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- Live coverage: Firefly Aerospace attempts first Moon landing with Blue Ghost Spaceflight Now · 1 Mar 2025 The robotic lander will attempt to touch down on the lunar surface at Mare Crisium near Mons Latreille Sunday morning. The anticipated landing time is no earlier than 3:34 a.m. EST (0834 UTC).
- FAA gives approval for next Starship test flight SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2025 The FAA has given its approval for the next flight of SpaceX’s Starship even while the investigation into the failed previous flight continues.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 1 Mar 2025 The mission comes a day after announcing they crossed 5 million subscribers to the Starlink internet service. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 9:24 p.m. EST (0224 UTC).
- Varda Space capsule lands in Australia with critical data for hypersonic vehicles SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2025 After spending six weeks in orbit, the capsule touched down at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia
- Sentinel-2A Given One-Year Exceptional and Temporary Extension European Spaceflight · 1 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency has announced that the Sentinel-2A satellite has received a one-year extension, delaying its planned retirement. As part of the European Commission’s Copernicus programme, the Sentinel-2 mission...
- Smooshing for Science: A Flat-Out Success NASA · 28 Feb 2025 Written by Henry Manelski, Ph.D. student at Purdue University The Perseverance team is always looking for creative ways to use the tools we have on Mars to maximize the science we do. On the arm of the rover sits the SHE...
- Two senators question Air Force nominee’s SpaceX connections SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Meink seeking clarity on his relationship with SpaceX and its chief executive, Elon Mus...
- NOAA Hit Hard by DOGE Layoffs SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Feb 2025 NOAA is the latest federal agency hit hard by layoffs ordered by the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) spearheaded by Elon Musk. The office that issues licenses to
- NASA Uses New Technology to Understand California Wildfires NASA · 28 Feb 2025 The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities. In an effort to better understand wildfire behavior, NASA scientists and engineers tried to learn from the events by testing new technology....
- What’s Up: March 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 28 Feb 2025 A Fast-Moving Planet and a Crimson Moon! Catch Mercury if you can, then stay up late for a total lunar eclipse, and learn the truth about the dark side of the Moon. Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planets Visibility:...
- NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer, AstroForge’s Odin face post-deployment challenges Spaceflight Now · 28 Feb 2025 Two spacecraft that launched as rideshare payloads on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission are dealing with post-deployment challenges that might put the missions in jeopardy.
- Golden Dome replaces Iron Dome: Pentagon renames missile defense initiative SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 While inspired by Israel's Iron Dome air-defense system, the American version is designed to operate on a much larger scale
- Skylo raises $30 million to fuel direct-to-smartphone expansion SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 Skylo has raised $30 million to enable standard smartphones to connect to partner geostationary satellites in more areas worldwide.
- Office of Space Commerce hit by layoffs SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 Layoffs of staff at NOAA have included its Office of Space Commerce, potentially affecting work on space traffic coordination and remote sensing licensing.
- FCC mulls C-band options, raising prospect of another satellite windfall SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 The FCC formally kicked off a process to explore new uses for upper C-band satellite spectrum , potentially paving the way for another windfall for incumbent operators.
- Langley Laboratory Apprentice at Work NASA · 28 Feb 2025 An apprentice at Langley Laboratory (now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia) inspects wind tunnel components in this image from May 15, 1943. During World War II, the National Advisory Committee for Aero...
- Hubble Captures New View of Colorful Veil NASA · 28 Feb 2025 In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous — and frequently photographed — supernova remnant: the Veil Nebula. The remnant of a star roughly 20 times as massive as the Sun...
- China to train Pakistani astronaut for Tiangong space station mission SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 HELSINKI — China and Pakistan have signed an astronaut training agreement that could see the first international astronaut arrive at the Tiangong space station. The China Manned Space Engineering Office […]
- Week in images: 24-28 February 2025 ESA · 28 Feb 2025 Week in images: 24-28 February 2025
- How independent space companies can fight back against misinformation from Elon Musk and Donald Trump SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 The space industry thrives on precision, innovation and scientific rigor. But in today’s media landscape, facts often take a backseat to spectacle. Two of the loudest voices in the space […]
- Jamie Dunn NASA · 28 Feb 2025 Project Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Jamie Dunn — now a project manager for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — naturally became interested in planes. Whi...
