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May 04, 2025
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump NASA budget prioritizes Moon, Mars missions over research



Washington (AFP) May 2, 2025
President Donald Trump's proposed NASA budget released Friday puts crewed missions to the Moon and Mars front and center - slashing science and climate programs as it seeks to shrink the agency's funding by nearly a quarter. The plan would significantly overhaul flagship programs, phasing out the government-owned Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule, and eliminating the planned lunar space station known as Gateway. It would also cancel the Mars Sample Return mission, a joint ... read more

MOON DAILY
Van Hoeydonck, first artist to exhibit on Moon, dies
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) May 3, 2025
Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck, who made what was for decades the only work of art on the Moon, died on Saturday aged 99, his family said on Facebook. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
South Korea to send cube satellite aboard NASA's Artemis II test flight
Washington DC (UPI) May 2, 2025
South Korea will fly a shoebox-size cube satellite on an Artemis II test flight in April 2026 in preparation for missions to the moon, NASA and the Korea AeroSpace Administration announced Friday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Spacecraft launched by Soviet Union in 1972 is falling back to Earth
Washington DC (UPI) May 2, 2025
A spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 is due to come crashing back into Earth's atmosphere around May 10 and nobody knows where it will land. ... more
MOON DAILY
Lockheed Martin completes Orion spacecraft for crewed Artemis II lunar mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has finalized assembly and testing of NASA's Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission, officially transferring the vehicle to NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) t ... more
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NASA telescope begins infrared map of entire sky
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has officially launched into its primary science mission, capturing around 3,600 infrared images daily to produce an unprecedented full-sky map. Following its Ma ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Tiangong returns largest sample set yet for biological and materials science research
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 02, 2025
The latest batch of experimental samples from China's Tiangong space station has safely returned to Earth, totaling approximately 37.25 kilograms and spanning 25 scientific investigations. Delivered ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Gateway to the Stars: Inside Paris's Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace
Paris, France (SPX) May 03, 2025
Tucked against the runways of Le Bourget Airport on the city's northeastern fringe, the Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace is more than an aviation attic-it is France's living record of humankind's push ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Strange young star group set to scatter across Milky Way in record time
Paris, France (SPX) May 02, 2025
Gaia, the European Space Agency's star-mapping mission, has revealed a peculiar family of stars unlike any seen before. Discovered using Gaia's third data release, the group, named Ophion, contains ... more

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SPACEMART
SpaceX launches 28 Internet satellites from Florida
Washington DC (UPI) May 1, 2025
SpaceX launched 28 V2 Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Thursday night, adding to its fleet of nearly 7,300 orbitals already in space. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Astronauts complete needed tasks during 6-hour ISS space walk
Washington DC (UPI) May 1, 2025
Two NASA astronauts have completed a nearly six-hour spacewalk to perform maintenance and upgrades on the International Space Station, the agency announced Thursday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Microsoft raises Xbox prices globally, following Sony
New York (AFP) May 1, 2025
Microsoft announced Thursday that it will increase Xbox console prices worldwide, citing "market conditions" just days after Sony made a similar move with its PlayStation 5. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Aerospacelab chosen to supply satellite platform for JAXA mission via Mitsui Bussan Aerospace
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025
Aerospacelab has secured a key contract to provide the satellite platform for a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) demonstration mission, in collaboration with Japanese partner Mitsui Bussan ... more
WOOD PILE
European satellite launches to track global forest biomass from space
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2025
On April 29, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Biomass satellite from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This milestone marks the start of a new era in climate observation, with ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space and Saturn partner to build low cost high performance GEO satellites
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a provider of agile space mission support services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saturn Satellite Networks, Inc., a leader in GEO satellite systems ... more
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Myriota adds 16 satellites through expanded Spire Global agreement to boost IoT network
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025
Spire Global has announced an expanded agreement with Australian IoT company Myriota to design, build, and operate 16 new satellites carrying advanced second-generation payloads. The deal strengthen ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
Volcanic eruptions linked to satellite disruption risks in upper atmosphere
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2025
Volcanic activity poses a surprising threat to satellite operations, according to recent research from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). The findings highlight how powerful e ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
A Cosmic Explosion Forged Heavy Elements Like Gold and Platinum
New York NY (SPX) May 01, 2025
Among the major questions in astrophysics is the origins of the heavy elements in our Universe that make up the periodic table. The lightest elements, hydrogen and helium, were formed mainly i ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Near Space Labs expands AI era geospatial imagery with 20 million Series B funding
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
Near Space Labs has secured $20 million in Series B financing to accelerate deployment of its stratospheric imaging capabilities across the continental U.S. Led by Bold Capital Partners and joined b ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Slingshot launches turnkey system to enable space domain awareness for all nations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
Slingshot Aerospace has introduced a globally available solution to help nations rapidly establish autonomous space domain awareness (SDA) capabilities. Called Sovereign Space Object Tracking, the n ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
China launches advanced Tianlian II-05 relay satellite to boost space communications
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
China has launched the Tianlian II-05 satellite into orbit, marking a new step in enhancing the country's space-based communication and tracking capabilities. The satellite lifted off at 11:54 pm Be ... more
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Meet the Space Cowboys: a critical capability at VSFB
Vandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2025
The 2nd Space Launch Squadron at Vandenberg Space Force Base is home to a uniquely capable team known as the Space Cowboys. This team serves a specialized role within the U.S. Space Force by providi ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Two astronauts plan 6 hour spacewalk for ISS upgrades
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2025
Two NASA astronauts plan to participate in a 6-hour, 35-minute spacewalk Thursday to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation capabilities and relocate a communications antenna. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Firefly Aerospace's first stage explodes before satellite's deployment
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 30, 2025
A Firefly Aerospace rocket launched from California crashed into the Pacific Ocean north of Antarctica, failing to place into low-Earth orbit a satellite for Lockheed Martin. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Meditation Under the Stars: How Stargazing Reduces Stress and Brings Inner Peace
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025
Those into stargazing would tell you that even just a quick glance at the stars can calm you down, ease your stress, and leave you feeling at peace that you might struggle to find in your hectic lif ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA moon instrument to return for subsurface volatile survey
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
NASA will once again send its Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSOLO) instrument to the Moon, this time aboard a commercial rover under a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreem ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Magnetar flares emerge as possible source of early cosmic gold
Washington DC (SPX) May 02, 2025
as gold, get created and distributed throughout the universe? "It's a pretty fundamental question in terms of the origin of complex matter in the universe," said Anirudh Patel, a doctoral stud ... more
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Nearby molecular hydrogen cloud discovered using far ultraviolet light
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
An international team led by Rutgers University has uncovered one of the closest known molecular hydrogen clouds to our solar system, using far-ultraviolet light to detect what had long been hidden. ... more
SPACEMART
Carbice thermal tech to enhance heat control on SWISSto12 HummingSat satellites
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
Carbice, known for its advanced thermal management solutions, has announced a new partnership with Swiss satellite manufacturer SWISSto12 to supply its Carbice Space Pad to the innovative HummingSat ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
SFL Missions launches new era of small satellite innovation with expanded services
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
SFL Missions Inc. is charting a new path in small satellite development by building on the legacy of the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), with an emphasis on affordability, innovation, and global serv ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Space is a place to found a community not a colony
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
China's Shenzhou XIX crew has officially handed over control of the Tiangong space station to the incoming Shenzhou XX crew, marking another milestone in the nation's growing space ambitions. Follow ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New Horizons creates first Lyman alpha map of the galactic sky
San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 30, 2025
The NASA New Horizons spacecraft's extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from the galaxy at this important ultraviolet wavelength, providing a new look ... more
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