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- Space Force announces ‘Orbital Watch’ program to share intelligence with commercial sector SpaceNews · 9 Apr 2025 The program will distribute unclassified threat data to more than 900 space companies registered through the Space Systems Command's "Front Door" portal
- Jared Isaacman — Entrepreneur, Pilot, Astronaut, Science Advocate SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Apr 2025 Jared Isaacman will introduce himself as an entrepreneur, pilot, astronaut, and science advocate at his confirmation hearing tomorrow morning. President Trump’s choice to be the next NASA Administrator, Isaacman acknowle...
- Boeing’s Millennium Space expands production to meet defense demand SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 The company is expanding its small-satellite production space from 22,000 square feet to nearly 42,000 square feet.
- Sols 4505-4506: Up, up and onto the Devil’s Gate NASA · 8 Apr 2025 Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Monday, April 7, 2025 Over the weekend, we completed our drive up the steep side of a canyon, up onto “Devil’...
- Axiom Space to Launch Orbital AI Data Centers on Kepler Satellites in 2025 The Launch Pad · 8 Apr 2025 Axiom Space to Launch Orbital AI Data Centers on Kepler Satellites in 2025
- New International Crew Arrives at ISS on Soyuz MS-27 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Apr 2025 The Soyuz MS-27 crew arrived at the International Space Station this morning to replace Soyuz MS-26, continuing the 24-year pattern of maintaining permanent human presence through regular crew rotations. Soyuz
- Launch Roundup: Project Kuiper becomes operational; Falcon 9 to launch three missions NASASpaceflight · 8 Apr 2025 During this active week of launches, Atlas V will launch satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper,…
- Novaspace Marks One Year as a Unified Brand — Built on 40+ Years of Space Expertise SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Paris, April 5, 2025 — One year after launching as a unified brand, Novaspace marks a major milestone as the trusted and independent global consulting firm guiding governments, space agencies, […]
- Astroscale to Refuel Two US Space Force GEO Satellites In 2026 Mission The Launch Pad · 8 Apr 2025 Astroscale to Refuel Two US Space Force GEO Satellites In 2026 Mission
- Redwire and ispace U.S. to collaborate on lunar missions SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Redwire and ispace U.S. have agreed to collaborate on future lunar missions, seeking to tap into what the companies see as growing interest from companies and governments.
- Intuitive Machines Selects SpaceX to Launch IM-4 Lunar Lander and Data Relay Satellites The Launch Pad · 8 Apr 2025 Intuitive Machines Selects SpaceX to Launch IM-4 Lunar Lander and Data Relay Satellites
- Signals from Space Symposium: The future for space looks bright — and fragile SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Our guest today is Clay Mowry, CEO, AIAA. He sits down with Chief Content and Strategy Officer Mike Gruss, to break down the latest news and insights from the Symposium including how optimism is everywhere — but so are t...
- Astroscale U.S. to refuel two Space Force spacecraft on 2026 mission SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Astroscale U.S. will refuel two U.S. Space Force spacecraft in geostationary orbit on a mission scheduled for launch in 2026.
- Welcome to MSD NASA · 8 Apr 2025 Welcome to the Mission Support Directorate (MSD). Have you ever wondered how NASA manages to achieve all the incredible missions it does, like probing the Sun and studying the history of our Universe? We do it through te...
- Industry eyes continuous satellite production to keep pace with demand SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 The U.S. space industry is several years away from having the capacity for continuous satellite production, according to prime contractors speaking April 8 during a Space Symposium panel in Colorado Springs.
- Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network NASA · 8 Apr 2025 Deep Space Station 43 (DSS-43), a 230-foot-wide (70-meter-wide) radio antenna at NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, is seen in this March 4, 2020, image. DSS-43 was more than six times as sensitiv...
- U.S. Space Command chief calls for new capabilities for combat while emphasizing deterrence SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Gen. Stephen Whiting said the Pentagon is actively pursuing cutting-edge technologies and establishing requirements for new capabilities to counter China in space
- Findings from the Field: A Research Symposium for Student Scientists NASA · 8 Apr 2025 Within the scientific community, peer review has become the process norm for which an author’s research or ideas undergo careful examination by other experts in their field. It encourages each scientist to meet the high...
- NASA’s First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-term Return to the Moon, Missions to Mars NASA · 8 Apr 2025 The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under Artemis. Astronauts on their first flight aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft will confirm all of the spacecraft’s systems operate as designed with crew...
