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- XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations ESA · 13 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of a nearby galaxy. The results paint a fascinating picture that defies h...
- Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black Hole NASA · 13 Jan 2025 International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never seen before using data from NASA missions and other facilities. The features include t...
- 55 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Prepares for Third Moon Landing NASA · 13 Jan 2025 Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening federal budgets forced NASA to rescope its future lunar landing plans. The need for a Saturn V...
- ESA welcomes Slovenia as 23rd Member State ESA · 13 Jan 2025 Slovenia has celebrated its status ESA's 23rd Member State with a day of space activities including a primetime television broadcast from the Herman Potočnik Noordung Space Technology Center in Vitanje.
- The Trump administration should leverage private space stations to counter China SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2025 We stand on the brink of a transformative era in space exploration: a shift from government-led to commercial-led activities off-planet. With this shift comes the need to recognize that the […]
- NASA, Partners Open Applications for CubeSat Summer Program NASA · 13 Jan 2025 NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to offer a set of hands-on learning engagements that will help higher education institutions, faculty, and students learn more about what it takes to bui...
- High School Aerospace Scholars Propel STEM Leaders Forward NASA · 13 Jan 2025 NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston offers students a unique gateway to opportunity through the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. The initiative provides Texas juniors with han...
- Chinese sea launch sends 10 navigation enhancement satellites into orbit SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2025 China launched a Jielong-3 solid rocket from a mobile sea platform late Sunday, successfully placing 10 Centispace navigation enhancement satellites into orbit.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 13 Jan 2025 The mission comes as SpaceX is preparing for a week that includes a rideshare flight; a dual-manifest, Moon bound missions; and Starship Flight 7. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 10:0...
- An icy vent line may have caused Blue Origin to scrub debut launch of New Glenn Ars Technica · 13 Jan 2025 Such issues are totally expected and normal with large, new rockets.
- Blue Origin scrubs first New Glenn launch attempt SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2025 Blue Origin called off the first attempt to launch its New Glenn rocket Jan. 13 because of an unspecified technical issue.
- ArianeGroup Already Working to Secure IRIS2 Launch Contract European Spaceflight · 13 Jan 2025 ArianeGroup CEO Martin Sion stated on 10 January that discussions regarding a launch contract for the European Union’s IRIS2 secure communications megaconstellation must begin in 2025, emphasizing the need for an agreeme...
- Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch inaugural New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 13 Jan 2025 The launch marks the first orbital launch attempt for Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. Liftoff from Launch Complex 36 is set for 1:31 a.m. EST (0631 UTC), 30 minutes after opening of a three-hour launch window.
- New interim leaders for NASA astrophysics and planetary science SpaceNews · 13 Jan 2025 Retirements and reassignments have led to a reshuffling of leadership in part of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
- Bezos on eve of New Glenn launch: ‘If something goes wrong, we’ll pick ourselves up’ Ars Technica · 13 Jan 2025 "There are some things that can only be tested in flight."
- What’s Happening in Space Policy January 12-18, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 12 Jan 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of January 12-18, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- Blue Origin ready for maiden flight of New Glenn NASASpaceflight · 11 Jan 2025 After years of development, Blue Origin’s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, is due…
- New Glenn rocket is at the launch pad, waiting for calm seas to land Ars Technica · 11 Jan 2025 "Landing our booster offshore is ambitious—but we’re going for it."
- ESA Set to Sign Major Argonaut Lunar Lander Contract in Q1 European Spaceflight · 11 Jan 2025 The European Space Agency expects to award a contract to build the main element of its Argonaut lunar lander in the first quarter of 2025. Funding for the Argonaut lunar lander project was approved by ESA Member States i...
- Four Astranis GEO satellites pass initial commissioning milestone SpaceNews · 11 Jan 2025 Astranis said all four of its recently launched broadband satellites have passed early tests and begun using electric propulsion to reach geostationary orbit.
- First NASA Neurodiversity Network Intern to Present at the American Geophysical Union Annual Conference NASA · 10 Jan 2025 The NASA Science Activation Program’s NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) project sponsors a summer internship program for high school students, in which learners on the autism spectrum are matched with NASA Subject Matte...
- Los Angeles Fires Seen from International Space Station NASA · 10 Jan 2025 On Jan. 10, 2025, NASA astronaut Don Pettit posted two images of the Los Angeles fires from the International Space Station. Multiple destructive fires broke out in the hills of Los Angeles County in early January 2025,...
