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- Katy Perry In For Journey Of Lifetime; Blue Origin Announces NS-31 Crew The Launch Pad · 27 Feb 2025 Katy Perry In For Journey Of Lifetime; Blue Origin Announces NS-31 Crew
- The future of advanced air mobility under a new Congress and Trump administration SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 As the 119th Congress convenes and the Trump administration returns to the helm, the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry stands at a pivotal juncture. Air taxis and other next generation […]
- The New Case for Mars – with Robert Zubrin SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds, Robert Zubrin, president of the Mars Society, sits down with host David Ariosto. With the debate heating up over exploration priorities, Zubrin lays out how — and why — humanity cou...
- Liftoff! NASA Tech, Science En Route to Moon with Intuitive Machines NASA · 27 Feb 2025 The next set of NASA science and technology demonstrations is on its way to the lunar surface, where they will gather data about Earth’s nearest neighbor and help pave the way for American astronauts to explore the Moon...
- Watch live: Ariane 6 second flight ESA · 27 Feb 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Virgin Galactic to start assembly of first new spaceplane in March SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 Virgin Galactic will start assembling the first of a new general of suborbital spaceplanes next month with commercial flights planned for mid-2026.
- China adds to SuperView remote sensing constellation with Long March 2C launch SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 HELSINKI — China added to a commercial high-resolution remote sensing constellation early Thursday with the launch of a pair of SuperView Neo-1 satellites. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off […]
- Metal made in space lands on Earth ESA · 27 Feb 2025 The first metal 3D part ever created on orbit has landed on Earth.
- SpaceForest Completes Full-Duration Test of Hybrid Rocket Engine European Spaceflight · 27 Feb 2025 Polish rocket builder SpaceForest has successfully completed a full-duration hot fire test of an upgraded version of its SF-1000 hybrid rocket engine. The engine will be used to power the company’s suborbital PERUN rocke...
- Third Lunar Lander This Year Headed to the Moon, Plus an Orbiter SpacePolicyOnline.com · 27 Feb 2025 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket this evening with a commercial lunar lander and a NASA lunar orbiter among other payloads. The Athena lander, the second built by Intuitive Machines
- House hearing debates ways to improve Artemis SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 Two former government officials offered conflicting advice to a House committee on how to change NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign
- Falcon 9 launches second Intuitive Machines lunar lander SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander is on its way to the moon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch Feb. 26 that also deployed three rideshare payloads.
- Sols 4466-4468: Heading Into the Small Canyon NASA · 27 Feb 2025 Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 The fine detail of the image above reminds us once again that geoscience — on Mars and on Earth — is...
- Space industry hunts for ways to adapt to Trump’s trade policies SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2025 Faced with rising costs and supply chain disruptions, the space industry is scrambling to mitigate the financial strain of the Trump administration’s “America First” trade and tariff policies.
- House Committee Backs Moon-to-Mars, But Changes May Be Needed SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Feb 2025 Republicans and Democrats on a key House committee made clear today their support for NASA’s Artemis program to return astronauts to the lunar surface — and only then go on
- NASA Remembers Long-Time Civil Servant John Boyd NASA · 26 Feb 2025 John Boyd, known to many as Jack and whose career spanned more than seven decades in a multitude of roles across NASA as well as its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), died Feb. 20. He w...
- Fourth Launch of NASA Instruments Planned for Near Moon’s South Pole NASA · 26 Feb 2025 Sending instruments to the Moon supports a growing lunar economy on and off Earth, and the next flight of NASA science and technology is only days away. NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative is a lun...
- Falcon 9 set to launch second lunar mission of 2025 with IM-2 lander NASASpaceflight · 26 Feb 2025 SpaceX is preparing to fly its second lunar mission of 2025, just over a month…
- Sols 4464-4465: Making Good Progress NASA · 26 Feb 2025 Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 Over the weekend Curiosity drove about 48 meters (about 157 feet) to the southwest, continuing t...
- Milky Way on the Horizon NASA · 26 Feb 2025 NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, image of the Milky Way appearing beyond Earth’s horizon. At the time, the International Space Station was o...
- 6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer NASA · 26 Feb 2025 The small satellite mission will map the Moon to help scientists better understand where its water is, what form it’s in, how much is there, and how it changes over time. Launching no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26, NAS...
