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- How the space industry is preparing for Trump’s tariffs SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 Donald Trump has returned to the White House Jan. 20, having promised import taxes that could raise costs and reduce access to critical materials for the United States space industry. […]
- SLS in transition: from Biden to Trump SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 Ending the Space Launch System’s decades-long drain on the United States’ limited spaceflight budget should be a high priority during the transition from President Joe Biden to President-elect Donald Trump. Unfortunately...
- Space Minds with Peter Beck SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 In this weeks inaugural episode of Space Minds our guest is Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, who provides us some background on his passion for space, on engineers leading companies, why Rocket Lab is not a lau...
- Estonia to host Europe's new space cybersecurity testing ground ESA · 23 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Estonian Space Office have set out to develop Europe's newest space cyber range that aims to make space technology more secure and accessible for companies across Europe. Last year...
- China launches fourth batch of Thousand Sails megaconstellation satellites SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — China launched the fourth batch of 18 satellites for the Thousand Sails megaconstellation early Thursday using a Long March 6A rocket. The Long March 6A lifted off at […]
- Einstein Probe detects puzzling cosmic explosion ESA · 23 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- NASA shutters diversity offices to comply with executive order SpaceNews · 23 Jan 2025 NASA is beginning to implement a White House order to terminate diversity programs at the agency that were once praised by its current acting administrator.
- Rocket Lab to launch OroraTech satellites SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2025 Rocket Lab announced Jan. 22 a contract to launch a set of wildfire-monitoring satellites for German company OroraTech on a short turnaround.
- China Roundup: Chang Zheng 8A set for debut, Chinese hopper flies 75 km high-altitude test NASASpaceflight · 22 Jan 2025 China’s Chang Zheng 8A rocket is set for its maiden flight from the Hainan commercial…
- NASA moves swiftly to end DEI programs, ask employees to “report” violations Ars Technica · 22 Jan 2025 "Failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences."
- Artist’s Concept of Gemini Spacecraft NASA · 22 Jan 2025 Two astronauts are seated inside the Gemini spacecraft in this artist’s concept made in January 1965. The Gemini program was an early NASA human spaceflight program designed to bridge the Mercury and Apollo programs. Its...
- NASA Awards Logistics, Metrology Support Services Contract NASA · 22 Jan 2025 NASA has awarded a small business set-aside contract to Apache Innovations JV of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide logistics, and related support services to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The Glenn Logisti...
- U.S. Space Force forecasts $2.3 billion in commercial satellite services contracts SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2025 The largest opportunity is a nearly $900 million program focused on maneuverable satellites in geostationary orbit
- I am Artemis: Jon Carabello NASA · 22 Jan 2025 Jon Carabello did not begin his career journey with an eye on space, but when NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign came calling, he was all in. Born, raised, and college-educated in New Hampshire, Carabello has spen...
- Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock NASA · 22 Jan 2025 The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. The small near-Earth object 2024 PT5 captured the world’s at...
- NASA 3D-Printed Antenna Takes Additive Manufacturing to New Heights NASA · 22 Jan 2025 In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather balloon, could open the d...
- Demystifying Jared Isaacman, Trump’s NASA nominee SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2025 Traditionally, selecting the leader of NASA has not been a top priority for incoming presidential administrations. While nominations for cabinet-level posts are announced well before Inauguration Day, the choice of […]
- Advanced Modeling Enhances Gateway’s Lunar Dust Defense NASA · 22 Jan 2025 Ahead of more frequent and intense contact with dust during Artemis missions, NASA is developing new strategies to protect equipment as astronauts travel between the Moon and spacecraft like Gateway, humanity’s first lun...
- What President Biden’s second cybersecurity executive order means for the space economy SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2025 In the waning hours of the Biden administration, the Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity was released. The order is a sweeping opus that covers […]
- NASA Faces of Technology: Meet Lauren Best Ameen NASA · 22 Jan 2025 If you tell Lauren Best Ameen something is hard and cannot be done, she will likely reply, “Watch me.” As deputy manager for the Cryogenic Fluid Management Portfolio Project Office at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Clev...
- NASA Glenn Trains Instructors for After-School STEM Program NASA · 22 Jan 2025 NASA and the U.S. Department of Education are teaming up to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education during after-school hours. The interagency program strives to reach approximately...
