has been launching customer payloads aboard its Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) for…
- Roscosmos To Reduce Launches To ISS; NASA Crew Exchange Agreement Extended Through 2027 The Launch Pad · 15 Apr 2025 Roscosmos To Reduce Launches To ISS; NASA Crew Exchange Agreement Extended Through 2027
- Astranis clinches $115 million Taiwan deal despite satellite setback SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2025 Astranis has signed a $115 million deal to deliver Taiwan’s first dedicated communications spacecraft, amid an issue with a separate small geostationary satellite launched late last year.
- RocketLab HASTE Launch Vehicle Selected for Multi-Billion Dollar US & UK Defense Programs The Launch Pad · 15 Apr 2025 RocketLab HASTE Launch Vehicle Selected for Multi-Billion Dollar US & UK Defense Programs
- Derek Tournear Reinstated as Director of Space Development Agency Following Investigation The Launch Pad · 15 Apr 2025 Derek Tournear Reinstated as Director of Space Development Agency Following Investigation
- NASA Aims to Fly First Quantum Sensor for Gravity Measurements NASA · 15 Apr 2025 Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, private companies, and academic institutions are developing the first space-based quantum sensor for measuring gravity. Supported by NASA’s Earth...
- What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 15 Apr 2025 This article is for students grades 5-8. Aerodynamics is the way objects move through air. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through air is affected by aerodynamics, fr...
- What Is Aerodynamics? (Grades K-4) NASA · 15 Apr 2025 This article is for students grades K-4. What Are the Four Forces of Flight? Aerodynamics is the way air moves around things. The rules of aerodynamics explain how an airplane is able to fly. Anything that moves through...
- Testing NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) NASA · 15 Apr 2025 NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is loaded into the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in this photo from Ma...
- Experience the Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission NASA · 15 Apr 2025 Digital content creators are invited to register to attend the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Pro...
- Atomic Clock and Plant DNA Research Launching Aboard NASA’s SpaceX CRS-32 Mission NASA · 15 Apr 2025 NASA’s SpaceX 32nd commercial resupply services mission, scheduled to lift off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in April, is heading to the International Space Station with experiments that include research on whet...
- Why Do We Grow Plants in Space? NASA · 15 Apr 2025 Why do we grow plants in space? Plants are such versatile organisms that they can fulfill many roles in our exploration of space. Plants provide us with food, with oxygen, they can recycle water and waste, and they can e...
- Startups to demonstrate new spacecraft docking technique SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2025 Katalyst and LMO are planning an in-space demonstration in GEO orbit in 2026
- Michael Ciancone Builds a Lasting Legacy in Human Spaceflight NASA · 15 Apr 2025 When Michael Ciancone joined NASA in 1983, he could hardly imagine what his 40-plus-year career would entail. From honoring and preserving spaceflight history to advancing safety standards, he has undoubtedly woven his k...
- Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows Maybe NASA · 15 Apr 2025 Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the Sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the Moon. When a stream of charged particles known as the solar wind smashes into the lunar surface, the idea goes,...
- Major NASA Budget Cuts Confirmed; Science Programs Cut In Half In White House Budget The Launch Pad · 15 Apr 2025 Major NASA Budget Cuts Confirmed; Science Programs Cut In Half In White House Budget
- NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin NASA · 15 Apr 2025 Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy from an unknown place of origin. Researchers say that this runaway magnetar is the likeliest cand...
- Tuesday Telescope: Is the James Webb Space Telescope worth $10 billion? Ars Technica · 15 Apr 2025 The rings are real, and they're spectacular.
- Hubble investigates a magnetar’s birthplace ESA · 15 Apr 2025 Researchers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 was not born in a neighbouring supernova as previously thought. The birthplace of this object is now unknown, and SGR...
- Hera's Mars flyby - Asteroid Framing Camera (colourised) ESA · 15 Apr 2025 On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera spacecraft soared just 5000 km above Mars and passed within 300 km of its distant moon, Deimos. Captured by Hera’s 1020x1020 pixel Asteroid Framing Camera, this video sequence offers a rare v...
- NASA Kennedy Space Center To Become America's Multi User Spaceport with New NASA Plan The Launch Pad · 15 Apr 2025 NASA Kennedy Space Center To Become America's Multi User Spaceport with New NASA Plan
- In the Starlight: Tina Preyan Fuels the Future at Johnson NASA · 15 Apr 2025 Exploring the unknown and preparing for humanity’s next giant leap really works up an appetite. Thankfully, employees at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston can count on Tina Preyan to help them fuel up and stay focus...
- What Does NASA Science Do For Me? NASA · 15 Apr 2025 It is easy to forget that all of the hard work, technology, and money that NASA pours into space research actually comes back down to Earth. In fact, many of NASA’s missions and research focus on our planet! NASA also ha...
- Latitude Secures France 2030 Funding to Build Reims Factory European Spaceflight · 15 Apr 2025 The French government has awarded Latitude funding to assist with the construction of its new rocket factory in Reims. Founded in 2019, Latitude is developing a two-stage rocket called Zephyr, designed to deliver payload...
- Maryland congressmen vow to block proposed NASA science budget cuts SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2025 Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation expressed confidence that Congress will ultimately reject sharp cuts in NASA science programs proposed by the White House, citing competition with China as one factor.