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SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with 5,000+ lb of supplies and boost trunk for 2025 reboosts

An unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked at the International Space Station early Monday carrying more than 5,000 pounds of equipment and supplies, including 1,500 tortillas. The mission added a boost trunk that will enable Dragon to perform periodic reboost burns beginning in September and through fall 2025.

2025-08-25T06:47:19.533007-07:00

Payload

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

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

Space.com

James Webb Detects Gas Giant Exoplanet Orbiting Alpha Centauri A

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

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

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NASA

Washington high-school student wins NASA's 2025 art contest with space‑themed work A Washington state high school student whose work blends art and a fascination with space exploration has won NASA's 2025 art contest. The winning piece, driven by curiosity about the possibility of life on other planets, underscores the agency's outreach at the intersection of art and space science.

2025-08-25T08:49:03.039417-07:00

Washington high-school student wins NASA's 2025 art contest with space‑themed work

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SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with 5,000+ lb of supplies and boost trunk for 2025 reboosts An unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo ship docked at the International Space Station early Monday carrying more than 5,000 pounds of equipment and supplies, including 1,500 tortillas. The mission added a boost trunk that will enable Dragon to perform periodic reboost burns beginning in September and through fall 2025.

2025-08-25T06:47:19.533007-07:00

SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with 5,000+ lb of supplies and boost trunk for 2025 reboosts

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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

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