News

Wall Street Journal • Andrew Tangel

FAA documents show Jan. 16 Starship explosion posed greater risk to flights over the Caribbean

FAA documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal reveal the Jan. 16 SpaceX Starship explosion posed a significantly greater hazard to aircraft transiting the Caribbean than public accounts indicated, prompting renewed scrutiny of launch safety assessments, flight‑routing procedures and range‑risk calculations for commercial launches.

2025-12-20T20:49:48.640802-08:00

Spaceflight Now

Artemis II crew rehearse launch day and ride NASA’s rewrapped Boeing Starliner ‘Astrovan II’ to the pad

2025-12-20T16:24:07.495409-08:00

Universe Today

IMAP achieves first light on all 10 instruments, confirms instrument functionality

2025-12-20T04:43:56.587700-08:00

European Spaceflight

Redwire wins eight‑figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule

2025-12-19T21:03:55.167236-08:00

News Timeline

Wall Street Journal

❗️

FAA documents show Jan. 16 Starship explosion posed greater risk to flights over the Caribbean FAA documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal reveal the Jan. 16 SpaceX Starship explosion posed a significantly greater hazard to aircraft transiting the Caribbean than public accounts indicated, prompting renewed scrutiny of launch safety assessments, flight‑routing procedures and range‑risk calculations for commercial launches.

2025-12-20T20:49:48.640802-08:00

FAA documents show Jan. 16 Starship explosion posed greater risk to flights over the Caribbean

Spaceflight Now

❗️

Artemis II crew rehearse launch day and ride NASA’s rewrapped Boeing Starliner ‘Astrovan II’ to the pad NASA’s four Artemis II astronauts completed a launch‑day rehearsal Dec. 20, including their first trip in the rewrapped Boeing Starliner “Astrovan II” to the Vehicle Assembly Building, as teams ran countdown procedures ahead of a February lunar flyby mission.

2025-12-20T16:24:07.495409-08:00

Artemis II crew rehearse launch day and ride NASA’s rewrapped Boeing Starliner ‘Astrovan II’ to the pad

Universe Today

IMAP achieves first light on all 10 instruments, confirms instrument functionality NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe has captured first light across its ten primary instruments, with the Southwest Research Institute reporting all systems functioning as expected. The milestone validates instrument delivery and commissioning, clearing the way for routine science operations and data collection.

2025-12-20T04:43:56.587700-08:00

IMAP achieves first light on all 10 instruments, confirms instrument functionality

indiatoday.in

ISRO to launch 6.5‑ton BlueBird‑6 on LVM3 'Bahubali' on Dec. 24 India's Launch Vehicle Mark‑3 (LVM3) 'Bahubali' will carry the 6.5‑ton BlueBird‑6 communications satellite into orbit on Dec. 24 at 08:54, a US‑built commercial payload whose liftoff further reinforces LVM3's role in heavy geostationary and strategic missions.

2025-12-20T00:50:13.542422-08:00

ISRO to launch 6.5‑ton BlueBird‑6 on LVM3 'Bahubali' on Dec. 24

businesstoday.co.ke

Kenya invites bids for transaction advisers as it advances a commercial spaceport Kenya has invited bids for transaction advisory services to support development of a commercial spaceport, a procurement led by the National Treasury in collaboration with the Kenya Space Agency. The move marks a formal step toward establishing launch infrastructure and joining the global commercial space economy.

2025-12-20T00:46:44.305861-08:00

Kenya invites bids for transaction advisers as it advances a commercial spaceport

koreatimes.co.kr

Innospace again delays inaugural HANBIT‑Nano commercial orbital launch South Korean startup Innospace has again delayed the inaugural commercial orbital flight of its HANBIT‑Nano rocket from Brazil’s Alcântara Space Center after technical problems emerged. The postponement pushes back the company’s first commercial attempt to place customer payloads into orbit on the SPACEWARD mission.

2025-12-19T23:50:19.818666-08:00

Innospace again delays inaugural HANBIT‑Nano commercial orbital launch

European Spaceflight

❗️

Redwire wins eight‑figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule Redwire has been awarded an eight-figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule. The deal makes Redwire responsible for the capsule’s docking interface hardware and integration as Nyx advances toward operational missions in low Earth orbit.

2025-12-19T21:03:55.167236-08:00

Redwire wins eight‑figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule

USA Today

2025 spaceflight in photos: Blue Origin, SpaceX, two lunar landings and the Starliner return A year of milestones — from two uncrewed lunar landings and the high‑profile return of Boeing's 'stuck' Starliner crew to major operational pushes by SpaceX and Blue Origin — 2025 saw a rapid increase in launch cadence, lunar activity and commercial space capability demonstrations.

2025-12-19T10:40:35.838105-08:00

2025 spaceflight in photos: Blue Origin, SpaceX, two lunar landings and the Starliner return

Menu

Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation News

FAA documents show Jan. 16 Starship explosion posed greater risk to flights over the Caribbean

Artemis II crew rehearse launch day and ride NASA’s rewrapped Boeing Starliner ‘Astrovan II’ to the pad

IMAP achieves first light on all 10 instruments, confirms instrument functionality

Redwire wins eight‑figure contract to supply docking mechanisms for The Exploration Company’s Nyx Earth capsule

News Timeline