Astronews

August 1, 2025

Rocket Report: NASA finally working on depots, Air Force tests new ICBM

"I didn't expect that we would get to orbit."

Arstechnica

August 1, 2025

Hubble Surveys Supernova-Rich Spiral

Rich with detail, the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 1309 shines in this Hubble Space Telescope image.

August 1, 2025

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can be used to estimate how much carbon is stored in forests – and a study has improved our understanding of how reliable this proxy is and how long-term datasets from SMOS can help us to monitor this valuable resource.

August 1, 2025

Celebrating 50 years of ESA at Open Days 2025

From the ESA Blogs.

August 1, 2025

Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field

From the ESA Blogs.

August 1, 2025

A supernova-rich spiral

From the ESA Blogs.

August 1, 2025

Crew-11 Must Wait Another Day, While Duffy Meets With Bakanov

Weather prevented Crew-11 from getting off the launch pad today, but they will try again tomorrow. Meanwhile, Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy was at the attemted launch and met with […]

SpacePolicyOnline.com

August 1, 2025

SpaceX launches West Coast Falcon 9 rocket on Starlink 13-4 mission

Some classified satellites might have hitched a ride with 19 Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX from the company’s West Coast launch site on Thursday.

Spaceflight Now

July 31, 2025

Sunrise on Crew-11 Launch Attempt

The Sun rises on the morning of July 31, 2025, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch was postponed due to an unfavorable weather forecast. Teams are now targeting 11:43 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 1. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, […]

July 31, 2025

NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope

Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s inner segment. Along with the observatory’s Solar Array Sun Shield and Deployable Aperture Cover, the panels (together called the Lower Instrument Sun Shade), will play a critical role in keeping Roman’s instruments cool and stable as the mission explores the infrared universe. […]

July 31, 2025

The Exploration Company Tests Key Component of Typhoon Rocket Engine

The Exploration Company has successfully completed a six-week test campaign of the oxygen-rich preburner for its Typhoon rocket engine. With co-financing from the French space agency CNES, The Exploration Company began work on its Typhoon rocket engine in January 2024. The reusable engine uses a full-flow staged combustion cycle and is designed to produce 250 […] The post The Exploration Company Tests Key Component of Typhoon Rocket Engine appeared first on European Spaceflight.

European Spaceflight

July 31, 2025

NASA Invites Proposals to Lease Aircraft Hangar in Cleveland

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is seeking proposals for the use of its historic aircraft hangar, along with a parking lot, tarmac, and a small neighboring office building. Proposals are due by 1 p.m. EDT on Nov. 28. The hangar, formally known as the Flight Research Building, is available for lease by signing a […]

July 31, 2025

Wildfires burn in northern Portugal

From the ESA Blogs.

July 31, 2025

NASA, SpaceX to launch Crew-11 mission to the ISS

NASA and SpaceX are set for the launch of the 11th operational crew rotation mission… The post NASA, SpaceX to launch Crew-11 mission to the ISS appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

July 31, 2025

Live coverage: Former members of Crew-9, Starliner-1 missions unite to fly to the Space Station

The four members of the SpaceX Crew-11 flight were previously set to fly on different missions before they ended up as a quartet on the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 UTC).

Spaceflight Now

July 31, 2025

Senate Commerce Clears NOAA Nominations

The Senate Commerce Committee approved the nominations of Neil Jacobs and Taylor Jordan to top positions at NOAA today. The nominations now must be voted on by the full Senate. […]

SpacePolicyOnline.com

July 30, 2025

NASA Releases Opportunity to Boost Commercial Space Tech Development

NASA has released a new proposal opportunity for industry to tap into agency know-how, resources, and expertise. The Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), managed by the Space Technology Mission Directorate, enables valuable collaboration without financial exchanges between NASA and industry partners. Instead, companies leverage NASA subject matter experts, facilities, software, and hardware to accelerate their […]

July 30, 2025

India safely launches a $1.5 billion satellite for NASA

"We are at the threshold of fulfilling the immense scientific potential NASA and ISRO envisioned."

