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NASA Sets Launch Coverage for Space Weather Missions

NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for an observatory designed to study space weather and explore and map the boundaries of our solar neighborhood. Launching with IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) are two r...

Launch Roundup: Starlink, NRO, and New Shepard missions scheduled

Another busy week of launches has arrived, with SpaceX dominating the launch manifest with four… The post Launch Roundup: Starlink, NRO, and New Shepard missions scheduled appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

Telesat pitches Lightspeed as stopgap to Europe’s IRIS²

Canada’s Telesat is pitching Lightspeed as a bridge to IRIS² as its LEO broadband constellation is set to come online in 2027, at least three years before Europe’s sovereign multi-orbit network is due to enter service. The post Telesat pitches Lightspeed...

NASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance Services Contract

NASA has selected Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston to provide safety and mission assurance services for the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Safety and Mission Assurance II (SMAS II) award is a performance-based, indef...

NASA Analysis Shows Sun’s Activity Ramping Up

It looked like the Sun was heading toward a historic lull in activity. That trend flipped in 2008, according to new research. The Sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of 11 y...

Connecting Educators with NASA Data: Learning Ecosystems Northeast in Action

One of the challenges many teachers face year after year is a sense of working alone. Despite the constant interaction with students many questions often linger: Did the lesson stick? Will students carry this knowledge with them? Will it shape how they se...

Inside ESA’s vision with Josef Aschbacher

In this week’s special CEO Series edition of Space Minds, we're at the World Space Business Week in Paris. In today's episode, SpaceNews editor Mike Gruss talks with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency. The post Inside ESA’s v...

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4655-4660: Boxworks With a View

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Friday Sept. 12, 2025 Curiosity continues to image, analyze, and traverse through a landscape characterized by higher standing ridges...

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York Space hits milestone with largest satellite delivery yet

CEO says years of scaling up production are paying off as Pentagon ramps constellation orders The post York Space hits milestone with largest satellite delivery yet appeared first on SpaceNews.