- Space endurance: A call for more dialogue, not less SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 On February 19, the Mitchell Institute published a report on the United States Space Force’s Theory of Competitive Endurance. The report assumes the Space Force’s core theoretical approach could undermine […]
- Lunar Trailblazer, Odin spacecraft suffering problems after IM-2 launch SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 Two spacecraft, one from a startup and the other built by a major aerospace company, are experiencing problems after their launch as rideshares on a lunar lander mission.
- Rocket Lab reaffirms 2025 first launch of Neutron SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 Rocket Lab says the first launch of its Neutron rocket remains planned for 2025 after a recent research report concluded it could slip to as late as 2027.
- POLARIS Spaceplanes Secures Contract for Hypersonic Research Vehicle European Spaceflight · 28 Feb 2025 POLARIS Spaceplanes has received a contract from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to design a hypersonic research vehicle. BAAINBw is the German defence...
- South Korea approves strategic plans for space SpaceNews · 28 Feb 2025 HELSINKI — South Korea has approved new space strategies, including plans for reusable launch vehicles, as it seeks to become one of the world’s top five space powers. The Korea […]
- Mission accomplished for Integral, ESA’s gamma-ray telescope ESA · 28 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Webb visits a star-forming spiral ESA · 28 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Earth from Space: Maha Kumbh Mela festival, India ESA · 28 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Next New Shepard Has Star-Studded, All-Female Crew SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Feb 2025 Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin has announced the crew of its next New Shepard suborbital mission, NS-31. The passengers are all female and include CBS journalist Gayle King, pop superstar Katy
- Space Development Agency pushes back on GAO’s criticism SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 The congressional watchdog raised concerns about the agency's rush to deploy hundreds of military satellites before fully proving that they can establish laser communications in orbit
- SES shareholder pushes to curb state control to tackle market challenges SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 A shareholder with more than 7% of SES’ economic interests is calling for reduced state control over the Luxembourg-based satellite operator, arguing that greater independence is needed to tackle mounting challenges.
- Commodity Classic Hyperwall Schedule NASA · 27 Feb 2025 NASA Science at AMS Hyperwall Schedule, January 13-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #401) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. MONDAY, JANUARY 13 6:10 – 6:25 PMThe Golden...
- NASA Installs Heat Shield on First Private Spacecraft Bound for Venus NASA · 27 Feb 2025 Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Bohdan Wesely, right, and Eli Hiss, left, complete a fit check of the two halves of a space capsule that will study the clouds of Venus for signs o...
- Intuitive Machines Aims High for Second Moon Landing Space Scout · 27 Feb 2025 Intuitive Machines has embarked on its second Moon landing attempt for NASA’s CLPS initiative with the launch of IM-2.
- Intuitive Machines-2 Lifts Off NASA · 27 Feb 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander (IM-2) soars upward after liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. The lander is set...
- Swissto12 strengthens push beyond subsystems with SES antenna deal SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 Swissto12 announced Feb. 27 its first major contract for electronically steered antennas, securing a deal to supply SES with ground terminals for the Luxembourg-based operator’s O3b mPower medium Earth orbit network.
- FAA Issues SpaceX "Orbital" Starship Launch License; SpaceX Targets Monday For Starship Flight 8 The Launch Pad · 27 Feb 2025 FAA Issues SpaceX "Orbital" Starship Launch License; SpaceX Targets Monday For Starship Flight 8
- NASA’s Hubble Provides Bird’s-Eye View of Andromeda Galaxy’s Ecosystem NASA · 27 Feb 2025 Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly the angular size of the full Moon. What backyard observers don’t see is a swarm of ne...
- NASA Selects Participating Scientists to Join Lucy Asteroid Mission NASA · 27 Feb 2025 NASA has selected eight participating scientists to join its Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids are remnants of our early solar system trapped on stable orbits associated with — but not close t...