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Synspective tapped to provide satellite imagery for Japan’s new military constellation

Synspective tapped to provide satellite imagery for Japan’s new military constellation

SpaceNews December 28, 2025
The project reflects a broader global shift toward using commercial remote-sensing satellites for national security missions The post Synspective tap...
Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return

SpaceNews December 26, 2025
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about how, when or even if those samples will be re...
China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight

China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 China conducted the debut flight of the Long March 12A carrier rocket on Tuesday, with the launch mission succeeding...
Axelspace sets multi launch framework with Exolaunch for AxelLiner mission growth

Axelspace sets multi launch framework with Exolaunch for AxelLiner mission growth

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 Axelspace Corporation has signed a multi-launch agreement with Exolaunch to support a series of missions using Axe...
AST BlueBird 6 enters orbit as record low Earth orbit cellular array

AST BlueBird 6 enters orbit as record low Earth orbit cellular array

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 AST SpaceMobile Inc. has confirmed the successful orbital launch of its BlueBird 6 satellite, described as the lar...
When 5G networks bolster satellite navigation

When 5G networks bolster satellite navigation

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 Finding accurate positions in dense urban areas remains difficult for satellite-based navigation systems, where high...
CoDICE instrument returns first-light particle data for IMAP mission

CoDICE instrument returns first-light particle data for IMAP mission

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 December 16, 2025 - Southwest Research Institute's Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument abo...
Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch

Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch

NASA December 23, 2025
NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis ...
NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Retires

NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Retires

NASA December 23, 2025
NASA astronaut Brig. Gen. Nick Hague has retired from the agency, concluding a distinguished career that included two spaceflight missions, 374 days i...
I Am Artemis: Grace Lauderdale

I Am Artemis: Grace Lauderdale

NASA December 23, 2025
Listen to this audio excerpt from Grace Lauderdale, exploration project manager for the Training Systems Office at NASA Johnson: In preparation for ...
Keeping Up with PACE: Summary of the 2025 PAC3 Meeting

Keeping Up with PACE: Summary of the 2025 PAC3 Meeting

NASA December 22, 2025
Introduction Launched in Feb. 2024, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission is a cornerstone of Earth system science designe...
Sentinel-6B Extends Global Ocean Height Record

Sentinel-6B Extends Global Ocean Height Record

NASA December 22, 2025
Introduction On November 16, 2025, the Sentinel-6B satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. The mission is a partners...
Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost

Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost

SpaceNews December 22, 2025
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket suffered an issue with its second stage late Sunday resulting in the loss of the Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) navigation satellite...
Search for life should be top science priority for first human landing on Mars report says

Search for life should be top science priority for first human landing on Mars report says

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2025 The search for evidence of past or present life on Mars should be the highest scientific priority for the first hu...
Proba-3 mission closes gap in inner solar corona monitoring

Proba-3 mission closes gap in inner solar corona monitoring

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Proba-3 has spent its first year in orbit generating more than 50 artificial solar eclipses, giving scientists...
PUNCH mission delivers sweeping new view of solar activity

PUNCH mission delivers sweeping new view of solar activity

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 After less than a year in orbit, NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission, built ...
NASA Langley begins plume surface interaction tests to support future lunar landings

NASA Langley begins plume surface interaction tests to support future lunar landings

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2025 NASA's Langley Research Center has begun a new series of plume surface interaction tests aimed at improving unders...
Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space

Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space

SpaceNews December 20, 2025
Blue Origin flew its final New Shepard suborbital mission of the year Dec. 20, carrying six people, including the first person who uses a wheelchair t...
Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites

Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites

Spaceflight Now December 20, 2025
This batch of satellites will populate what the SDA calls the Tracking Layer of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) constellation in...
Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission

Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission

NASA December 19, 2025
NASA engineers are laying the foundation for the moonwalks the first woman and next man will conduct when they land on the lunar South Pole in 2024 as...