- NASA Glenn Helps Bring Joy to Children in Need NASA · 22 Jan 2025 NASA’s Glenn Research Center continued a decades-long tradition of participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the 2024 holiday season. On Dec. 9, members of the Marine Corps Reserve (3rd Batta...
- U.S. and Norway sign technology safeguards agreement for launches from Andøya SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2025 The United States and Norway have signed an agreement to allow the export of American space hardware to Norway for launches there.
- Swarm detects tidal signatures of our oceans ESA · 22 Jan 2025 A study using data from ESA’s Swarm mission suggests that faint magnetic signatures created by Earth’s tides can help us determine magma distribution under the seabed and could even give us insights into long-term trends...
- Downlinking satellite data from space to the cloud ESA · 22 Jan 2025 In October 2024, NASA and ESA carried out a series of system trials to test the transmission of data from ESA ground stations to Amazon Web Service servers.
- Avio Ships Space Rider Service Module Structure for Testing European Spaceflight · 22 Jan 2025 Italian rocket builder Avio has delivered the main structure of the first Space Rider service module to ESA’s ESTEC facility in the Netherlands for testing ahead of its inaugural flight. Space Rider is an uncrewed, reusa...
- Finland signs Artemis Accords SpaceNews · 22 Jan 2025 Finland signed the Artemis Accords Jan. 21, the first country to do so this year amid questions about the future of the agreement in the new administration.
- XMM-Newton observes black hole that exhibits strange oscillations NASASpaceflight · 21 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray space telescope recently discovered rapidly fluctuating X-ray signals…
- NASA Marshall Invites Media to Local Day of Remembrance Event NASA · 21 Jan 2025 NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, invites media to attend its observance of the agency’s Day of Remembrance at 9:30 a.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 23, in the lobby of Building 4221. Day of Remembrance...
- 60 Years Ago: Uncrewed Gemini 2 Paves the Way for the First Crewed Mission NASA · 21 Jan 2025 On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its Titan II booster, clearing the way for the first crewed mission. The 18-minute suborbital mission achiev...
- Company aims to build larger satellites for new era of launch abundance Ars Technica · 21 Jan 2025 "We decided to go after one of the big problems."
- Astronauts Set to Swab the Exterior of Station for Microbial Life NASA · 21 Jan 2025 Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples during crew spacewalks for the ISS External Microorganisms experiment. This investigation focuses on sampling...
- On Chasing Shadows: A New Exploration of Uranus Space Scout · 21 Jan 2025 At the December 2024 annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU24), NASA provided updates on the status of NASA’s upcoming Uranus Flagship mission and the precursor projects that will enable it.
- How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth NASA · 21 Jan 2025 Set to launch within a few months, NISAR will use a technique called synthetic aperture radar to produce incredibly detailed maps of surface change on our planet. When NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization’s (I...
- Redwire expands into defense with $925 million purchase of Edge Autonomy SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2025 The space infrastructure company is acquiring a drone manufacturer whose technology has been deployed with Ukraine’s military forces
- NASA Welcomes Finland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 21 Jan 2025 With Finland’s signing of the Artemis Accords on Tuesday, NASA celebrates the 53rd nation committing to the safe and responsible exploration of space that benefits humanity. The signing ceremony took place on the margins...
- Suni Williams Conducts Spacewalk NASA · 21 Jan 2025 NASA astronaut Suni Williams is seen outside the International Space Station during the Jan. 16, 2025, spacewalk where she and fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague replaced a rate gyro assembly that helps maintain the orient...
- Station Science Top News: Jan. 17, 2025 NASA · 21 Jan 2025 Insights into metal alloy solidification Researchers report details of phase and structure in the solidification of metal alloys on the International Space Station, including formation of microstructures. Because these m...
- Transforming NASA: enabling America’s commercial space leadership SpaceNews · 21 Jan 2025 With the United States space sector already generating more than $380 billion annually and supporting 100,000 American jobs, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA stand at a crossroads. Isaacman […]
- ESA Selects Consortia to Define Payload Platforms for Mars Tug European Spaceflight · 21 Jan 2025 As part of its LightShip initiative, the European Space Agency has chosen four consortia to conduct parallel studies to define small, low-cost Mars satellite platforms. The ESA Mars LightShip tug is a proposed interplane...