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- Giving NASA’s CADRE a Hand NASA · 13 Feb 2025 One of three small lunar rovers — part of a NASA technology demonstration called CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) — is prepared for shipping in a clean room on Jan. 29, 2025, at NASA’s Jet P...
- Tribal Library Co-Design STEM Space Workshop NASA · 13 Feb 2025 Christine Shupla and Claire Ratcliffe Adams, from the NASA Science Activation program’s NASA@ My Library project, facilitated a professional development Co-Design Space Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (ST...
- Launch providers step closer to first orbital launch from UK soil NASASpaceflight · 13 Feb 2025 The awarding of the UK’s first commercial vertical launch license in December marked a significant…
- Blue Origin to lay off 10% of its workforce SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 Blue Origin is laying off 10% of its workforce, or more than 1,000 employees, citing the need to restructure the company and reduce bureaucracy.
- NASA Readies Moon Rocket for the Future with Manufacturing Innovation NASA · 13 Feb 2025 NASA’s Artemis campaign will send astronauts, payloads, and science experiments into deep space on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) super heavy-lift Moon rocket. Starting with Artemis IV, the Orion spacecraft and its ast...
- NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Will Seek Life’s Ingredients NASA · 13 Feb 2025 Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the galaxy and take stock. Every living organism on Earth needs water to survive, so scientists searc...
- In the Starlight: Tristan McKnight Brings NASA’s Historic Moments to Life NASA · 13 Feb 2025 For more than a decade, Tristan McKnight has been a driving force behind some of NASA’s most iconic events, orchestrating the behind-the-scenes magic that brings each historic moment to life while sharing the agency’s ad...
- Citing too much “bureaucracy,” Blue Origin to cut 10 percent of its workforce Ars Technica · 13 Feb 2025 "We grew and hired incredibly fast in the last few years."
- Headquarters and Center Chief Counsel Contacts NASA · 13 Feb 2025 Headquarters Centers
- EU Commission Calls for Faster Progress on Launcher Development European Spaceflight · 13 Feb 2025 During a keynote address at the Perspectives Spatiales 2025 event in Paris, European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space Andrius Kubilius outlined the challenging position the European space sector finds itself i...
- Heart Health NASA · 13 Feb 2025 Science in Space: February 2025 February was first proclaimed as American Heart Month in 1964. Since then, its 28 (or 29) days have served as an opportunity to encourage people to focus on their cardiovascular health. Th...
- Webb Maps Full Picture of How Phoenix Galaxy Cluster Forms Stars NASA · 13 Feb 2025 Discovery proves decades-old theory of galaxy feeding cycle. Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have finally solved the mystery of how a massive galaxy cluster is forming stars at such a high rate. The c...
- China’s answer to SpaceX SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds meet Yao Song, a Chinese entrepreneur and CEO of Orienspace. Raised in a Communist revolution, Orienspace’s founder now aims to outpace Elon Musk and lead China’s private space race.
- Trump’s interest in Greenland highlights space race in the high North SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 President Donald Trump has developed a strong fixation on Greenland, and floated the idea of the United States buying the island from Denmark. The proposal has been broadly criticized for […]
- York Space expands into satellite services for U.S. government SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 The initiative marks a pivot for York from a pure-play manufacturer into services
- Increasing the efficiency of the U.S. national security space program SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 President Trump’s reelection and establishment of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the United States national securit...
- Sentinel-1C demonstrates power to map land deformation ESA · 13 Feb 2025 Launched just two months ago and still in the process of being commissioned for service, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is, remarkably, already showing how its radar data can be used to map the shape of Earth’s lan...
- ESA's HydRON project for space-based optical communications moves forward ESA · 13 Feb 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has jointly signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to develop Element #2 of its High-throughput Digital and Optical Network (HydRON), an advanced laser-based satellite system that will...
- Lunar Space Station Module Will Journey to US ahead of NASA’s Artemis IV Moon Mission NASA · 13 Feb 2025 A key element of the Gateway lunar space station has entered the cleanroom for final installations after completing environmental stress tests.
- Blue Origin planning second New Glenn launch for late spring SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 Blue Origin expects to attempt its second New Glenn launch in late spring after correcting problems that prevented the booster from landing on the first launch last month.
