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Last Updated: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, 12:07 AM PDT
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NASA is in the middle of an ambitious campaign to send humans back to the moon — and lawmakers are adamant that American astronauts must put boots on the lunar surface again before China’s taikonauts get there
By Bloomberg: Greetings Earthlings, it’s Loren Grush, reporting this week from the US Chamber of Commerce’s aerospace summit in Washington. The pressure is on for the US to beat China in the race to put humans back on the moon.

Avio May Seek €300 Million Capital Raise to Bolster Satellite-Launch Business
By Bloomberg Law: Italian rocket maker Avio SpA may consider a capital increase of as much as €300 million ($351 million) to strengthen its satellite-launch business, people familiar with the matter said.

NASA bars Chinese nationals with U.S. visas from agency facilities
By South China Morning Post: As race to the moon heats up, space agency spokeswoman says move is to ‘ensure the security of our work’.

ESA Warns of Risks From NASA and French Uncertainty Ahead of Budget-Setting Ministerial
By Space Intel Report: BALTIMORE — The European Space Agency (ESA) has planned a Sept. 19 meeting with the heads….

Perseverance rock analysis raises possibility of ancient Martian microbial fossils; NASA remains cautious
By New York Times: The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected by the Perseverance rover raises that possibility.

Comtech’s SLM-5650B Becomes First Sovereign-certified Modem to Operate on SES’s O3b mPOWER MEO Satellite Constellation
By Business Wire: Sept. 10, 2025-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) (“Comtech” or the “Company”), a global communications technology leader, today announced the...

SFL Missions Inc. Awarded Contract to Develop Three New HawkEye 360 Satellite Clusters for Radio Frequency Detection
By Business Wire: SFL Missions Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide spacecraft bus units in support of three new HawkEye 360 satellite Clusters, totaling nine spacecraf...