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- Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA Ars Technica · 11 Apr 2025 "This would decimate American leadership in space."
- Week in images: 07-11 April 2025 ESA · 11 Apr 2025 Week in images: 07-11 April 2025
- Bridging the gap between AI hype and reality SpaceNews · 11 Apr 2025 The promise of artificial intelligence has been a staple of government technology roadmaps for decades. But too often, AI has remained an aspirational concept — more a collection of PowerPoint […]
- ESA Concludes Key Testing Phase for Space Rider Service Module European Spaceflight · 11 Apr 2025 The development of the European Space Agency’s reusable Space Rider vehicle has reached an important milestone, with a key component successfully completing a series of mechanical tests to ensure it can withstand the rig...
- Private jets, awkward convos, and Kazakh vodka: My most memorable interviews Ars Technica · 11 Apr 2025 The best part about journalism is not collecting information. It's sharing it.
- Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song NASA · 11 Apr 2025 The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world opening up before us. In fact, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is ver...
- Aleš Svoboda | Supersonic, Space Stuff & STEM | ESA Explores #14 ESA · 11 Apr 2025 Meet Aleš Svoboda— A skilled pilot with over 1500 flight hours, Aleš holds a PhD in aircraft and rocket technology and has commanded Quick Reaction Alerts. From flying high to training underwater, he’s always ready to ta...
- From boring to bursting: a giant black hole awakens ESA · 11 Apr 2025 The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton is playing a crucial role in investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behaviour unfold in real time...
- Earth from Space: Great Barrier Reef, Australia ESA · 11 Apr 2025 This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of one of the world’s natural wonders – the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea off the east coast of Queensland, Australia.
- Space Force official: Trump’s executive order validates current commercial strategy SpaceNews · 11 Apr 2025 Kniseley said the budget process creates challenges in reallocating funding from established programs to nontraditional commercial services.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 10 Apr 2025 The Starlink 12-17 mission will carry 13 Starlink V2 Mini satellites that feature Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeting Friday, April 11, at 1:24 a.m. (0524 UTC).
- China launches TJS-17, expanding classified geostationary satellite series SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 China launched Thursday what appears to be the third satellite for a subset of classified, experimental satellites bound for geosynchronous orbit.
- How NASA Science Data Defends Earth from Asteroids NASA · 10 Apr 2025 The asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency’s...
- Fram2 crew discuss first human mission to orbit Earth’s poles NASASpaceflight · 10 Apr 2025 The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic…
- Space Forge sees LEO as key to strengthening US chip independence SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 British in-orbit manufacturing venture Space Forge has appointed technology veteran Atul Kumar to set up a semiconductor business in the United States, aiming to bolster domestic chip production as efforts to reduce reli...
- Vast signs three more payload partners for Haven-1 SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — Commercial space station developer Vast has signed three more payload customers for its Haven-1 station set to launch in a little more than a year. Vast announced […]
- Spirit Electronics Expands U.S. Semiconductor Capacity with Acquisition of SMART Microsystems SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 As part of its strategic commitment to strengthening domestic semiconductor manufacturing, Spirit Electronics has acquired SMART Microsystems, located at Lorain County Community College (LCCC) in Ohio. This expansion int...
- Signals from Space Symposium: Global collaboration and the evolving commercial space landscape SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 Our guest today is Brad Head, Managing Director of International Partnerships at Elara Nova. He sits down with Chief Content and Strategy Officer Mike Gruss, to break down the latest news and insights from the Symposium...
- GLOBE, NASA, and the Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School in Queens, New York NASA · 10 Apr 2025 When students actively participate in scientific investigations that connect to their everyday lives, something powerful happens: they begin to see themselves as scientists. This sense of relevance and ownership can spar...
- New York Math Teacher Measures Trees & Grows Scientists with GLOBE NASA · 10 Apr 2025 When students actively participate in scientific investigations that connect to their everyday lives, something powerful happens: they begin to see themselves as scientists. This sense of relevance and ownership can spar...
- NASA Measures Moonlight to Improve Earth Observations NASA · 10 Apr 2025 Flying high above the clouds and moon-gazing may sound like a scene from a timeless romance, but NASA did just that in the name of Earth science research. In March 2025 pilots took the agency’s ER-2 science aircraft on a...
