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- DesJarlais to chair House panel overseeing military space, nuclear programs SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2025 Tennessee Republican replaces Doug Lamborn as head of the House Armed Services Committee’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee
- 415 Years Ago: Astronomer Galileo Discovers Jupiter’s Moons NASA · 8 Jan 2025 On Jan. 7, 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei peered through his newly improved 20-power homemade telescope at the planet Jupiter. He noticed three other points of light near the planet, at first believing them to...
- Why the space community should care about Arctic geopolitics SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2025 Looks like Greenland is back on the menu. In a series of Truth Social posts, President-elect Donald Trump announced that American ownership of the Arctic island, which hosts the United […]
- NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection NASA · 8 Jan 2025 Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be underestimated. To quickly and thoroughly collect and analyze sample...
- Astronaut Set to Patch NASA’s X-ray Telescope Aboard Space Station NASA · 8 Jan 2025 NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, al...
- NASA’s 2024 International Space Station Achievements NASA · 8 Jan 2025 For more than 24 years, NASA has supported a continuous U.S. human presence aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth for the benefit o...
- NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft NASA · 8 Jan 2025 Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in s...
- How to conduct safe and robust medical research in the new space age SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2025 It usually starts with a headache. Headaches are one of the earliest symptoms of Space Adaptation System, a type of space motion sickness that affects 60% to 80% of astronauts […]
- Los Angeles ablaze ESA · 8 Jan 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- RFA “Fully Focused” on Building New First Stage for 2025 Launch Attempt European Spaceflight · 8 Jan 2025 German launch services provider Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is currently focused on building a new first stage for the inaugural flight of its RFA ONE rocket. The stage that was initially earmarked for the flight was d...
- Pale Blue to flight test water thruster with D-Orbit SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – Japanese startup Pale Blue announced an agreement Jan. 8 with Italian transportation company D-Orbit to conduct two 2025 demonstrations of a tiny water-fueled thruster. Slightly larger than […]
- Sols 4416-4417: New Year, New Clouds NASA · 8 Jan 2025 Earth planning date: Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 After our marathon holiday plan, we’re easing back into the new year with a standard two-sol plan. We did arrive today to the news that the drive hadn’t made it as far as we want...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 8 Jan 2025 The mission will be SpaceX’s third orbital launch of the year and 99th in total from Launch Complex 39. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-11 mission is set for 10:27 a.m. EST (1527 UTC).
- NASA Will Finalize Mars Sample Return Architecture Next Year SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Jan 2025 NASA will wait until the middle of next year to decide on the fastest, cheapest way to get the samples now being collected on Mars by the Perseverance rover back
- Ligado Networks sues Inmarsat after spectrum partnership breaks down SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 Satellite operator Ligado Networks, already suing the U.S. government over its stalled 5G plans, has filed a lawsuit against Viasat’s Inmarsat subsidiary for allegedly breaching their long-standing L-band spectrum partne...
- Nearly two years after its radical pivot, Fidelity slashes Relativity’s valuation Ars Technica · 7 Jan 2025 But a Silicon Valley billionaire might bail the company out.
- Best of 2024: Reestablished NASA Art Program Begins with Mural in New York City NASA · 7 Jan 2025 The New York-based artist team Geraluz, left, and WERC, right, pose in front of their mural “To the Moon, and Back” with their son Amaru, 5. The community mural was created as part of the reimagined NASA Art Program, whi...
- NASA to study two alternative architectures for Mars Sample Return SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 NASA will spend the next year and a half studying two different approaches for returning samples from Mars.
- Pentagon awards Anduril $14.3 million to expand production of solid rocket motors SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 Anduril entered the solid rocket motor market in 2023 following its acquisition of Adranos
- NASA eClips Educator Receives 2024 VAST Science Educator Specialist Award NASA · 7 Jan 2025 On November 14, 2024, NASA eClips team member, Betsy McAllister, was recognized with the prestigious Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) Science Educator Specialist Award at the 2024 VAST Annual Professional...
- JAXA’s First Wooden Satellite Deploys from Space Station NASA · 7 Jan 2025 In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of...
- NASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars NASA · 7 Jan 2025 To maximize chances of successfully bringing the first Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth for the benefit of humanity, NASA announced Tuesday a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program. The agency will simu...