- Blue Origin CEO Calls All Hands Meeting; Employees Brace For Major Layoffs The Launch Pad · 13 Feb 2025 Blue Origin CEO Calls All Hands Meeting; Employees Brace For Major Layoffs
- Satellite startup Apex wins $45.9 million Space Force contract SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 California-based company specializes in manufacturing standardized small satellite buses
- New Space Subcommittee Chair Backs Moon First, Then Mars SpacePolicyOnline.com · 13 Feb 2025 Congressman Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), the new chair of the House space subcommittee, is fully behind the current plan to return astronauts to the Moon before going to Mars. President Trump’s
- DOGE to examine NASA payments SpaceNews · 13 Feb 2025 NASA’s acting administrator says DOGE will be examining payments at the agency but that safeguards are in place to prevent conflicts of interest.
- Arkadia Space to supply MaiaSpace thrusters SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2025 Spanish propulsion startup will supply monopropellant thrusters to French rocket startup MaiaSpace.
- 25 Years Ago: STS-99, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission NASA · 12 Feb 2025 On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). The international STS-99 crew included Commander Kevin Kregel, Pilot Dominic Gorie,...
- Space Development Agency seeks industry input on integrating satellite network into ‘Iron Dome’ SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2025 The agency plans to award one or more contracts for 60-day studies focused on several areas.
- NASA’s Polar Ice Experiment Paves Way for Future Moon Missions NASA · 12 Feb 2025 NASA’s Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the Moon’s subsurface and analyze where lunar resources may reside. The experiment’s two key instruments will demonstrate our ability to ex...
- A Rainbow-colored “Feather” in the Martian Sky NASA · 12 Feb 2025 NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this feather-shaped iridescent cloud just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023. Studying the colors in iridescent clouds tells scientists something about particle size within the clouds and...
- NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth NASA · 12 Feb 2025 The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, is now available online. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported crew working in l...
- Spire Global sues Kpler to complete maritime business sale SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2025 Spire Global has launched legal action to force Belgian analytics provider Kpler to complete its acquisition of the small satellite operator’s commercial ship-tracking business.
- 15 Years Ago: STS-130 Delivers Tranquility and Cupola to Space Station NASA · 12 Feb 2025 On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the International Space Station, the 32nd shuttle flight to the orbiting lab. The STS-130 crew included Commander Ge...
- Why Does the Moon Look Larger at the Horizon? We Asked a NASA Scientist: Episode 50 NASA · 12 Feb 2025 Why does the Moon look larger on the horizon? The short answer is, we don't know.
- NASA Telescopes Deliver Stellar Bouquet in Time for Valentine’s Day NASA · 12 Feb 2025 A bouquet of thousands of stars in bloom has arrived. This composite image contains the deepest X-ray image ever made of the spectacular star forming region called 30 Doradus. By combining X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra...
- NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’ NASA · 12 Feb 2025 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission’s deployable aperture cover — a visor-like sunshade that will help prevent unwanted light from entering the telescope — to the outer b...
- Curiosity spies stunning clouds at twilight on Mars Ars Technica · 12 Feb 2025 The noctilucent clouds only appear in some locations on Mars, near the equator.
- Solar flares in May 2024 revealed Earth’s vulnerability to space weather SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2025 After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO and chief scientist at Space Environment Technologies, is reconsidering a […]
- GPS civil signals are vital for America’s national security SpaceNews · 12 Feb 2025 The Global Positioning System (GPS) made its combat operations debut during Operation Desert Storm. Since then, it has evolved into a ubiquitous presence in our everyday lives that helps keep […]
- UK MOD Taps Airbus to Build £127M Spy Satellite Constellation European Spaceflight · 12 Feb 2025 The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has awarded Airbus a £127 million contract to develop two reconnaissance satellites. The two satellites will make up the country’s Oberon Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite...
- NASA announces new launch date for Crew-10, swap of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft following construction delays Spaceflight Now · 12 Feb 2025 The four-member crew will now fly onboard Dragon Endurance instead of SpaceX’s fifth Crew Dragon spacecraft as originally intended. Launch has moved up to Wednesday, March 12, “pending mission readiness and completion of...