Arstechnica

July 30, 2025

Gilmour’s Eris fails during maiden launch, but positives can be found

The first Australian-built Orbital Rocket just took flight for the first time – but it… The post Gilmour’s Eris fails during maiden launch, but positives can be found appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

July 30, 2025

NASA Tests Epic Solution for Supersonic Parachute Deliveries

NASA/Lori Losey The best way to solve a mystery is by gathering evidence and building a case. That’s exactly what NASA researchers are doing with a series of research flights aimed at advancing a sensor for supersonic parachutes. The clues they find could help make these parachutes more reliable and safer for delivering scientific instruments […]

July 30, 2025

NASA-ISRO Satellite Lifts Off to Track Earth’s Changing Surfaces

Carrying an advanced radar system that will produce a dynamic, three-dimensional view of Earth in unprecedented detail, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite has launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. Jointly developed by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and a critical part of the United States […]

July 30, 2025

NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula

Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-intermediate mass star late in its life, can come in all shapes and sizes. Most planetary nebula present as circular, elliptical, or bi-polar, but some stray from the norm, as seen in […]

July 30, 2025

Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula

More than one star contributes to the irregular shape of NGC 6072 – Webb’s newest look at this planetary nebula in the near- and mid-infrared shows what may appear as a very messy scene resembling splattered paint. However, the unusual, asymmetrical scene hints at more complicated mechanisms underway, as the star central to the scene approaches the very final stages of its life and expels shells of material, losing up to 80 percent of its mass.

July 30, 2025

Thales Alenia Space Ships Key Component for Mars Sample Return Mission

Thales Alenia Space has shipped the Orbit Insertion Module for the European Space Agency’s Earth Return Orbiter from its facilities in Turin to Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, UK. As part of its contribution to the Mars Sample Return mission, a joint effort between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, ESA agreed to […] The post Thales Alenia Space Ships Key Component for Mars Sample Return Mission appeared first on European Spaceflight.

European Spaceflight

July 30, 2025

Looking Forward to the Moon

On May 8, 2022, NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems’ Program Manager Shawn Quinn captured this crop of a full frame image of the Hadley–Apennine region of Earth’s Moon including the Apollo 15 landing site (very near the edge of the shadow of one of the lunar mountains in the area). Building upon the pioneers from the […]

July 30, 2025

A troubling shift in Europe’s forest carbon balance

Europe’s forests play a crucial role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but research led by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has found their capacity to absorb carbon dioxide has declined in the past decade.

July 30, 2025

Laine Havens: Melding Science and Storytelling

Science Communication Intern – Goddard Space Flight Center Laine Havens — now a senior at Cornell University and three-time NASA intern — grew up with a deep curiosity about how the universe works and a family that encouraged her to explore it. Throughout her childhood, Laine was immersed in science and exposed to wonderful science […]

July 30, 2025

Joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite ready to launch from India

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar… The post Joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite ready to launch from India appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

July 30, 2025

Joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite launches from India

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite… The post Joint NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite launches from India appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

July 30, 2025

Mapping for the Moon

From the ESA Blogs.

July 30, 2025

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

Using data from several Earth-observing satellites, including ESA’s CryoSat and the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 missions, scientists have discovered that a huge flood beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet surged upwards with such force that it fractured the ice sheet, resulting in a vast quantity of meltwater bursting through the ice surface.

July 30, 2025

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4614-4615: Driving Along the Boxwork

Written by Conor Hayes, Graduate Student at York University Earth planning date: Monday, July 28, 2025 Today was a pretty straightforward day of planning. Our drive over the weekend completed successfully, and we quickly confirmed that we are parked in a stable position. Thus, we were able to unstow the rover’s arm to poke around […]

July 30, 2025

Spheres in the Sand

Written by Andrew Shumway, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Washington It is not common for a rover to spot nearly perfect spheres in the soil beneath its wheels. Over two decades ago, the Opportunity rover famously discovered spherules made of hematite (nicknamed “blueberries”) near its landing site in Meridiani Planum. More recently, the Perseverance […]

July 29, 2025

NASA Selects Firefly for New Artemis Science, Tech Delivery to Moon

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas, $176.7 million to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to explore more of the Moon than ever before. This delivery is the first time NASA will use […]

July 29, 2025

The Final Two Block 2 Ships leave Mega Bay 2 for Testing

Following the loss of Ship 36 during its static fire test campaign at Masseys on… The post The Final Two Block 2 Ships leave Mega Bay 2 for Testing appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

July 29, 2025

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

The Starlink 10-29 mission will add another 28 satellites into the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 UTC).

Spaceflight Now

July 29, 2025

Adam and Hirsa Present Research on the Ring-Sheared Drop

Researchers across Space Biology and Physical Sciences come together for a special presentation at the May PSI Users Group. The Ring-Sheared Drop (RSD) is a Microgravity Science Glovebox experiment that launched in July 2019 to the ISS to study shearing flow in the absence of solid walls. The major goals of this project were to […]

July 29, 2025

How Pangea Aerospace is reshaping rocket propulsion by reigniting the aerospike design

The Spanish and French company Pangea Aerospace is positioning itself as a go-to propulsion company… The post How Pangea Aerospace is reshaping rocket propulsion by reigniting the aerospike design appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.