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June 09, 2025
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Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans



Washington (AFP) June 7, 2025
SpaceX's rockets ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Starlink satellite constellation blankets the globe with broadband, and the company is embedded in some of the Pentagon's most sensitive projects, including tracking hypersonic missiles. So when President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cancel Elon Musk's federal contracts, space watchers snapped to attention. Musk, the world's richest person, shot back that he would mothball Dragon - the capsule NASA relies ... read more

MOON DAILY
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
Tokyo (AFP) June 6, 2025
Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said. ... more
MARSDAILY
Renowned Mars expert says Trump-Musk axis risks dooming mission
Washington (AFP) June 6, 2025
Robert Zubrin quite literally wrote the book on why humanity should go to Mars - so why has the renowned aerospace engineer soured on Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur leading the charge? ... more
TECH SPACE
Will Bitcoin go through a correction in 2025?
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2025
The idea of making a Bitcoin price prediction for 2025 is a quite debated subject in the crypto sector, while both analysts and investors are interested in grasping knowledge about what the future holds for the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. ... more
MARSDAILY
The promise and peril of a crewed Mars mission
Washington (AFP) June 6, 2025
A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history - and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a national priority. ... more
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Super-Earth discovered in habitable zone of Sun-like star via TTV technique, paving way for 'Earth 2.0' searches
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star opened the door to exploring this profound ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA's IMAP Spacecraft Readied for Launch Preparations
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Technicians removed NASA's IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft from its shipping container on Thursday, May 29, after transferring it from the airlock into the high bay at ... more
TECH SPACE
Reflect Orbital Selected for SBIR Phase II Contract by AFWERX to Advance Satellite-Based Sunlight Redirection Technology
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Reflect Orbital announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on its sunlight on demand satellite reflector technology to address the m ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Planet Expands Business with Welsh Government for Land and Natural Resource Management
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) reports receipt of a six-figure expansion of its contract with the Welsh Government. Using Planet's satellite data, the Welsh government is developing data-driven, routine ... more

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SPACE TRAVEL
NASA pioneer Dr. Stanley Sander dies at age of 80
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 5, 2025
One of NASA's top ozone depletion and air pollution scientists, credited with enhancing local air pollution measurement tools and dozens of other climate related research advancements, has died at the age of 80. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
First direct observation of the trapped waves that shook the world
London, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
In September 2023, a bizarre global seismic signal was observed which appeared every 90 seconds over nine days - and was then repeated a month later. Almost a year later, two scientific studies prop ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
In row with Trump, Musk says will end critical US spaceship program
Washington (AFP) June 6, 2025
SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Thursday he would begin "decommissioning" his company's Dragon spacecraft - vital for ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station - after US President Donald Trump threatened to terminate his government contracts. ... more
TECH SPACE
I'm a Lottery Expert These Are The 5 Most Drawn Numbers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 09, 2025
Skip the birthday dates and lucky charms. BoyleSports crunched the numbers to uncover the 5 most drawn lottery numbers. The research looked into 1,007 draws dating all the way back to the 10th Oct 2015, with the latest being May 31st, 2025. ... more
EXO WORLDS
How does life rebound from mass extinctions
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
If you're an animal living through a mass extinction, it's best to be one that's found a unique way to make a living. A new analysis of the species that lived or died out in the wake of the as ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Fighter pilot takes next giant step for India's space plans
New Delhi (AFP) June 5, 2025
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla blasts off into space next week as the first Indian to join the International Space Station (ISS), bearing with him New Delhi's dreams of its own manned space flight. ... more
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Voyager Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Voyager Technologies, Inc. (Voyager) reports it has commenced the roadshow for its proposed underwritten initial public offering of 11,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock. In addition, the un ... more
SPACEMART
iRocket and Wilbur Ross-backed BPGC Acquisition eye iRocket listing on Nasdaq
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. ("iRocket"), a reusable space rocket developer, and BPGC Acquisition Corp. ("BPGC"), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by The Hon. Wilbur Ross, the ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
China Adds Shijian 26 Satellite to Its Growing Remote-Sensing Fleet
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
China launched its 33rd rocket mission of the year on Thursday, successfully placing a new remote-sensing satellite into orbit, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. announced. A Long March 4 ... more
SPACEMART
Impulse Space Secures $300 Million Series C to Accelerate the Future of In-Space Mobility
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Impulse Space reports it has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round-one of the largest venture rounds in the history of the space industry. The round, led by Linse Capital, brings Impulse's ... more
MOON DAILY
ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover
Paris (ESA) Jun 04, 2025
RESILIENCE is the spacecraft element of ispace Mission 2 "SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon", the latest step in the company's lunar exploration programme. It launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fro ... more
MOON DAILY
High-definition Moon landing videos set to transform lunar exploration
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
)The next time astronauts step onto the Moon, viewers will experience it in stunning high-definition color and at up to 60 frames per second. This marks a significant leap forward from the grainy bl ... more
IRON AND ICE
Millions of new solar system objects to be found and 'filmed in technicolor'
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's University Belfast, have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Cosmic Himalayas quasar cluster defies explanation
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
A newly discovered cluster of eleven quasars has shattered the previous record of five. Rather than being associated with a dense group of galaxies, these quasars sit on the boundary between two gro ... more
EXO WORLDS
Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists
Paris (AFP) June 4, 2025
Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Johns Hopkins study shows how scientists can use black holes as supercolliders
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
As federal funding cuts impact decades of research, scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to expensive facilities searching for dark matter and similarly elusive par ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New measure of the universe's expansion suggests resolution of a conflict
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the universe. The universe expands over time, but how fast it's expanding see ... more
SPACEMART
SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites into orbit from California
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 4, 2025
SpaceX on Wednesday afternoon launched another batch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the 15th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 rocket launch. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW
Japan's dense GNSS network captures unprecedented 3D sound wave patterns after Noto Peninsula quake
Tokyo Japan (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
Earthquakes generate ripple effects in the Earth's upper atmosphere, which can disrupt essential satellite-based communications and navigation systems. A team at Nagoya University, in collaboration ... more
SINO DAILY
Consciousness and collaboration in the astronomy archives of premodern China
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning over two millennia, from 221 BC to 1911 AD, and providing detailed insight ... more
ENERGY TECH
Wendelstein 7-X Achieves Fusion Milestone with Record-Breaking Triple Product
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
In a significant advance for nuclear fusion research, the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics has achieved a new world record for the triple product dur ... more
EXO WORLDS
Space pebbles and rocks play pivotal role in giant planet's formation
London, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Scientists analysing an ultra-hot giant planet believe it was formed by absorbing lightweight gases like methane evaporating from tiny space pebbles, whilst being bombarded with large rocky objects. ... more
VENUSIAN HEAT
New Venus observation mission - World's first long-term planetary cubesat study by Korea's Institute for Basic Science and NanoAvionics
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), a leading small satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has been selected by the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea to build the first ... more
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