- NASA Research To Be Featured at American Astronomical Society Meeting NASA · 10 Jan 2025 From new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA missions will be highlighted at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). T...
- NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies NASA · 10 Jan 2025 NASA selected 15 visionary ideas for its NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program which develops concepts to transform future missions for the benefit of all. Chosen from companies and institutions across the Uni...
- NASA Sets Coverage for Firefly First Commercial Robotic Moon Launch NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeting launch Wednesday, J...
- NIAC 2025 Selections NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Phase I Phillip AnsellHydrogen Hybrid Power for Aviation Sustainable Systems (Hy2PASS)University of IllinoisUrbana, IL 61801-29572025 Phase I Ryan BensonConstruction Assembly DestinationThinkOrbital Inc.Boulder, CO 80303...
- LEAP – Legged Exploration Across the Plume NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Justin YimUniversity of Illinois We propose Legged Exploration Across the Plume (LEAP), based on the Salto jumping robot as a novel multi-jet robotic sampling concept for Enceladus to be deployed from Enceladus Orbilande...
- Fusion-Enabled Comprehensive Exploration of the Heliosphere NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Ryan WeedHelicity Space LLC This proposal aims to revolutionize space exploration by developing a constellation of spacecraft powered by the Helicity Drive, a compact and scalable fusion propulsion system. This innovativ...
- Beholding Black Hole Power with the Accretion Explorer Interferometer NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Kimberly WeaverNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Some of the most enigmatic objects in the Universe are giant supermassive black holes (SMBH). Yet after 30 years of study, we don’t know precisely how these objects produce...
- Thermo-Photo-Catalysis of Water for Crewed Mars Transit Spacecraft Oxygen Supply NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Saurabh VilekarPrecision Combustion Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes to develop a uniquely compact, lightweight, low-power, and durable Microlith® Thermo-Photo-Catalytic (TPC) Reactor for crewed Mars transit spa...
- SUPREME-QG: Space-borne Ultra-Precise Measurement of the Equivalence Principle Signature of Quantum Gravity NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Selim ShahriarNorthwestern University, Evanston Progress in physics has largely been driven by the development and verification of new theories that unify different fundamental forces of nature. For example, Maxwell revo...
- PULSAR: Planetary pULSe-tAkeR NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Marco QuadrelliNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory There is a strong coupling mechanism between the lithosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, atmosphere, and the plasmasphere of many planetary bodies. For example, the ionospher...
- Inflatable Starshade for Earthlike Exoplanets NASA · 10 Jan 2025 John MatherNASA Goddard Space Flight Center We will design the first family of ISEE’s (Inflatable Starshade for Earthlike Exoplanets) with sizes from 35 to 100 m diameter. A starshade would enable any telescope to observ...
- TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Ben HockmanNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory A basketball-sized towbody containing a camera, atmospheric sampling instruments, and support hardware is suspended on a multi-kilometer tether from a high-altitude balloon in th...
- MitoMars: Targeted Mitochondria Replacement Therapy to Boost Deep Space Endurance NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Robert HinshawNASA Ames Research Center We propose to pioneer a radically new approach to mitigating radiation-induced cell damage in astronauts by transplanting new undamaged mitochondria (critical radiation-sensitive c...
- Construction Assembly Destination NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Ryan BensonThinkOrbital Inc. ThinkOrbital is proud to propose the first milestone in the development of in-space manufacturing at scale. ThinkOrbital, the leader in ISAM&C technologies, having flown the first robotically...
- Hydrogen Hybrid Power for Aviation Sustainable Systems (Hy2PASS) NASA · 10 Jan 2025 Phillip AnsellUniversity of Illinois The purpose of this program is to demonstrate the merits of hydrogen hybrid fuel cell/gas turbine engine power systems for sustainable commercial transport aircraft design and mission...
- Week in images: 06-10 January 2025 ESA · 10 Jan 2025 Week in images: 06-10 January 2025
- NASA and Italian Space Agency Test Future Lunar Navigation Technology NASA · 10 Jan 2025 As NASA celebrates 55 years since the historic Apollo 11 crewed lunar landing, the agency also is preparing new navigation and positioning technology for the Artemis campaign, the agency’s modern lunar exploration progra...
- Nuclear Electric Propulsion Technology Could Make Missions to Mars Faster NASA · 10 Jan 2025 The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We’re not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are technologies that could help transport a crew on that round-trip journey in a relatively quick two year...