- SpaceX explains reasoning for Starship 7 upper stage loss Teslarati · 26 Feb 2025 SpaceX is set to launch its eighth test flight of the Starship rocket this Friday. Ahead of the most recent test in what could be the most revolutionary spaceflight program since NASA’s Apollo, SpaceX is clearing the air...
- Congressional watchdog flags risks in Space Development Agency’s satellite program SpaceNews · 26 Feb 2025 The Government Accountability Office specifically raises concerns about the technical maturity of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s laser communications technology.
- NASA Open Data Turns Science Into Art NASA · 26 Feb 2025 An art display powered by NASA science data topped the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, CA throughout December 2024. Nightly visitors enjoyed “Synchronicity,” a 20-minute-long video art piece by Greg Niemeyer, which us...
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 to Discuss Space Station Mission, Upcoming Return NASA · 26 Feb 2025 Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 11:55 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 4, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and...
- War of words heats up over Space Force’s strategic posture SpaceNews · 26 Feb 2025 The Space Force Association issued a strong rebuttal to a Mitchell Institute report that argued the Space Force is more focused on competitive endurance than on defeating adversaries
- Seagate Space Corporation Launches With Mission To Return Offshore Launch Platforms to America The Launch Pad · 26 Feb 2025 Seagate Space Corporation Launches With Mission To Return Offshore Launch Platforms to America
- NASA Stennis Flashback: Learning About Rocket Engine Smoke for Safe Space Travel NASA · 26 Feb 2025 NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is widely known as the nation’s largest rocket propulsion test site. More than 35 years ago, it also served as a hands-on classroom for NASA engineers seeking...
- Long-time advocate of SLS rocket says it’s time to find an “off-ramp” Ars Technica · 26 Feb 2025 "A revised Artemis campaign plan should be a high priority for the new NASA Administrator."
- Keep NASA’s innovation engine going SpaceNews · 26 Feb 2025 In every vibrant technology company, the efforts of talented engineers and technicians are divided between two equally important areas: research and development (R&D) and operations. Both areas require ingenuity, attenti...
- Second Intuitive Machines lunar lander ready for launch SpaceNews · 26 Feb 2025 The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines is set to launch, taking to the moon NASA and commercial payloads as well as several rideshare spacecraft.
- ESA seeks companies to commercialise inventions ESA · 26 Feb 2025 Year after year, ESA creates new technologies and applications, typically filing 10 new patent applications per year. As a result, ESA has built a portfolio of around 550 patents and patent applications to date. Now, thr...
- Drilling into Mars ESA · 26 Feb 2025 The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will drill deeper than any other mission has ever attempted on the Red Planet.
- CIRA Qualifies Key Element of Space Rider’s Thermal Protection System European Spaceflight · 26 Feb 2025 The Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) has announced the successful qualification of Space Rider’s Body Flaps, a key element of the reusable spacecraft’s thermal protection system. Space Rider’s Re-entry Module is...
- “Iron Dome” Becomes “Golden Dome” SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Feb 2025 President Trump’s directive to build an “Iron Dome for America” is getting a name change. Instead of Iron Dome, it now is Golden Dome. The purpose is the same —
- NASA's Europa Clipper Leverages Mars for Critical Gravity Assist SpaceDaily · 26 Feb 2025 About 4 months after its launch, NASA's Europa Clipper is set to perform a gravity assist maneuver as it flies by Mars on March 1. Next year the spacecraft will swing back by Earth for a final gravity assist before headi...
- Blue Origin launches tenth New Shepard suborbital human spaceflight SpaceNews · 25 Feb 2025 Blue Origin conducted the tenth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Feb. 25, carrying six people, one of whom was at least semi-anonymous.
- NASA Names Stephen Koerner as Acting Director of Johnson Space Center NASA · 25 Feb 2025 NASA has selected Stephen Koerner as acting director of Johnson Space Center. Koerner previously served as Johnson’s deputy director. “It is an honor to accept my new role as acting director for Johnson,” Koerner said. “...
- Chang Zheng 8A launches as Chinese spaceport expansions begin NASASpaceflight · 25 Feb 2025 Chinese spaceflight activities have been on pause in recent weeks due to the annual Spring…
- Wargaming the Unknown: The Space Force’s challenge in preparing for a war no one has fought SpaceNews · 25 Feb 2025 Col. Lincoln Bonner said simulating potential adversary actions in space is "absolutely essential" given the lack of historical conflicts to study.