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SpaceX Launches Axiom Mission 4, Sending First Indian, Polish and Hungarian Astronauts to ISS in 40 Years

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted an Axiom Crew Dragon into orbit June 25, powering the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. The flight, delayed by a liquid oxygen leak, carries Peggy Whitson and the first ISS travellers from India, Poland and Hungary in over four decades.

2025-06-24T23:59:35.425004-07:00

Ars Technica

NASA Hot-Fires First $100 Million RS-25 Engine, Clearing Propulsion Hurdle for SLS

2025-06-27T07:00:57.028713-07:00

Space.com

JWST Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet TWA 7 b

2025-06-25T08:03:37.570161-07:00

Wall Street Journal

Trump-Musk Feud Threatens $20 Billion SpaceX-NASA Partnership

2025-06-25T04:19:09.305343-07:00

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Senate’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Holds Key to Space Shuttle Discovery’s Houston Move A legislative effort led by Senators Cornyn and Cruz to transfer NASA’s Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Virginia museum to Space Center Houston has been folded into the Senate’s sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill,” tying the orbiter’s relocation to a landmark economic and policy package awaiting a floor vote.

2025-06-30T12:14:38.209095-07:00

Senate’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Holds Key to Space Shuttle Discovery’s Houston Move

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White House Budget Request Targets University of Arizona NASA Programs The White House’s FY26 budget proposal includes cuts to NASA funding that would strip support from several University of Arizona-led projects, threatening research at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and other academic initiatives jointly funded by NASA. The moves underscore growing fiscal pressure on university space science portfolios.

2025-06-28T16:14:38.562686-07:00

White House Budget Request Targets University of Arizona NASA Programs

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Robert “Hoot” Gibson Auctions Unauthorized Space Shuttle Checklist Pages Robert “Hoot” Gibson, veteran astronaut and former shuttle commander, is selling pages from the checklists he used on his first space shuttle mission—a surprising move given NASA rules prohibit personal retention of mission-critical documents. Gibson has never before sold any flight artifacts.

2025-06-28T16:06:40.183468-07:00

Robert “Hoot” Gibson Auctions Unauthorized Space Shuttle Checklist Pages

Universe Today

International study spotlights lunar south pole volatiles for Artemis III ISRU A team of international researchers presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference that water and other volatiles in the Moon’s permanently shadowed south polar regions could supply essential life support and propellant resources for NASA’s first crewed Artemis III mission. The findings aim to inform ISRU strategies.

2025-06-28T13:00:47.123044-07:00

International study spotlights lunar south pole volatiles for Artemis III ISRU

New York Times

Trump’s Push to Shrink NASA Sidesteps Its National Security Mission President Trump’s latest budget blueprint seeks deep cuts to NASA’s funding, slashing core science and exploration programs. In doing so, the proposal ignores the agency’s critical contributions to U.S. national security, from space-based missile warning and communications to environmental monitoring.

2025-06-28T07:44:38.273435-07:00

Trump’s Push to Shrink NASA Sidesteps Its National Security Mission

Universe Today

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Core Passes Shock and Vibration Testing Ahead of 2027 Launch NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has successfully completed shock and vibration tests on its core hardware, marking a major milestone in validating the observatory’s resilience to the violent forces it will face during launch on its scheduled 2027 mission.

2025-06-28T05:14:13.376924-07:00

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Core Passes Shock and Vibration Testing Ahead of 2027 Launch

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NASA Faces Rapid Resource and Funding Erosion Agency leadership warns that repeated notifications of budget shortfalls – reported “multiple times a day” – are eroding NASA’s resources and jeopardizing mission timelines. Officials say mounting funding pressures threaten critical science and exploration programs.

2025-06-27T11:15:10.241863-07:00

NASA Faces Rapid Resource and Funding Erosion

Ars Technica

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NASA Hot-Fires First $100 Million RS-25 Engine, Clearing Propulsion Hurdle for SLS NASA has test-fired the first of its new $100 million RS-25 engines for the Space Launch System, marking a key step in qualifying propulsion hardware for the Artemis lunar program. This hot-fire validates the upgraded engine ahead of integrated core stage testing and launch preparations.

2025-06-27T07:00:57.028713-07:00

NASA Hot-Fires First $100 Million RS-25 Engine, Clearing Propulsion Hurdle for SLS

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