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- 35 Years Ago: NASA Selects its 13th Group of Astronauts NASA · 17 Jan 2025 On Jan. 17, 1990, NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23 candidates – seven pilots and 16 mission specialists. The group included one African American, one...
- ABS rethinks business models to navigate shifting satellite market SpaceNews · 17 Jan 2025 Agility Beyond Space (ABS) is keen to embrace new business models and strategic partnerships as the rapidly evolving satellite market shifts beneath the Dubai-based geostationary operator’s feet.
- Rocket Report: Starship experiences a RUD; Blue Origin nails its debut launch Ars Technica · 17 Jan 2025 "The computed numbers below prove that this is quite feasible with margins to spare."
- Second Ariane 6 Rocket Takes Shape as Spy Satellite Payload Arrives European Spaceflight · 17 Jan 2025 ArianeGroup has shared that the core stage and two boosters for the second flight of the Ariane 6 rocket have been assembled on the ELA4 launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre. At the same time, the flight’s payload, the...
- Leo P (NIRCam image) ESA · 17 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Seed-sized space chip ESA · 17 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- China launches Earth observation satellite for Pakistan SpaceNews · 17 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — China launched the first satellite of a remote sensing constellation for Pakistan late Thursday, with two domestic spacecraft also along for the ride. A Long March 2D rocket […]
- Jetting into space ESA · 17 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Earth from Space: Frozen borders ESA · 17 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- NRO’s Meink Is Trump’s Choice for Secretary of the Air Force SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Jan 2025 Troy Meink, an experienced national security space professional, is President-elect Trump’s choice to be the next Secretary of the Air Force. Currently Principal Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office,
- SpaceX successfully catches Super Heavy booster, loses Starship upper stage during Flight 7 Spaceflight Now · 17 Jan 2025 SpaceX founder Elon Musk said that their initial assessment is that there was "an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity." The...
- SpaceX Catches IFT-7 Booster, but Loses Starship SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Jan 2025 SpaceX succeeded in catching its huge Super Heavy booster back at the launch pad for the second time today, but the Starship second stage was lost. Elon Musk’s company is
- Space Force procurement official removed amid investigation SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 The Department of the Air Force confirmed that Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, has been placed on investigative administrative leave
- Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 SpaceX’s seventh Starship/Super Heavy test flight ended prematurely Jan. 16 when the Starship upper stage was apparently lost while ascending into space.
- SpaceX completes second catch of lower stage, but loses Starship Teslarati · 16 Jan 2025 SpaceX completed its seventh launch of Starship on Thursday, accomplishing a clean liftoff and catch of the first-stage booster. However, the upper stage was lost after its ascent. The launch took place just a few minute...
- NASA Names David Korth as Deputy, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate NASA · 16 Jan 2025 NASA has selected David Korth as deputy for Johnson Space Center’s Safety and Mission Assurance directorate. Korth previously served as deputy manager of the International Space Station Avionics and Software Office at Jo...
- NASA Names Mary Beth Schwartz as Director, Center Operations Directorate NASA · 16 Jan 2025 NASA has selected Mary Beth Schwartz as director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center Center Operations directorate. Schwartz previously served as the directorate’s deputy director. “I’m excited to embark on my new role as dir...
- Hubble Reveals Jupiter in Ultraviolet Light NASA · 16 Jan 2025 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released on Nov. 3, 2023, in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs when the planet and the Sun...
- Trump taps space and intelligence veteran Troy Meink as Air Force secretary SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 Meink currently serves as principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office
- Hubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their Environments NASA · 16 Jan 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible t...
- Space weather experts forecast strong support from incoming administration SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 Space weather sector anticipates continued support from incoming administration.
- NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration NASA · 16 Jan 2025 NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 23, honoring the members of the NASA family who lost their lives in the pursuit of exploration and discovery for benefit of humanity. The event, tradition...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch its Starship rocket on a 7th suborbital test flight from Starbase Spaceflight Now · 16 Jan 2025 The mission will launch the first big block upgrade to the rocket since its first flight in 2023. Liftoff from SpaceX’s Starbase facilities in southern Texas is set for 4 p.m. CST (5 p.m. EST, 2200 UTC).
- Sierra Space satellite passes milestone in Space Force program SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 The company designed a small navigation satellite for the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program
- NASA’s Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy NASA · 16 Jan 2025 In the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Mil...
- Hubble traces hidden history of the Andromeda Galaxy ESA · 16 Jan 2025 The largest photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, assembled from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations, unveils hundreds of millions of stars. It took more than 10 years to collect data for this colorful portrait o...
- Xplore launches precursor for hyperspectral constellation SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 Xplore's first satellite, a hyperspectral cubesat, launched Jan. 14.
- New Glenn Earns Its Wings Space Scout · 16 Jan 2025 At 2:04 AM local time on January 16th, 2025, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket rose from Launch Complex 36 at Space Canaveral Space Force Station for the first time. The launch of the 320-foot rocket represented the culmina...
- Aerospace Latin America: A History NASA · 16 Jan 2025 2025 Seminar Series Throughout 2025, the NASA History Office is presenting a seminar series on the topic of Aerospace Latin America. This series will explore the origins, evolution, and historical context of aerospace in...
- NASA International Space Apps Challenge Announces 2024 Global Winners NASA · 16 Jan 2025 NASA Space Apps has named 10 global winners, recognizing teams from around the world for their exceptional innovation and collaboration during the 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge. As the largest annual global hackathon, t...
- NASA Scientists Find New Human-Caused Shifts in Global Water Cycle NASA · 16 Jan 2025 In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that the global water cycle is shifting in unprecedented ways. The majority of those shifts are driven by activities such as agri...
- RFA gets U.K. launch license SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 German launch vehicle startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has received a license from U.K. regulators to carry out its first orbital launch.
- Exoplanets Need to Be Prepared for Extreme Space Weather, Chandra Finds NASA · 16 Jan 2025 Planets around other stars need to be prepared for extreme weather conditions, according to a new study from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) XMM-Newton that examined the effects of X-...
- NASA’s Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien Atmospheres NASA · 16 Jan 2025 Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and other systems that will enable the mission to carry out its work....
- Voyager Space rebrands to expand focus on national security SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 The Denver-based company is being renamed Voyager Technologies
- India completes on-orbit docking test in step towards major space plans SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — India completed the docking of two spacecraft in orbit, marking a crucial step forward for the country’s robotic lunar and human spaceflight plans. The Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) […]
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn Reaches Orbit SpacePolicyOnline.com · 16 Jan 2025 Blue Origin successfully launched the New Glenn rocket for the first time this morning, but fell short on landing the reusable first stage on a barge in the Atlantic. The
- Space Foundation and Starburst to Host Second Annual Space Symposium Innovate Pitch Competition SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jan. 15, 2025 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 as a gateway to unite the global space community, today announced that its Space […]
- Malargüe: A satellite dish best served cold ESA · 16 Jan 2025 A capacity increase by almost 80%! In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will allow missions to send much more data back to Earth.
- RFA Granted Launch Licence for RFA ONE Debut from SaxaVord European Spaceflight · 16 Jan 2025 The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued Rocket Factory Augsburg with a vertical launch licence to conduct the inaugural flight of its RFA ONE rocket from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. RFA is developing a three...