- AAS Hyperwall Schedule NASA · 7 Jan 2025 NASA Science at AAS Hyperwall Schedule, January 12-16, 2025 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #505) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Hyperwall Agenda below. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12 7:00 – 7:15 PM NASA Cosmi...
- NASA to announce new path forward on Mars Sample Return mission Spaceflight Now · 7 Jan 2025 NASA put out a call in 2024 for proposals from industry and NASA centers for how to retrieve samples from the Martian surface in a cheaper way and on a shorter timeline.
- NASA’s AI Use Cases: Advancing Space Exploration with Responsibility NASA · 7 Jan 2025 NASA’s 2024 AI Use Case inventory highlights the agency’s commitment to integrating artificial intelligence in its space missions and operations. The agency’s updated inventory consists of active AI use cases, ranging fr...
- NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights NASA · 7 Jan 2025 NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the...
- China’s Guowang launch raises questions about satellite purpose and transparency SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — China has launched its first satellites for the Guowang constellation, but a veil of secrecy surrounds their purpose and capabilities, raising more questions than answers. China launched the […]
- NASA to Cover Two Spacewalks, Hold Preview News Conference NASA · 7 Jan 2025 Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 91 on Thursday, Jan. 16, and U.S. spacewalk 92 on Thursday, Jan. 23, to complete station upgrades. NASA also will discus...
- Airbus Delivers Key System for NASA’s Gateway Space Station European Spaceflight · 7 Jan 2025 Airbus Defence and Space has announced that it has delivered the first two units of the key electrical subsystem for the HALO module of NASA’s lunar Gateway Space Station. The Gateway’s Power Management and Distribution...
- NASA emphasizes role of the moon as testbed for future human Mars missions SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 NASA experts argue that lunar missions are essential before attempting any human expeditions to the Red Planet.
- Mark Boggett, Seraphim Space – Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with James Parker, Founding Partner, Leonid Capital Partners.
- Annual power ranking of US launch companies finds a shake-up at the bottom Ars Technica · 7 Jan 2025 No. 1 should come as no surprise, but we bet you won't guess no. 10.
- Interstellar and Toyota forge strategic partnership SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 SAN FRANCISCO — Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies announced a 7 billion yen ($44 million) investment Jan. 6 from Woven by Toyota, the automobile company’s mobility technology arm. Through a strategic […]
- AST SpaceMobile strikes spectrum deal amid Ligado Networks bankruptcy SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2025 Satellite operator AST SpaceMobile hopes to turbocharge its proposed direct-to-smartphone services with L-band spectrum from Ligado Networks, which filed for bankruptcy after GPS interference concerns derailed its terres...
- China launches Shijian-25 satellite to test on-orbit refueling and mission extension technologies SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2025 HELSINKI — China has kicked off its 2025 launch activities with the successful launch of the Shijian-25 satellite, aiming to advance key technologies for on-orbit refueling and extending satellite lifespans. […]
- Launch Roundup: New Glenn and Starship headline first full week of 2025 NASASpaceflight · 6 Jan 2025 The first full week of 2025 will feature a full lineup of launches from the…
- Kratos wins $1.45 billion Pentagon contract for hypersonic testing SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2025 The award marks one of the Pentagon's largest-ever investments in hypersonic testing infrastructure
- How US-Indian NISAR Satellite Will Offer Unique Window on Earth NASA · 6 Jan 2025 A Q&A with the lead U.S. scientist of the mission, which will track changes in everything from wetlands to ice sheets to infrastructure damaged by natural disasters. The upcoming U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Ape...
- The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon NASA · 6 Jan 2025 The next full Moon is the Wolf Moon; the Ice or Old Moon; the Moon after Yule; the start of Prayag Kumbh Mela; Shakambhari Purnima; Paush Purnima; the Thiruvathira, Thiruvathirai, or Arudhra Darisanam festival Moon; and...
- NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload Services Project Manager NASA · 6 Jan 2025 NASA has selected Adam Schlesinger as manager for CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services). Schlesinger previously served as the Gateway Program habitation and logistics outpost project lead engineer at Johnson Space Cen...