- Have We Been to Uranus? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 56 NASA · 10 Apr 2025 Have we ever been to Uranus? The answer is simple, yes, but only once. The Voyager II spacecraft flew by the planet Uranus back in 1986, during a golden era when the Voyager spacecraft explored all four giant planets of...
- Linear Sand Dunes in the Great Sandy Desert NASA · 10 Apr 2025 On March 25, 2013, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photo of the Great Sandy Desert in northwest Australia, showcasing linear dunes separated in a roughly regular fashion. When you fly over s...
- TraCSS moves into next phase of development SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 The Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system has moved into the next phase of its development with full service expected to start early next year.
- Station Nation: Meet Nick Kopp, SpaceX Dragon Flight Lead NASA · 10 Apr 2025 Nick Kopp is a Dragon flight lead in the Transportation Integration Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is currently leading NASA’s efforts to prepare, launch, and return the agency’s 32nd SpaceX commercial res...
- Rise of the ‘twin’ SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 For years, researchers have built AI-powered models to simulate virtual scenarios of the planet. The concept, known as Earth’s “digital twin,” leverages a wealth of real-time data gleaned from satellites, […]
- NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim NASA · 10 Apr 2025 The diversity of rock types along the rim of Jezero Crater offers a wide glimpse of Martian history. Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intri...
- Indian propulsion maker joins US expansion push SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 Indian satellite propulsion maker Bellatrix Aerospace announced plans April 10 to open a manufacturing facility in the United States in the coming months, joining a wave of foreign firms seeking a slice of the country’s...
- True commercial alternatives for strategic communications and PNT don’t exist — yet SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS – Military space leaders continue looking for ways to inject commercial technologies into their architectures. For strategic communications and positioning, navigation and timing, though, true commercial...
- NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise NASA · 10 Apr 2025 Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have provided a surprising twist in the narrative surrounding what is believed to be the first star observed in the act of swallowing a planet. The new findings suggest...
- Türkiye’s space future: An ambitious path ahead SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 On a cold January morning in 2021, Türkiye launched its Türksat 5A satellite into orbit, marking a significant step toward space independence. The nation celebrated this achievement, but underlying questions […]
- NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission Launches New Research to Station NASA · 10 Apr 2025 NASA and SpaceX are launching the company’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station later this month, bringing a host of new research to the orbiting laboratory. Aboard the SpaceX Dra...
- Pangea Aerospace Secures €7.27M to Develop its Aerospike Engine European Spaceflight · 10 Apr 2025 A consortium that includes Pangea Aerospace has secured €7.27 million in funding from the Spanish government to complete the development of its ARCOS aerospike engine. In May 2024, Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation...
- Space Force chief: ‘Golden Dome’ is a missile shield built in pieces, not a single system SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — The head of the U.S. Space Force sought to clear up confusion about the Trump administration’s ambitious missile defense initiative known as Golden Dome by emphasizing that […]
- Q&A: CEO Adel Al-Saleh pushes SES into new multi-orbit territory SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 One year into his tenure as chief executive of SES, Adel Al-Saleh is steering one of the world’s largest satellite operators through yet another high-stakes transformation. His company is under […]
- NASA Offers Free High School Engineering Program This Summer NASA · 10 Apr 2025 NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is launching the NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute this summer. The free, work-based learning experience is designed to help high school students prepare for a future...
- Outgrowing Napoleon: How the Space Force can modernize its ranks SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 As former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter once mused, the current military rank structure “dates back to when Napoleon was invading Europe 200 years ago.” While there are good reasons […]
- Space Rider’s smart ALEK passes bumpy, noisy, shocking testing ESA · 10 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Rocket Lab sees demand for Electron despite rideshare competition SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said his company has found a successful market providing dedicated launches for small satellites — a strategy that he said does not […]
- A ‘little pillow fort’: Making plans to protect the Artemis 2 crew SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — An upcoming exercise will help NASA respond if there is a solar storm during next year’s Artemis 2 mission near the moon. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center […]