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- AscendArc emerges from stealth to take on small GEO market SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 Portland, Oregon-based AscendArc, founded by a former SpaceX principal engineer, emerged from stealth Jan. 29 after raising $4 million to enter the growing market for small geostationary communications satellites.
- SpaceRyde founder’s startup offers CAD copilot SpaceNews · 30 Jan 2025 California startup Hestus has raised $1.5 million to develop an AI copilot for Computer-Aided Design software.
- U.S. Space Force Rapid Capabilities Office selects companies for tech accelerator SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 The Space RCO tapped 10 companies for its inaugural Prime Fusion Pilot Accelerator
- SpaceX veterans’ hypersonic weapons startup secures $100 million SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 California-based Castelion is seeking to disrupt the market with fast-paced manufacturing and lower costs
- The long-planned return of two astronauts from space is now a political issue Ars Technica · 29 Jan 2025 This is all pretty bonkers for a lot of reasons.
- NASA Invites Media to Discuss PUNCH Mission to Study Solar Wind NASA · 29 Jan 2025 NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to share information about the agency’s upcoming PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, which is targeted to launch no ear...
- NASA, Partners to Welcome Fourth Axiom Space Mission to Space Station NASA · 29 Jan 2025 NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, launching from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier tha...
- NASA rules out immediate Crew-9 return, saying astronauts will come back “as soon as practical” SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 NASA appears to be retaining existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after calls to bring them back “as soon as possible.”
- Following Flight 7 SpaceX line up future Starships NASASpaceflight · 29 Jan 2025 SpaceX continues to press forward with preparations for Flight 8 of Starship, ranging from vehicle…
- 6 NASA Experiments on Materials, Benefitting Space and Earth NASA · 29 Jan 2025 Did you know that NASA conducts ground-breaking research in space on materials like metals, foams, and crystals? This research could lead to next-generation technology that both enables deep-space exploration and benefit...
- Geyser Season on Mars NASA · 29 Jan 2025 This Oct. 29, 2018, image from the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures geysers of gas and dust that occur in springtime in the South Polar region of Mars. As the Sun rises higher in the sky, the...
- NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Sample Reveals Mix of Life’s Ingredients NASA · 29 Jan 2025 Studies of rock and dust from asteroid Bennu delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer) spacecraft have revealed molecules that, on...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch SpainSat New Generation 1 satellite on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 29 Jan 2025 The SNG 1 satellite is designed to provide protected communications capabilities to Spain and its allies during its 15-year operating life. Liftoff from pad 39A is set for 8:34 p.m. EST (0134 UTC), the opening of a two-h...
- ESA actively monitoring near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 ESA · 29 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) Planetary Defence Office is closely monitoring the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2032.
- AstroForge announces asteroid target for upcoming mission SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 Space mining company AstroForge has revealed the destination of its next asteroid prospecting mission and has signed a launch contract with Stoke Space.
- Satellite backlog emerges as key constraint at the nation’s busiest spaceport SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 Space Force official warns there is not enough room to prep satellites as commercial and government missions ramp up
- Planet announces $230 million contract from Asia-Pacific customer SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 Planet's largest contract to date is a $230 million deal with a commercial customers in the Asia-Pacific region.
- York unveils M-Class satellite for 1,000-kilogram payloads SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 York Space Systems new M-Class platform is designed for payloads as large as 1,000 kilograms.
- Connecting the Dots | Growth amid uncertainty SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 The space industry is on the cusp of major growth as 2025 gets underway, even as multiple uncertainties loom. Analysts are broadly optimistic that growing government support will help push […]
- AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission Ars Technica · 29 Jan 2025 The primary goal is to make sure Odin turns on.
- ESA at the 17th European Space Conference - Day 2 ESA · 29 Jan 2025 The second day of the European Space Conference saw European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano join ESA Directors and the Director General on a range of panels and interactions with media.
