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Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats

Blue Origin's New Glenn is slated to launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE "Blue" and "Gold" twin smallsats — the first dual‑satellite mission to another planet. A successful Oct. 30 static fire of New Glenn's seven BE‑4 engines cleared a key prelaunch check.

2025-11-06T01:57:24.930290-08:00

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Intuitive Machines to acquire Lanteris for $800M, gaining $920M backlog and >$850M combined revenue

2025-11-04T03:10:56.480880-08:00

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“Athena” plan outlines Isaacman’s NASA blueprint, triggers Capitol Hill scrutiny

2025-11-03T09:11:31.878585-08:00

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SpaceX proposes simplified Starship HLS to speed Artemis III crewed lunar landing after NASA criticism

2025-10-30T12:11:20.136814-07:00

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Leaked footage of 3I/ATLAS reignites debate over artificial origin as NASA activates Planetary Defence Network In July 2025 the ATLAS survey in Chile detected interstellar object 3I/ATLAS; recently leaked footage has reignited debate over whether it is a natural comet or an artificial object. NASA has activated its Planetary Defence Network and figures such as Avi Loeb warn of a potential 'black swan' risk.

2025-11-07T13:18:21.367400-08:00

Leaked footage of 3I/ATLAS reignites debate over artificial origin as NASA activates Planetary Defence Network

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Cassini reanalysis finds polar heat on Enceladus, strengthening case for a long‑lived subsurface ocean A reanalysis of Cassini thermal data shows Saturn’s moon Enceladus is leaking heat from both poles — not just the south — and used temperature measurements to estimate ice‑shell thickness. The balanced heat flow supports a long‑lived subsurface ocean and raises the moon’s potential as an abode for life.

2025-11-07T11:14:57.330462-08:00

Cassini reanalysis finds polar heat on Enceladus, strengthening case for a long‑lived subsurface ocean

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JWST makes first extragalactic detection of complex organic molecules around a star NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has for the first time detected complex organic molecules in the circumstellar environment of a star located in another galaxy, marking the first extragalactic identification of such compounds and extending JWST's spectroscopic reach beyond the Milky Way.

2025-11-07T10:09:35.310928-08:00

JWST makes first extragalactic detection of complex organic molecules around a star

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NASA's ESCAPADE: Twin 'Blue' and 'Gold' smallsats to deliver first 3D stereo maps of Mars' upper atmosphere — launch NLT Nov. 9 NASA's ESCAPADE mission will launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, sending twin, UC Berkeley‑managed smallsats dubbed Blue and Gold to Mars. Flying in formation, they'll produce the first stereo, 3D maps of the planet's magnetic fields, upper atmosphere and ionosphere to study atmospheric escape.

2025-11-07T05:09:47.824062-08:00

NASA's ESCAPADE: Twin 'Blue' and 'Gold' smallsats to deliver first 3D stereo maps of Mars' upper atmosphere — launch NLT Nov. 9

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Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats Blue Origin's New Glenn is slated to launch no earlier than Nov. 9 from Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA's ESCAPADE "Blue" and "Gold" twin smallsats — the first dual‑satellite mission to another planet. A successful Oct. 30 static fire of New Glenn's seven BE‑4 engines cleared a key prelaunch check.

2025-11-06T01:57:24.930290-08:00

Blue Origin sets Nov. 9 New Glenn launch for NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars smallsats

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Tianwen‑1 orbiter images interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from ~30 million km China’s Tianwen‑1 Mars orbiter used its high‑resolution camera to observe the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, the China National Space Administration said Nov. 6. The spacecraft was about 30 million kilometres from 3I/ATLAS during the observation, one of the closest probe sightings of the visitor.

2025-11-05T17:14:28.509739-08:00

Tianwen‑1 orbiter images interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from ~30 million km

European Spaceflight

Astronika passes key ramp test for ESA's Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover Poland’s Astronika has successfully tested the ramp mechanism that will deploy ESA’s Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover from its lander onto Mars’ surface, marking a critical hardware milestone for the mission’s surface operations and mobility capability ahead of final integration and launch preparations.

2025-11-05T07:31:29.221933-08:00

Astronika passes key ramp test for ESA's Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover

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Sun unleashes two X‑class flares, triggering radio blackouts across the Americas and Pacific Two back‑to‑back X‑class solar flares erupted as active sunspots turned to face Earth, producing radio blackouts across both hemispheres that knocked out shortwave communications across the Americas and much of the Pacific, briefly degrading HF radio links and ionospheric communications.

2025-11-05T05:11:51.518833-08:00

Sun unleashes two X‑class flares, triggering radio blackouts across the Americas and Pacific

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