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- EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all ESA · 16 Jan 2025 With ESA’s EarthCARE satellite and four measuring instruments all working extremely well and fully commissioned, the mission’s ‘first level’ data stream is now freely available.
- Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket Ars Technica · 16 Jan 2025 Bypassing engine chill issues and a wayward boat, Blue Origin got to T-0.
- New Glenn reaches orbit on first launch SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket achieved orbit on its long-awaited first launch Jan. 16, although the company failed in its attempt to recover the first stage.
- Second SAR satellite advances Space42’s hybrid connectivity and imagery vision SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025 Emirati operator Space42 has established communications with its recently launched Foresight-2 satellite, the second SAR payload for the hybrid imaging and connectivity provider.
- Hubble budget cuts could impact science and mission operations SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 Proposed budget reductions for the Hubble Space Telescope would impact research and outreach as well as increase the risk to the observatory.
- Mars plays hide and seek with Wolf Moon ESA · 15 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- U.S. intelligence agency selects 13 companies for satellite data contract SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 The $200 million Luno B contract follows a $290 million Luno A procurement announced in September
- History made: Blue Origin becomes first new space company to reach orbit on its first launch Spaceflight Now · 15 Jan 2025 Blue Origin was unsuccessful in recovering its first stage booster, but was able to achieve its primary goal of reaching orbit. Liftoff from pad 36 occurred at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 UTC).
- Defense spending propels government space budgets to new heights SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 Novaspace reports that government space spending hit record $135 billion in 2024
- NASA Solar Observatory Sees Coronal Loops Flicker Before Big Flares NASA · 15 Jan 2025 For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares — intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Obser...
- Langley’s Propeller Research Tunnel NASA · 15 Jan 2025 Elton W. Miller, chief of aerodynamics at what is now NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, stands in the entrance cone of the Propeller Research Tunnel in this Sept. 9, 1926, photo. In front of the entran...
- Former Pentagon official John Plumb joins startup K2 Space SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 California-based K2 Space manufacturers satellite platforms for commercial and defense applications
- NASA Seeks Proposals for Space Biology and Physical Sciences Research NASA · 15 Jan 2025 On Dec. 19, 2024, NASA released two amendments to the NASA Research Announcement Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024 (NNH24ZDA001N) to announce the E.9 Space Biology: Research Studies and E.12...
- Stoke Space raises $260 million SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 Stoke Space has raised $260 million to advance development of a fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle and its Cape Canaveral launch site.
- Stoke Space raises a ton of money as it moves closer to debut launch Ars Technica · 15 Jan 2025 "It’s a very different conversation with investors than it was five years ago."
- How It Started, How It’s Going: Johnson Space Center Edition NASA · 15 Jan 2025 If you ask Johnson Space Center employees why they work for NASA, many will tell you it was always their dream. For others, landing a job at NASA was an unexpected stop on their career path. Here is a look at where five...
- 50 Years Ago: Preparing the Final Saturn Rocket for Flight NASA · 15 Jan 2025 With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) intensified. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, workers...
- 50 Years Ago: Preparing the Final Saturn Rocket for Flight NASA · 15 Jan 2025 With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) intensified. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, workers...
- NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble’s Discovery of a New Universe NASA · 15 Jan 2025 For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don’t go looking for it — the flickering star is 2.2 million light-years away, and is...
- Technological ‘to-do list’ to reach Zero Debris created ESA · 15 Jan 2025 There is an increasing willingness in the space sector to tackle the problem of space debris. Yet much of the required technology to mitigate or prevent its risks is still missing.
- Do the Space Launch System and Orion have a future under the Trump administration? SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 Since the recent presidential election, there’s been a flurry of speculation about the future of NASA’s Moon to Mars plans during the second Trump administration. Will we accelerate plans to […]
- SpaceX Launches Pathfinder for Italy’s €1.1B IRIDE Constellation European Spaceflight · 15 Jan 2025 The Pathfinder Hawk satellite has been launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on behalf of the Italian government. It is the first satellite of the country’s €1.1 billion IRIDE Earth observation constellation. IRIDE wi...
- Slingshot tracks electronic interference targeting GPS signals SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 The company won a $1.9 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 contract from SpaceWERX
- Ariane 6 central core on the move ESA · 15 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Starship Flight 7: Block 2 Ship set to fly for the first time NASASpaceflight · 15 Jan 2025 SpaceX is set to launch the seventh full stack flight of Starship, and this time…
- Snooping science on the Moon ESA · 15 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed its first exploration data buy agreement with Hungarian company Puli Space Technologies, whose neutron spectrometer will study water ice in the Moon's south pole region and prov...
- InCubed launches highlight ESA’s support for innovation ESA · 15 Jan 2025 Three InCubed satellites have launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, highlighting ESA’s role as partner to industry and its support for business and technology innovation.
- Falcon 9 launches American and Japanese commercial lunar landers SpaceNews · 15 Jan 2025 A Falcon 9 successfully launched Jan. 15 two landers built by American and Japanese companies taking different paths to the surface of the moon.
- Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia ESA · 15 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two billion stars and other objects over the last decade to...
- The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (edge-on) ESA · 15 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- The best Milky Way map, by Gaia ESA · 15 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- The best Milky Way animation, by Gaia ESA · 15 Jan 2025 This is a new artist’s animation of our galaxy, the Milky Way, based on data from ESA’s Gaia space telescope.
- ESA’s Highlights in 2025 ESA · 15 Jan 2025 This year will mark the European Space Agency’s 50th anniversary and promises to be a landmark year for the European aerospace industry. In addition to milestone events in our programmes, September will also mark 30 year...
- Proba-3 becomes two: satellites separated ESA · 15 Jan 2025 Last night a crucial step in the European Space Agency’s eclipse-making Proba-3 mission was completed: the two spacecraft, flying jointly since launch, have successfully separated. This leaves them ready to begin their c...
- IRIDE pathfinder satellite has launched ESA · 15 Jan 2025 The first IRIDE satellite – the Pathfinder Hawk – is now in orbit around Earth after lifting off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 14 January.
- Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight NASA · 15 Jan 2025 A suite of NASA scientific investigations and technology demonstrations is on its way to our nearest celestial neighbor aboard a commercial spacecraft, where they will provide insights into the Moon’s environment and tes...
- American, Japanese Landers on the Way to the Moon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 15 Jan 2025 Two lunar landers, one American and one Japanese, are on their way to the Moon this morning. The two are unrelated except for sharing a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon 9
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Firefly Aerospace and ispace Moon landers on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 15 Jan 2025 Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander will deploy first and is designated as the primary payload and ispace’s Resilience lander will follow about 30 minutes after. Liftoff from pad 39A is set for 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 UTC)...
- Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument Poster NASA · 14 Jan 2025 NASA’s Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration designed and built...
- Roman Space Telescope Wide Field Instrument Poster NASA · 14 Jan 2025 The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), the primary instrument aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 300-megapixel visible and infrared camera that will allow scientists to perform revolutionary astrophysics sur...