- Trump tells Musk to bring back “stranded” ISS astronauts SpaceX already planned to return SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 President Trump says he has told SpaceX to return two NASA astronauts “abandoned” on the ISS even though SpaceX already planned to bring them back.
- India’s first launch of 2025 sends NVS-02 navigation satellite into orbit SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — India conducted its first launch of the year late Tuesday, sending a new-generation navigation satellite towards geostationary orbit. A Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk II lifted off […]
- Sols 4437-4438: Coordinating our Dance Moves NASA · 29 Jan 2025 Earth planning date: Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 I was Geology and Mineralogy (Geo) Science Team lead today, and my day started with a bang and a drum roll — delivered by a rare winter thunderstorm (rare here in England, at le...
- FAA optimistic launch companies will switch to new regulations by 2026 deadline SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 FAA officials say that are increasingly confident that they can move commercial launch licenses to a new set of regulations by a March 2026.
- Trump, Musk Imply Changes to Butch and Suni’s Return SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Jan 2025 Posts on social media this evening by President Trump and Elon Musk are raising questions about whether changes are in the works for returning Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to
- UK Government Backs Orbex with £20M Investment European Spaceflight · 29 Jan 2025 The UK Government has announced a £20 million (€23,8 million) investment in Orbex to support the construction and launch of its first Prime rocket from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland later this year. Prime is a small two...
- DoD says contracts continue amid confusion over White House order SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 An OMB memo on federal spending sparked chaos across the defense contracting world
- Space Force projects ULA to outpace SpaceX in 2025 national security missions SpaceNews · 29 Jan 2025 ULA’s Vulcan is scheduled to launch 11 national security missions in 2025, compared to seven for SpaceX
- Musk: President Trump calls for fast-track return to Earth of the former Starliner astronauts Spaceflight Now · 28 Jan 2025 SpaceX was already tasked with returning NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams as part of the Crew-9 mission. That departure was delayed by NASA due to unresolved issues with the fifth Crew Dragon capsule that...
- Why did Elon Musk just say Trump wants to bring two stranded astronauts home? Ars Technica · 28 Jan 2025 "We will do so."
- Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6 ESA · 28 Jan 2025 Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) Director of Science, Carole Mundell, ESA Director of Space Transportation, Toni Tolker-Nielsen, and Arianespace Chief Commercial Officer, Steven Rutgers, signed the launch agreement...
- For the first time, a privately developed aircraft has flown faster than sound Ars Technica · 28 Jan 2025 There appears to be plenty of demand in the commercial air travel industry.
- How to Fly NASA’s Orion Spacecraft NASA · 28 Jan 2025 On NASA’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under the agency’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will take the controls of the Orion spacecraft and periodically fly it manually during the flight around the Moon...
- Wolf Moon in Washington NASA · 28 Jan 2025 A NASA photographer captured the full “wolf” moon rising over the Lincoln Memorial and Memorial Bridge on Jan. 13, 2025. The Maine Farmers’ Almanac began publishing Native American names for full moons in the 1930s. Over...
- Space Force still mapping out strategy for in-orbit logistics and satellite services SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2025 Brig. Gen. Panzenhagen: ‘We're focused on understanding the state of the technology’
- Alicia Brown Joins Commercial Space Federation as Executive Director SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2025 January 28, 2025 – Washington, DC — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) announced today that Alicia Brown, former NASA Associate Administrator for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, will be joining the […]
- ESA enlists Thales Alenia Space for mission to Venus SpaceNews · 28 Jan 2025 ESA has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract worth about $383 million in total to lead the development of EnVision, slated to launch in November 2031 on a 15-month journey to study Venus.
- NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to Date NASA · 28 Jan 2025 Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon are extreme. Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the sou...
- NASA’s PUNCH Mission Tests Solar Arrays Before Launch NASA · 28 Jan 2025 Technicians supporting NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission deployed and tested the spacecraft’s solar arrays at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facility at Vandenberg Space Fo...