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India’s GSLV Rocket Successfully Deploys $1.5B NASA-ISRO NISAR Earth Radar Satellite

India’s ISRO placed the NASA-ISRO NISAR Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite into orbit aboard its GSLV rocket, marking the launch of a first-of-its-kind $1.5 billion Earth science mission set to scan the planet twice every 12 days for climate and disaster monitoring.

2025-07-30T05:43:45.505224-07:00

SpaceNews.com

NASA-ISRO’s $1.5B NISAR Earth Radar Satellite to Launch July 30

2025-07-22T05:06:24.500841-07:00

Payload

Ex-Shuttle Commander Warns NASA’s CLD Pivot Could Cede LEO and Mars Leadership to China

2025-08-08T08:08:24.454446-07:00

Space.com

James Webb Detects Gas Giant Exoplanet Orbiting Alpha Centauri A

2025-08-07T08:32:34.086996-07:00

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Japan to Provide H3 Rocket for European Apophis Observation Mission Japan will supply its H3 launch vehicle to a European mission planning to observe asteroid Apophis during its close Earth flyby, a Japanese space agency official said. The pledge formalizes Tokyo's contribution to an international effort to capture targeted observations of the near‑Earth object.

2025-08-22T03:12:39.754787-07:00

Japan to Provide H3 Rocket for European Apophis Observation Mission

Universe Today

Apollo seismometers still detect moonquakes — what they reveal about the Moon Seismometers left on the Moon by Apollo astronauts and shut off almost 50 years ago are still producing useful results, detecting moonquakes and providing a rare, decades-long seismic record that continues to shape scientific understanding of lunar seismicity for modern researchers.

2025-08-21T08:47:39.493266-07:00

Apollo seismometers still detect moonquakes — what they reveal about the Moon

wired.com

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Threaten U.S. Space Leadership, Science Programs and Workforce A proposed round of deep budget cuts and a potential mission overhaul at NASA risks stripping core science and exploration programs, prompting resignations of senior staff and raising alarm that the U.S. may cede leadership in space exploration and imperiling high‑priority missions.

2025-08-21T04:14:04.349454-07:00

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts Threaten U.S. Space Leadership, Science Programs and Workforce

European Spaceflight

Spartan Space and Airbus Wrap Up CNES Lunar Habitat Airlock Feasibility Study Spartan Space and Airbus have concluded a feasibility study commissioned by France’s CNES to design an airlock for a lunar habitat. The study evaluates structural, life-support and integration requirements for future Artemis-derived surface outpost modules, informing CNES’s next steps in European lunar infrastructure.

2025-08-15T06:45:14.743207-07:00

Spartan Space and Airbus Wrap Up CNES Lunar Habitat Airlock Feasibility Study

The Hill

Acting NASA Chief Duffy to Sideline Climate Science in Favor of Space Exploration Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced Thursday that NASA will shift resources away from climate and earth science to concentrate solely on space exploration, effectively sidelining the agency’s long-running Earth-observation initiatives. The move reprioritises the Science Mission Directorate under new leadership directives.

2025-08-14T14:56:26.488949-07:00

Acting NASA Chief Duffy to Sideline Climate Science in Favor of Space Exploration

Scientific American

NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Future RPS-Powered Deep Space Missions NASA’s proposed FY25 budget would shutter plutonium-238 production and abandon radioisotope power systems that have enabled over 50 missions to the outer planets, imperiling future exploration of Mars, Jupiter’s moons and beyond.

2025-08-14T10:40:30.129620-07:00

NASA Budget Cuts Threaten Future RPS-Powered Deep Space Missions

SpaceWatch Global

US Aims to Deploy Lunar Nuclear Reactor by 2030, Prompting European Response NASA plans to install a compact nuclear fission reactor on the lunar surface by 2030 to power Artemis infrastructure and cement US leadership in the cislunar domain; Europe is watching closely and considering its own nuclear space power initiatives.

2025-08-12T02:44:36.933021-07:00

US Aims to Deploy Lunar Nuclear Reactor by 2030, Prompting European Response

Universe Today

Concordia researchers boost lunar regolith content in 3D printing feedstocks A team at Concordia University has demonstrated a record-high lunar regolith–polymer mix for additive manufacturing, paving the way to print more components on the Moon and cut launch mass and costs more than ever before.

2025-08-09T04:31:46.383488-07:00

Concordia researchers boost lunar regolith content in 3D printing feedstocks

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