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Firefly Aerospace identifies cause of Alpha test anomaly

Firefly Aerospace identifies cause of Alpha test anomaly

NASASpaceflight November 12, 2025
Firefly Aerospace has pinpointed a minor hydrocarbon contamination as the root cause of a combustion… The post Firefly Aerospace identifies cause o...
SpaceX progress on Starship Pad realignment for the future

SpaceX progress on Starship Pad realignment for the future

NASASpaceflight November 12, 2025
SpaceX has intensified demolition efforts at Starbase’s Pad 1, in tandem with making significant steps… The post SpaceX progress on Starship Pad ...
Launch Roundup: New Glenn, Viasat, & Sentinel-6B highlight busy week of launches

Launch Roundup: New Glenn, Viasat, & Sentinel-6B highlight busy week of launches

NASASpaceflight November 11, 2025
This week’s launch schedule features two high-profile launches that were pushed back after scrubs from… The post Launch Roundup: New Glenn, Viasa...
Top Science Committee Democrat calls for halt to Goddard facility closures

Top Science Committee Democrat calls for halt to Goddard facility closures

SpaceNews November 11, 2025
The top Democrat on the House Science Committee is demanding that NASA halt efforts to close facilities at the Goddard Space Flight Center, arguing i...
Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged

Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged

SpaceNews November 11, 2025
One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in September and may be out of service for an extended period, further straini...
Lofgren Raises Alarm About Laboratory and Other Closings at NASA Goddard

Lofgren Raises Alarm About Laboratory and Other Closings at NASA Goddard

SpacePolicyOnline.com November 11, 2025
The top Democrat on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee is raising the alarm about actions being taken at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight...
The fallacy of being first — let’s be enduring instead

The fallacy of being first — let’s be enduring instead

SpaceNews November 10, 2025
Recent reports suggest that NASA is looking to accelerate its lunar landing timeline — partly to ensure that America returns to the moon before Chi...
NASA is kind of a mess: Here are the top priorities for a new administrator

NASA is kind of a mess: Here are the top priorities for a new administrator

Arstechnica November 10, 2025
"He inevitably will have to make tough calls."
European Service Module-4 is ready to sail

European Service Module-4 is ready to sail

ESA November 10, 2025
In a few days, ESA’s fourth European Service Module will leave the integration halls of Airbus in Bremen, Germany, setting sail across the Atlantic ...
TESS finds three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting binary stars

TESS finds three Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting binary stars

NASASpaceflight November 9, 2025
Through international collaboration, a team of astronomers has confirmed two exoplanets and found hints of… The post TESS finds three Earth-sized e...
Blue Origin seeking exemption from FAA order restricting commercial launches

Blue Origin seeking exemption from FAA order restricting commercial launches

SpaceNews November 8, 2025
Blue Origin says it is working with the government for additional opportunities for the upcoming New Glenn launch of a NASA Mars mission, given new F...
Blue Origin will ‘move heaven and Earth’ to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says

Blue Origin will ‘move heaven and Earth’ to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says

Arstechnica November 8, 2025
"We have some ideas that we think could accelerate the path to the Moon."
Blue Origin set to launch ESCAPADE on second New Glenn mission

Blue Origin set to launch ESCAPADE on second New Glenn mission

NASASpaceflight November 8, 2025
Following a successful first flight in January, Blue Origin is set to launch its heavy-lift… The post Blue Origin set to launch ESCAPADE on second ...
Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission

Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission

Spaceflight Now November 8, 2025
This will be the second launch of a New Glenn rocket and NASA's first mission to Mars since 2020. Liftoff from pad 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force St...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Spaceflight Now November 7, 2025
The mission will be SpaceX’s 560th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. It’s targeting liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:30 a....
Andy Stofan, Former NASA Lewis Center Director and Space Station AA Passes Away

Andy Stofan, Former NASA Lewis Center Director and Space Station AA Passes Away

SpacePolicyOnline.com November 7, 2025
Andy Stofan, who was Director of Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center and then headed the space station program at NASA headquarters in the mid-1980s, pa...
Sceye wins NASA award for stratospheric Earth observations

Sceye wins NASA award for stratospheric Earth observations

SpaceNews November 6, 2025
A company developing stratospheric platforms for telecommunications and related applications has won a NASA award to use that platform for environmen...
Isaacman renomination wins support from much of the space industry

Isaacman renomination wins support from much of the space industry

SpaceNews November 6, 2025
The renomination of Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator has been welcomed by much of the space industry, even as Isaacman defends positions he to...
Second New Glenn launch set for Nov. 9

Second New Glenn launch set for Nov. 9

SpaceNews November 6, 2025
Blue Origin says the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA Mars spacecraft, is scheduled for Nov. 9. The post Second New Gle...
New Glenn’s successful static fire test clears way for launch of ESCAPADE mission

New Glenn’s successful static fire test clears way for launch of ESCAPADE mission

NASASpaceflight November 5, 2025
On Thursday, Oct. 30, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully fired its seven BE-4 engines… The post New Glenn’s successful static fire tes...