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- JWST facing potential cuts to its operational budget SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2025 While the James Webb Space Telescope continues to exceed astronomers’ expectations, it faces a potential funding shortfall.
- ESA Member States to Vote on Future of Space Rider in November European Spaceflight · 25 Jan 2025 ESA Member States will decide on the future of the Space Rider programme during the agency’s Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen this November, Programme Manager Dante Galli told European Spaceflight. Space Rider is a...
- New Shepard flight to demonstrate lunar gravity SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2025 Blue Origin’s next suborbital spaceflight will be a long-awaited demonstration of New Shepard’s ability to generate lunar gravity rather than microgravity.
- Spacewalks resume from U.S. segment of ISS after six month hiatus NASASpaceflight · 24 Jan 2025 The International Space Station (ISS) started 2025 with a long-awaited return to EVA activities from…
- Rocket Lab, Orora Technologies contract for “responsive launch” ahead of main 2025 wildfire season Spaceflight Now · 24 Jan 2025 The eight satellites will also fulfill a concept study contract awarded to OroraTech and Spire Global by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in October 2024. A specific launch date hasn't been announced, but Rocket Lab said...
- NASA Invites Media to Expedition 71 Crew Visit at Marshall NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA will host four astronauts at 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Jan. 29, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, an...
- Fischer regains leadership of Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2025 Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) has been named chair of the Senate Armed Services’ subcommittee overseeing U.S. nuclear weapons and space programs
- NASA Invites Media to Second Intuitive Machines Launch to Moon NASA · 24 Jan 2025 For the second time, Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to deliver NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations to the Moon for the benefit of all. Media accreditation is open for the IM-2 launch,...
- NASA to Brief Media on Asteroid Sample Mission Findings NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA will brief media at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 29, to provide an update on science results from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) missio...
- Hubble Studies the Tarantula Nebula’s Outskirts NASA · 24 Jan 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,...
- NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon! NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar...
- Artemis II Stacking Operations Update NASA · 24 Jan 2025 Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program continue stacking the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s twin solid rocket booster motor segments for the agency’s Artemis II mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Buil...
- Trump team signals defense acquisition overhaul SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2025 A new guard of tech billionaires and venture capitalists is mobilizing to overhaul the Pentagon’s multi-billion dollar space acquisition process as Donald Trump begins his second term at the White […]
- The sounds of BepiColombo's sixth flight past Mercury ESA · 24 Jan 2025 Listen to the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft as it flew past Mercury on 8 January 2025. This sixth and final flyby used the little planet's gravity to steer the spacecraft on course for entering orbit around Mercury in...
- NICER Status Update NASA · 24 Jan 2025 Jan. 24, 2025 NASA’s NICER Continues Science Operations Post Repair NASA crew aboard the International Space Station installed patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) mission during a s...
- European Launch Startups Send Open Letter to ESA Outlining Key Priorities European Spaceflight · 24 Jan 2025 Six European launch startups have penned and released an open letter to ESA outlining key priorities they urge the agency to consider when implementing the European Launch Challenge. Below is the full, unedited text of t...
- 40 Years Ago: STS-51C, the First Dedicated Department of Defense Shuttle Mission NASA · 24 Jan 2025 On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD). As such, many of the...
- The U.S. should stop holding back its military potential in space SpaceNews · 24 Jan 2025 Five years after the creation of the Space Force, the United States hasn’t quite unlocked the full military potential of space, continuing perennial efforts to normalize space as an operational […]
- NASA Invites Media to Expedition 71 Crew Visit at Marshall NASA · 24 Jan 2025 NASA will host four astronauts at 9 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Jan. 29, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA astronauts Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps, an...
