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2025 Shakeup at NASA: Damage, Reforms and Industry Implications

NASA's 2025 shakeup has exposed real institutional damage—leadership turnover, program stress and policy uncertainty—but agency officials say the harm can be addressed through reforms. The changes create near-term disruption for programs and contractors while reshaping funding priorities, oversight and industry partnerships.

2025-12-30T05:10:05.848694-08:00

Universe Today

Europa Clipper observes interstellar object 3I/ATLAS near perihelion

2025-12-30T05:48:48.141030-08:00

European Spaceflight

ESA says data breach limited to external science servers with unclassified documents

2025-12-30T01:43:49.776238-08:00

SpaceNews.com

Isaacman open to Houston receiving a different spacecraft instead of Discovery

2025-12-30T01:03:36.589018-08:00

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Universe Today

Europa Clipper observes interstellar object 3I/ATLAS near perihelion While interstellar object 3I/ATLAS moved out of Earth's view near perihelion, NASA's Europa Clipper used its unique interplanetary vantage during its six‑year return toward the inner solar system to observe the visitor. The data supplement ground and orbital measurements collected during the object's Mars flyby.

2025-12-30T05:48:48.141030-08:00

Europa Clipper observes interstellar object 3I/ATLAS near perihelion

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2025 Shakeup at NASA: Damage, Reforms and Industry Implications NASA's 2025 shakeup has exposed real institutional damage—leadership turnover, program stress and policy uncertainty—but agency officials say the harm can be addressed through reforms. The changes create near-term disruption for programs and contractors while reshaping funding priorities, oversight and industry partnerships.

2025-12-30T05:10:05.848694-08:00

2025 Shakeup at NASA: Damage, Reforms and Industry Implications

European Spaceflight

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ESA says data breach limited to external science servers with unclassified documents The European Space Agency says a recent cyber intrusion affected a limited number of external science servers and involved only unclassified documents, downplaying the incident's severity as contained. ESA said internal systems and classified data were not impacted, and investigations are ongoing.

2025-12-30T01:43:49.776238-08:00

ESA says data breach limited to external science servers with unclassified documents

SpaceNews.com

Isaacman open to Houston receiving a different spacecraft instead of Discovery NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he would be open to transferring a spacecraft other than the Space Shuttle Discovery to Space Center Houston, offering an alternative to moving Discovery itself. His remark introduces flexibility into the high‑profile custody dispute over the orbiter's final display location.

2025-12-30T01:03:36.589018-08:00

Isaacman open to Houston receiving a different spacecraft instead of Discovery

Independent.ie

Russia patents 'anti‑gravity' space‑station concept as ISS nears retirement Russian patent describes an 'anti‑gravity' space station designed to let crew live and work without microgravity, a concept filed as the International Space Station approaches planned retirement in 2030. The filing raises technical and programmatic questions about crewed habitats and Moscow's long‑term LEO ambitions.

2025-12-29T21:42:44.477764-08:00

Russia patents 'anti‑gravity' space‑station concept as ISS nears retirement

NASA

NASA schedules two January ISS spacewalks to boost power and prep roll‑out solar hardware NASA will preview two planned spacewalks at a Jan. 6, 2026 briefing at Johnson Space Center. In January, U.S. astronauts will perform EVAs at the International Space Station to boost electrical power and install equipment, including preparations for a roll‑out solar array.

2025-12-29T09:30:04.343768-08:00

NASA schedules two January ISS spacewalks to boost power and prep roll‑out solar hardware

Space.com

2025 Review: 12 Rocket and Spacecraft Failures That Shaped the Year Twelve rocket and spacecraft failures marked 2025, a year of intense launch activity and high-profile setbacks. This roundup examines each anomaly and its operational, programmatic and industrial repercussions for launch providers, national programs and commercial space initiatives, and investor confidence across the sector.

2025-12-29T07:45:01.004107-08:00

2025 Review: 12 Rocket and Spacecraft Failures That Shaped the Year

SpaceNews.com

Trump plan to dismantle NCAR threatens data and capabilities that support space science The Trump administration's proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) threatens core atmospheric research infrastructure, with knock‑on impacts for space‑science capabilities that rely on NCAR's models, observations and data services. Curtailing NCAR would weaken climate research, satellite mission support and operational forecasting.

2025-12-29T07:10:05.803516-08:00

Trump plan to dismantle NCAR threatens data and capabilities that support space science

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2025 Shakeup at NASA: Damage, Reforms and Industry Implications

Europa Clipper observes interstellar object 3I/ATLAS near perihelion

ESA says data breach limited to external science servers with unclassified documents

Isaacman open to Houston receiving a different spacecraft instead of Discovery

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