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- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California Spaceflight Now · 1 Feb 2025 The Starlink 11-4 mission will be the 200th orbital launch from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff is scheduled for 3:02 p.m. PST (6:02 p.m. EST, 2302 UTC).
- Apply now for the 2025 ESA Graduate Trainee Programme ESA · 1 Feb 2025 The 2025 ESA Graduate Trainee positions are now open! If you’re passionate about engineering, science, IT or business, this is your chance to turn your dreams into reality.
- Scientists find building blocks of life in OSIRIS-REx samples, discover potentially dangerous asteroid NASASpaceflight · 31 Jan 2025 Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid 101955…
- Former head of Boeing’s Starliner program returns to role Spaceflight Now · 31 Jan 2025 The change in leadership follows the decision made in 2024 by Mark Nappi, the former VP and program manager of CCP, to retire from Boeing in February.
- NASA to Talk Science, Tech Aboard Next Intuitive Machines Moon Flight NASA · 31 Jan 2025 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 7, to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commerci...
- China’s DeepSeek AI signals faster path to space autonomy SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 The emergence of China’s DeepSeek has shaken up the artificial intelligence sector, promising new opportunities for space companies beginning to explore ways to leverage AI in space.
- What’s Up: February 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 31 Jan 2025 A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night amid the menagerie of bright winter stars. Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planet Visibility:...
- NASA Radar Imagery Reveals Details About Los Angeles-Area Landslides NASA · 31 Jan 2025 Analysis of data from NASA radar aboard an airplane shows that the decades-old active landslide area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula has expanded. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California used...
- The remote seeds of exploration SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 There may be something about Earth’s remote places that root many of humanity’s greatest achievements in space. John Glenn (the first American to orbit the Earth) and Neil Armstrong (the […]
- NASA Flight Tests Wildland Fire Tech Ahead of Demo NASA · 31 Jan 2025 NASA is collaborating with the wildfire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting – particularly aerial nighttime operations. In the future, agencies could more efficiently use d...
- Building an Antenna NASA · 31 Jan 2025 A crane lowers the 112-foot-wide (34-meter-wide) steel framework for the Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23) reflector dish into position on Dec. 18, 2024, at the Deep Space Network’s (DSN) Goldstone Space Communications Comp...
- 6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA’s Newest Space Telescope NASA · 31 Jan 2025 Shaped like a megaphone, the upcoming mission will map the entire sky in infrared light to answer big questions about the universe. Expected to launch no earlier than Thursday, Feb. 27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base i...
- 60 days in bed for science ESA · 31 Jan 2025 A group of volunteers is spending two months lying in bed—with their feet up and one shoulder always touching the mattress—even while eating, showering, and using the toilet. But why? This extreme bedrest study is helpin...
- Meet the Space Ops Team: Lindsai Bland NASA · 31 Jan 2025 With more than 17 years of experience at NASA, Lindsai Bland has been an integral part of the agency, contributing to multiple Earth observing system missions at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland....
- Week in images: 27-31 January 2025 ESA · 31 Jan 2025 Week in images: 27-31 January 2025
- Space companies can dock satellites in orbit, but can they navigate the Pentagon? SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 Commercial space companies are revolutionizing the global economy with groundbreaking technologies, from autonomous satellite docking to cutting-edge data services. Yet, despite their innovation prowess, companies face s...
- A call to stargaze with strangers SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 As an international affairs professional in Washington, DC, I have faced immense grief while helping others navigate recent international crises, from the coronavirus to the Ukraine invasion to the genocide […]
- Transforming ESA’s technical heart ESA · 31 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Rocket Report: SpaceX tosses away a Falcon 9; a Somalian spaceport? Ars Technica · 31 Jan 2025 "It was the perfect partnership and the biggest softball of all the opportunities."
- Hubble Spots a Supernova NASA · 31 Jan 2025 The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Hubble captured this image roughly two months after a supern...
