Today In Space
Last Updated: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, 7:50 PM PST
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Reuters
• Chris Sanders
US Senate Commerce Committee to hold December 3 hearing on Jared Isaacman’s NASA nomination
By Reuters: The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Tuesday it will hold a hearing on the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on December 3.
Bloomberg
• Sana Pashankar
NASA Plans Major Footprint Reduction at Goddard Spaceflight Center After Workforce Exodus
By Bloomberg: NASA is planning to divest or demolish nearly half of its footprint at the Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, after President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce led to a mass employee exodus, according to an email seen by Bloomberg News.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Unselected European launcher startups say they're viable ahead of ESA vote on up to $980M for five winners
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — A week before European Space Agency (ESA) governments vote on a proposal….
theglobeandmail.com
Canada to increase funding to European Space Agency over several years
Space.com
• Robert Lea
The James Webb Space Telescope may have finally found the 1st stars in the universe
By Space.com: "We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a galaxy cluster between us and LAP1-B.".
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Orange to Offer Satellite Messaging Via Skylo
By Via Satellite: Orange said the Skylo service is currently available in France and 36 countries including other European nations Germany, England, Spain, and others.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Multi‑Orbit, Software‑Defined Satellites Widen Cyber Attack Surface, Experts Warn
By Via Satellite: Software-defined satellites and multi-orbit architecture open up an expanded attack surface for hackers, but today's threats are more basic, experts say.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
Debating the Wolf Amendment: National Security vs. U.S.–China Space Engagement
By Payload: Necessary national security safeguard, or out-of-touch barrier to communication with a leading space power? That was the question at the heart of a debate last week on whether the Wolf Amendment is still in America’s best interest, almost 15 years after it became law.