- Week in images: 20-24 January 2025 ESA · 24 Jan 2025 Week in images: 20-24 January 2025
- Satellite ready for close-up ESA · 24 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- A Tarantula’s outskirts ESA · 24 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Earth from Space: Cyclone Dikeledi ESA · 24 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California Spaceflight Now · 24 Jan 2025 The Starlink 11-6 mission will be the fourth launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base so far in 2025. Liftoff from pad 4 East will take place at 6:07 a.m. PST (9:07 a.m. EST, 1407 UTC).
- NASA Presses on With Artemis as Questions Swirl About the Future SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Jan 2025 NASA awarded study contracts to nine companies today for lunar surface mobility and logistics concepts to support the Artemis program. Three days into the second Trump Administration, questions are swirling
- Boeing projects additional Starliner losses in fourth quarter SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 Boeing expects to take additional losses on its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program when it releases its fourth quarter financial results next week.
- US space traffic system upgrade still targeting 2025 amid bid protest SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 The U.S. Office of Space Commerce remains confident it can roll out its next-generation space traffic coordination platform this year with contractor Slingshot Aerospace, despite a bid protest from competitor Kayhan Spac...
- SpaceX to begin beta testing Direct-to-Cell Starlink satellites NASASpaceflight · 23 Jan 2025 SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have rapidly changed what was once believed possible regarding satellite internet connectivity.…
- NASA awards Artemis logistics studies SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 NASA issued study contracts to examine logistical issues for a long-term human presence on the moon despite uncertainty about the future of Artemis.
- Inaugural Isar Spectrum Flight Expected Within “Next Few Months” European Spaceflight · 23 Jan 2025 A Norwegian government announcement has revealed that Isar Aerospace expects to conduct the inaugural flight of its two-stage Spectrum rocket within the “next few months.” In September 2024, an Isar spokesperson told Eur...
- Space venture firm predicts industry shakeup SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 Space Capital says Boeing and Airbus are poised to exit space business
- AST SpaceMobile raises $400 million to accelerate direct-to-smartphone plans SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 AST SpaceMobile has raised $400 million through convertible debt to help ramp up manufacturing for its direct-to-smartphone constellation.
- China launches classified TJS-14 satellite towards geostationary belt SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — China sent a classified experimental technology satellite into orbit Thursday, adding to a series of spacecraft recently sent towards geostationary orbit. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off […]
- Interlune plans to gather scarce lunar Helium-3 for quantum computing on Earth SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 GOLDEN, Colorado — Interlune, a Seattle-based company of former Blue Origin technologists, has set its sights on the moon’s supply of Helium-3 — a rare heavy isotope deposited into lunar […]
- NASA JPL Prepping for Full Year of Launches, Mission Milestones NASA · 23 Jan 2025 Missions will study everything from water on the Moon to the transformation of our universe after the big bang and ongoing changes to Earth’s surface. With 2024 receding into the distance, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laborator...
- NASA Worm as Art NASA · 23 Jan 2025 Museum of Modern Art Opens Exhibition Featuring NASA Worm The iconic NASA logotype, commonly known as the worm and designed by Bruce Blackburn and Richard Danne in 1976, was premiered Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2025 at the Museum...
- We need a National Space Council to chart our future in outer space SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 Politico recently published an article entitled “A Musk-shaped question hangs over the National Space Council,” questioning whether President Trump will revitalize the National Space Council as it was under his […]
- NASA Tests Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Using Its Pilatus PC-12 Aircraft NASA · 23 Jan 2025 As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires a...
- NASA Invests in Artemis Studies to Support Long-Term Lunar Exploration NASA · 23 Jan 2025 NASA awarded new study contracts Thursday to help support life and work on the lunar surface. As part of the agency’s blueprint for deep space exploration to support the Artemis campaign, nine American companies in seven...
- SpaceNews Celebrates 2024 Milestones and Looks Ahead to an Ambitious 2025 SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 January 23, 2025 — In 2024, SpaceNews celebrated its 35th anniversary alongside a year of remarkable growth, innovation, and deeper connections with the space industry. From increased online engagement to […]