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- GITAI, JAXA, and Toyota Push Ahead on Lunar Rover for Artemis Program The Launch Pad · 2 Apr 2025 GITAI, JAXA, and Toyota Push Ahead on Lunar Rover for Artemis Program
- MDA Space to Acquire Israeli SatixFy in $269 Million Deal The Launch Pad · 2 Apr 2025 MDA Space to Acquire Israeli SatixFy in $269 Million Deal
- Lagniappe for April 2025 NASA · 2 Apr 2025 Explore Lagniappe for April 2025 featuring: Gator Speaks New beginnings feel a lot like the month of April. It is the heart of spring and the season that symbolizes growth and renewal. April is the perfect time to break...
- NASA Space Flight Awareness Program Recognizes Stennis Employees NASA · 2 Apr 2025 NASA’s Stennis Space Center employees were recognized with Honoree Awards from NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program during a March 10 ceremony in Orlando, Florida, for outstanding support of human spaceflight. Melissa W...
- Rocket Test Group Visits NASA Stennis NASA · 2 Apr 2025 NASA Stennis partnered with Mississippi Enterprise for Technology to host more than 100 members of the 57th Rocket Test Group on March 18-19. The group toured the south Mississippi NASA center on March 19, learning how N...
- Webb snaps photographs of Asteroid 2024 YR4 ESA · 2 Apr 2025 This image shows Webb’s recent observation of the asteroid 2024 YR4 using both its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). Data from NIRCam shows reflected light, while the MIRI observations sho...
- NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation NASA · 2 Apr 2025 Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insigh...
- Biotech is the launchpad for human survival in space SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2025 With NASA’s Artemis program preparing for the first crewed moon landing since 1972, four commercial space stations in development, and companies like SpaceX setting their sights on Mars, long-duration human […]
- NASA Research Examines the Multicellular Behavior of Unique Bacteria NASA · 2 Apr 2025 In a recent study, NASA-supported researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they were a multi-cellular organism. The organisms in the study are the only bacteria kn...
- Slingshot adapting satellite ‘fingerprinting’ technology for military applications SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2025 The company was awarded an SBIR Phase 3 contract to further develop satellite "fingerprinting" technology
- JAXA institute studying Mars lander concept SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2025 WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing a concept that could allow the agency to send small rovers to the surface of Mars. In a talk at […]
- CLPS companies seek expanded opportunities for commercial lunar landers SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2025 Lunar lander companies want NASA to revise and expand its approach to buy services as Congress raises questions about NASA’s handling of VIPER.
- Citizen Scientists Use NASA Open Science Data to Research Life in Space NASA · 2 Apr 2025 How can life thrive in deep space? The Open Science Data Repository Analysis Working Groups invite volunteers from all backgrounds to help answer this question. Request to join these citizen science groups to help invest...
- ESA LEO Cargo Return Phase 2 to Proceed Without Geo-Return Constraints European Spaceflight · 2 Apr 2025 ESA anticipates that Phase 2 of its LEO Cargo Return Service initiative will proceed without geo-return requirements for awardees. The LEO Cargo Return Service initiative was launched in November 2023 with the aim of sup...
- NASA’s Petro Endorses Space Science, But Budget Future a Question Mark SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Apr 2025 NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro enthusiastically endorsed NASA’s space science program today in an address to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Noting the exciting missions already enro...
- Who Was Alan Shepard? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 1 Apr 2025 This article is for students grades 5-8. Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. Later, he walked on the moon during the Apollo program. What Was Shepard’s Early Life Li...
- Who Was Alan Shepard? (Grades 5-8) NASA · 1 Apr 2025 This article is for students grades 5-8. Alan Shepard was the first American in space. He was one of NASA’s first seven astronauts. Later, he walked on the moon during the Apollo program. What Was Shepard’s Early Life Li...
- The harrowing story of what flying Starliner was like when its thrusters failed Ars Technica · 1 Apr 2025 "Hey, this is a very precarious situation we're in."
- NASA Receives 10 Nominations for the 29th Annual Webby Awards NASA · 1 Apr 2025 Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved in...
- NASA’s SPHEREx Takes First Images, Preps to Study Millions of Galaxies NASA · 1 Apr 2025 Processed with rainbow hues to represent a range of infrared wavelengths, the new pictures indicate the astrophysics space observatory is working as expected. NASA’s SPHEREx (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History...