- NASA’s Deep Space Network Starts New Dish, Marks 60 Years in Australia NASA · 8 Apr 2025 Canberra joined the global network in 1965 and operates four radio antennas. Now, preparations have begun on its fifth as NASA works to increase the network’s capacity. NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Aus...
- Style Guidelines for ‘The Earth Observer’ Newsletter NASA · 8 Apr 2025 IntroductionThe Earth Observer Editorial ProcessTypes of Articles in The Earth ObserverGeneral article format— Announcement article— Feature article— Hybrid article— In Memoriam article— Kudos article— Summary articleGui...
- NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Florida NASA · 8 Apr 2025 Students from Dade City, Florida, will have the chance to connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions from aboard the Internati...
- Eclipses, Science, NASA Firsts: Heliophysics Big Year Highlights NASA · 8 Apr 2025 One year ago today, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States. The event was a cornerstone moment in the Heliophysics Big Year, a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system....
- Space nuclear power poised for breakthroughs — if NASA and DoD stay committed SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 "We are finally at the cusp for both nuclear electric propulsion and nuclear thermal propulsion," said Kristin Houston, president of space propulsion and power systems at L3Harris Technologies
- GITAI creates US defense subsidiary to chase prime government contracts SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 GITAI has created a defense-focused subsidiary at its Torrance, California headquarters to pursue prime contractor roles in U.S. government contracts, the space robotics specialist announced April 8.
- Meet Alex Olley: Air Force Veteran Powering the Space Station NASA · 8 Apr 2025 As an Air Force veteran from Spartanburg, South Carolina, Alex Olley now serves as a contract specialist in the International Space Station Procurement Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Olley joined NASA...
- Lunar lander operators cite growing demand beyond NASA SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Government-backed lunar missions are helping companies identify customers for future flights.
- RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies introduces new reaction wheel SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Company’s latest component provides increased momentum for larger payloads LAFAYETTE, Colo. (April 7, 2025) — RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, introd...
- GomSpace and Neuraspace partner to advance satellite collision avoidance SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 GomSpace, a Danish smallsat maker, announced plans April 8 to integrate space traffic management tools from Portugal’s Neuraspace into its satellite operations platform to help avoid collisions in increasingly congested...
- NASA to Kick Off 31st Annual Rover Competition NASA · 8 Apr 2025 NASA’s annual Human Exploration Rover Challenge returns Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, with student teams competing at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Aviation Challenge course near the agency’s Marshall Spac...
- SpaceX secures majority of NSSL Phase 3 fiscal year 2025 missions SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 The first nine missions are worth $1.27 billion in contracts
- How Space Systems Command is navigating change SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 When has anything to do with space ever stayed the same? Satellites are smaller, launches are more frequent, capabilities are more advanced, threats are more real. At Space Systems Command, […]
- Umbra to develop maritime surveillance satellites for U.S. military SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 The company was selected for a public-private agreement known as Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI)
- Weather, climate and air quality missions on display ESA · 8 Apr 2025 The first of the new generation of MetOp satellites, MetOp-SG Satellite-A, together with the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, are now ready to be shipped to their launch site. But before the last leg of...
- To build new weather satellite instruments, L3Harris opts for automated manufacturing SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Colorado Springs — L3Harris Technologies is preparing to modernize the development, production and testing of weather satellite instruments in a new 9,290-square-meter facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. “The new facility [...
- NASA Welcomes Bangladesh as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 8 Apr 2025 Following a signing ceremony Tuesday in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, NASA congratulates Bangladesh as the 54th nation to commit to the safe and responsible exploration of space that benefits humanity. “We are thri...
- NASA developing options for agency restructuring in “unsettling” environment SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 NASA is developing options for restructuring and potentially downsizing the agency, with the final decisions to be left to the agency’s next leader.
- Space Force to revamp training for a new era of space conflict SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 Saltzman: “Just flying a military satellite communication system today doesn’t prepare you for the high-end fight"
- Tuesday Telescope: The heart of the galaxy revealed in two kinds of light Ars Technica · 8 Apr 2025 Finding a mystery in Sagittarius C.
- Artemis 2 preparations continue as doubts swirl around program’s future SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2025 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Despite political uncertainty about the future of NASA’s overall effort to return humans to the moon, the hardware for the next Artemis mission continues to […]