October 02, 2025

Maintaining US space dominance requires rapid and reliable delivery of new systems Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Winning in space depends on accelerating the way capabilities are developed and delivered, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told thousands attending the Air, Space and Cyber Conference ... more

Germany pledges EUR35 bn for space defence against Russia, China Berlin (AFP) Sept 25, 2025 Germany will spend 35 billion euros ($41 billion) on outer space defence by 2030, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Thursday, citing the threat posed by Russia and China. ... more

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Rocket Lab Expands Synspective Partnership with 10 Additional Electron Launches Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Rocket Lab has signed a new agreement with Japanese Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operator Synspective for 10 more dedicated Electron launches. The deal brings the total number of contrac ... more

Blue Origin teams with Luxembourg on Oasis 1 lunar resource mapping mission Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Blue Origin has announced Project Oasis, a multi-phase campaign to identify and utilize lunar resources. The first mission, Oasis-1, will work with Luxembourg partners to produce the most detailed o ... more

Chinese study suggests excess argon in lunar soil may come from Earth wind Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Chinese researchers have proposed that surplus argon-40 detected in lunar soil may originate from a stream of particles escaping Earth's atmosphere, a process they describe as Earth wind. The work, ... more

Lunar Challenge Winner Tests Technology in NASA Thermal Vacuum Chamber Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 One year after winning second place in NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, members of the small business Starpath visited NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the ... more

Lunar soil melted into construction bricks by Chinese research team Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 At the 2025 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, researchers from China's Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) presented a prototype machine capable of transforming lunar soil into construct ... more

Moon rock study reshapes timeline of ancient lunar impacts Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 When Apollo 17 astronauts returned with lunar rock sample 76535, they unknowingly carried back a fragment that would continue to puzzle scientists for decades. The rock formed nearly 50 kilometers b ... more

Moonquakes drive most new lunar landslides since 2009 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 A Chinese-led research team has identified 41 new landslides on the Moon since 2009, concluding that endogenic moonquakes, not fresh impacts, are the primary trigger. The finding redefines understan ... more Scalable lunar power study launched by Honda and Astrobotic Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Honda Motor Co. and Astrobotic Technology have entered a joint development agreement to investigate scalable lunar power solutions that combine Honda's regenerative fuel cell (RFC) system with Astro ... more Terran Orbital finalizes Tranche 1 satellite bus delivery for Lockheed Martin Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Terran Orbital Corporation has completed delivery of all 42 satellite bus platforms for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 1 Transport Layer program. The spacecraft, built in partnership with Lo ... more Evidence of a past, deep ocean on Uranian moon, Ariel Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Growing evidence suggests that a subsurface ocean lurks beneath the icy surface of Uranus' moon Ariel, but new research, published in Icarus, characterizes the possible evolution of this ocean, and ... more Out-of-this-world ice geysers on Saturn's Enceladus Austin TX (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini trained their telescopes on Saturn and uncovered a startling truth: the planet's luminous bands were not solid appendages, bu ... more ESA and Avio advance design of reusable rocket upper stage Paris, France (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 ESA has signed a contract with Avio to develop a demonstration mission for a reusable rocket upper stage, marking a step toward fully reusable European launch systems. The program will define system ... more Pulsar Fusion to Demonstrate Advanced Propulsion on Momentus Vigoride Mission Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Momentus Inc. has signed a contract to launch a demonstration mission for Pulsar Fusion's next-generation Hall Effect Thruster (HET) propulsion system. The U.S.-based satellite services provider wil ... more NASA SunRISE mission to launch in 2026 to track solar radio bursts Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 NASA is preparing to launch its SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission in the summer of 2026 aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket, supported by the U.S. Space F ... more Voyager selects Vivace to build primary structure for next generation Starlab Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Voyager Technologies Inc. NYSE: VOYG, the majority holder of Starlab Space LLC, has chosen Vivace Corporation to manufacture Starlab's primary structure. The next generation, AI enabled commercial s ... more Starcloud partners with Mission Space to protect orbital datacenters with real time space weather intelligence Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 Mission Space, a space weather intelligence provider, has entered a strategic partnership with orbital datacenter company Starcloud to embed real-time space weather forecasting into orbital AI compu ... more