- Studying Ice for the Future of Flight NASA · 1 Apr 2025 Thomas Ozoroski, a researcher at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, takes icing accretion measurements in October 2024 as part of transonic truss-braced wing concept research. In the future, aircraft with long, t...
- What’s Up: April 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 1 Apr 2025 April (Meteor) Showers and See a City of Stars! Enjoy observing planets in the morning and evening sky, look for Lyrid meteors, and hunt for the “faint fuzzy” wonder that is the distant and ancient city of stars known as...
- MDA Space buys SatixFy to boost constellation production SpaceNews · 1 Apr 2025 Canada’s MDA Space announced plans April 1 to buy Israeli satellite chipmaker SatixFy in a $269 million deal to further vertically integrate its constellation manufacturing capabilities.
- NASA History News and Notes–Spring 2025 NASA · 1 Apr 2025 The NASA History Office brings you the new Spring 2025 issue of NASA History News & Notes reflecting on some of the transitional periods in NASA’s history, as well as the legacies of past programs. Topics include NASA’s...
- Ways Community College Students Can Get Involved With NASA NASA · 1 Apr 2025 For many students, the path to a NASA career begins at a community college. These local, two-year institutions offer valuable flexibility and options to those aspiring to be part of the nation’s next generation STEM work...
- Tuesday Telescope: On Mars, the rovers take pictures of robotic arms and rocks Ars Technica · 1 Apr 2025 Wait, the Daily Telescope is back? Sort of.
- China launches internet technology test satellites with Long March 2D SpaceNews · 1 Apr 2025 China conducted a new launch for a nebulous series of internet technology test satellites early Tuesday.
- ESA Space Environment Report 2025 ESA · 1 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Space Debris: Is it a Crisis? ESA · 1 Apr 2025 Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?
- NATO Contracts ICEYE to Provide Earth Observation Data European Spaceflight · 1 Apr 2025 NATO has awarded a contract to Finnish Earth observation company ICEYE to supply Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to its Situation Centre in Brussels. Founded in 2014, ICEYE operates the world’s largest constellation...
- Sols 4495-4497: Yawn, Perched, and Rollin’ NASA · 1 Apr 2025 Written by Natalie Moore, Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, March 28, 2025 Womp, womp. Another SRAP (Slip Risk Assessment Process) issue due to wheels being perched...
- Discovery Alert: Four Little Planets, One Big Step NASA · 1 Apr 2025 The Discovery Four rocky planets much smaller than Earth orbit Barnard’s Star, the next closest to ours after the three-star Alpha Centauri system. Barnard’s is the nearest single star. Key Facts Barnard’s Star, six ligh...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Spaceflight Now · 1 Apr 2025 This will be the 12th launch of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East is set for 4:39 p.m. PDT (7:39 p.m. EDT, 2339 UTC).
- Private Astronaut Crew Lifts Off To Circle Earth’s Poles SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Apr 2025 Four private astronauts lifted off from Kennedy Space Center this evening on a SpaceX Crew Dragon. They are the first humans to orbit the Earth circling around the North and
- SpaceX launches Fram2 private astronaut mission SpaceNews · 1 Apr 2025 SpaceX launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft March 31 on a private astronaut mission that is the first crewed spaceflight to pass over the poles.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Fram2 astronauts to polar orbit on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 31 Mar 2025 The launch will be the first human spaceflight mission to a polar orbit. Liftoff is set for Monday, March 31, at 9:46 p.m. EDT (0146 UTC).
- Meet the Fram2 crew: A cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a cinematographer, a robotics engineer and an Arctic explorer Spaceflight Now · 31 Mar 2025 The roughly 3.5 to 5-day mission will be the first human spaceflight over the arctic and antarctic poles. Launch is targeting no earlier than Monday, March 31, weather permitting.
- Butch and Suni to Meet with Boeing Leadership on Starliner’s Path Forward SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 Mar 2025 The two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, but returned on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, will soon meet with Boeing’s leadership about getting Starliner
- Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to fly five missions during busy week NASASpaceflight · 31 Mar 2025 Five Falcon 9 missions are scheduled to launch this week, including the first-ever crewed mission…
- Investigation into failed New Glenn landing completed SpaceNews · 31 Mar 2025 Blue Origin says its next New Glenn launch will be as soon as late spring after completing an investigation into the failed booster landing on the vehicle’s first flight.