- Chinese provinces are fueling the country’s commercial space expansion SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — China’s national space endeavors have frequently grabbed headlines, but a transformation at the local level is playing another role in China’s broader space strategy. Across the country, local […]
- Earth from Space: São Francisco River, Brazil ESA · 31 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Sols 4439-4440: A Lunar New Year on Mars NASA · 31 Jan 2025 Earth planning date: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 We’re planning sols 4439 and 4440 on the first day of the Lunar New Year here on Earth, and I’m the Geology/Mineralogy Science Theme Lead for today. The new year is a time fo...
- ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space €862M Argonaut Moon Lander Contract European Spaceflight · 31 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency has awarded a €862 million contract to Thales Alenia Space to build the Descent Element of the agency’s Argonaut Moon lander. Designed as a multi-role lunar lander, Argonaut consists of three ma...
- Safety panel reports progress in Starliner investigation SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 Boeing and NASA are making “significant progress” on addressing issues seen on a test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft last year, an independent NASA safety panel says
- AVS wins study contract for ESA astrophysics mission SpaceNews · 31 Jan 2025 Spanish company Added Value Solutions (AVS) has won a contract for the initial phases of a ESA science mission.
- Asteroids! Bennu and YR4 Make Headlines SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 Jan 2025 Two separate news stories out of NASA have a common theme — asteroids. One set of scientists released findings from analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu returned by the
- SPHEREx’s Concentric Cones NASA · 30 Jan 2025 NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory rests horizontally in this April 2024 image taken at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado. This orienta...
- Clearer career pathways needed to sustain space industry growth SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 The commercial space industry should establish standardized career paths to attract the talent needed for its rapid expansion, a panel of professional services specialists said at the SpaceCom conference here.
- Space Minds with Kam Ghaffarian SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 In this week's episode our guest is Kam Ghaffarian, Chairman, Axiom Space, Intuitive Machines and other companies. Inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing, starting in his basement, and finally reaching the moon. This is...
- Ending the dream SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 I was 20 years old and a member of the 7th Cavalry near the DMZ in South Korea when the first Space Shuttle was launched in 1981. The launch took […]
- Foust Forward | ESA navigates its uncertain future with NASA SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Donald Trump didn’t wait to return to the White House before he started to shake up foreign policy. In the weeks leading up to his second inauguration, Trump proposed reclaiming […]
- Virgin Galactic and Redwire partner on suborbital research capabilities SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Virgin Galactic is working with Redwire to produce payload racks for experiments flying on its Delta-class suborbital spaceplane in development.
- ESA and European Commission to build quantum-secure space communications network ESA · 30 Jan 2025 Today in Brussels, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission consolidated their cooperation on the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI), marking the successful conclusion of negotiati...
- Artemis contractors defend current architecture as fastest way to return to the moon SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Companies involved in the Artemis lunar exploration campaign urged the new administration to retain the current architecture to avoid more delays.
- Europe awards $900 million contract for Argonaut lunar lander development SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Thales Alenia Space announced a contract worth nearly $900 million Jan. 30 to develop and deliver the Lunar Descent Element for Argonaut, the European Space Agency’s cargo lander slated for missions to the Moon starting...
- Using AI for more reliable space missions ESA · 30 Jan 2025 As we prepare to go deeper into space, the demand for autonomous systems capable of operating independently from ground control and crew interactions is increasing. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaping up to be an ess...
- Arianespace Secures Three Ariane 6 Launch Deals in Two Days European Spaceflight · 30 Jan 2025 During the 17th European Space Conference, held in Brussels on 28 and 29 January, Arianespace was awarded contracts to launch PLATO, Sentinel-1D, and a pair of second-generation Galileo satellites. Arianespace currently...
- Argonaut: a first European lunar lander ESA · 30 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space in Italy to lead European aerospace companies in building the Argonaut Lunar Descent Element, ESA’s first lunar lander.
- iPhone Starlink compatibility sends direct-to-smartphone stocks sliding SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Shares in direct-to-smartphone satellite players tumbled Jan. 29 after Apple enabled iPhones with a T-Mobile cellular plan to join beta tests for SpaceX’s rival service in the United States.