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Solar Orbiter Delivers First-Ever Views of Sun’s Poles

Solar Orbiter, the ESA-NASA probe on a tilted orbit, has obtained the first images of the Sun’s north and south poles. The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager and SWAP telescope reveal complex, mixed magnetic polarities at the south pole as the star approaches its magnetic field reversal in the 11-year cycle.

2025-06-11T07:11:04.871063-07:00

CNBC

Musk retreats on Dragon decommission threat after spat with Trump

2025-06-05T13:30:00.315979-07:00

Space.com

SpaceX Readies Falcon 9 Launch for Axiom Mission 4, Fourth Private Crew Flight to ISS

2025-06-09T03:07:18.895674-07:00

Politico

White House Withdraws Jared Isaacman’s NASA Nomination, Citing America First Alignment

2025-05-31T12:18:00.705047-07:00

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The Hill

Trump-Musk Feud Forces NASA to Reassess Commercial Space Strategy President Trump’s public spat with Elon Musk — capped by threats to cancel key SpaceX contracts and Musk’s warnings to withdraw Dragon services — has put NASA on the defensive, prompting agency and Pentagon officials to fast-track rival commercial crew and cargo efforts to reduce dependence on a single provider.

2025-06-15T07:03:30.564891-07:00

Trump-Musk Feud Forces NASA to Reassess Commercial Space Strategy

SpaceNews.com

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Private Axiom-4 ISS Flight Now Targeting June 19 After Leak Repairs NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX have reset the launch date for the Axiom-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS for June 19, following the resolution of a minor liquid-oxygen leak and an air leak in the station’s Russian segment, the companies say.

2025-06-15T02:15:05.095355-07:00

Private Axiom-4 ISS Flight Now Targeting June 19 After Leak Repairs

Axios

California Poised to Lose $3.9B as Trump Proposes 24% NASA Budget Cut President Trump’s proposed FY2026 budget would cut NASA’s funding by 24%, potentially eliminating key programs and delivering as much as $3.9 billion in lost economic activity in California—more than any other state. The reductions jeopardize research centers, contractor workforces and local innovation across the Golden State.

2025-06-14T13:24:40.397601-07:00

California Poised to Lose $3.9B as Trump Proposes 24% NASA Budget Cut

New Scientist

Perseverance rover could date Mars’ newly identified Jezero Crater volcano Scientists have pinpointed a 2 km-high composite volcano on the rim of Jezero Crater, and NASA’s Perseverance rover may already have collected samples from its flows. Dating these materials could for the first time establish the timeline of volcanic activity on another planet, refining our understanding of Martian geologic history.

2025-06-13T10:15:44.183717-07:00

Perseverance rover could date Mars’ newly identified Jezero Crater volcano

Space.com

NASA’s GIRO Probe Concept to Map Exoplanet Interiors via Gravity Anomalies NASA’s Gravity Interferometric Radio Occultation (GIRO) is a low-cost radio probe concept that would chart the internal structure of distant exoplanets by measuring subtle gravity anomalies. Under development by NASA, GIRO would infer density variations and layering beneath exoplanet surfaces, offering a new window into planetary formation.

2025-06-13T07:03:05.583160-07:00

NASA’s GIRO Probe Concept to Map Exoplanet Interiors via Gravity Anomalies

mynews13.com

Historic SLC-37 Demolition Clears Way for SpaceX Starship Operations Space Launch Complex 37, a cornerstone of US launch infrastructure since the Apollo era, has begun demolition to make way for upcoming SpaceX Starship launches, marking the transformation of legacy pads for next-generation heavy-lift vehicles.

2025-06-12T11:05:10.160723-07:00

Historic SLC-37 Demolition Clears Way for SpaceX Starship Operations

Space.com

FY2026 Budget Proposal Puts Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope at Risk of Shutdown Under the White House’s FY2026 budget proposal, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) faces elimination of its operating funds, threatening closure of the world’s most powerful solar observatory. Operators warn there is no feasible way to maintain the complex facility without congressional support for its high-precision instrumentation and staffing costs.

2025-06-12T05:04:42.801731-07:00

FY2026 Budget Proposal Puts Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope at Risk of Shutdown

Space.com

NASA’s PUNCH Probe Reveals First Wide-Field Views of Massive Solar Eruptions NASA’s PUNCH mission has released its first high-resolution, wide-field images of colossal coronal mass ejections erupting from the Sun, revealing unprecedented details of solar storm dynamics. Upcoming observations will track CMEs as they propagate, improving space weather models critical for satellite and power grid resilience.

2025-06-12T02:05:20.607773-07:00

NASA’s PUNCH Probe Reveals First Wide-Field Views of Massive Solar Eruptions

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