Today In Space
Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 11:59 PM PST
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Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow
SpaceX to Pursue 2026 IPO Raising Far Above $30 Billion
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in a transaction that would make it the biggest listing of all time.
Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille
NASA Seeks Competitors for Artemis Moon-landing Contract Citing Starship Delays
By Bloomberg: NASA wants companies to compete with SpaceX over a contract it holds to put astronauts on the moon, a fresh sign of blowback over delays with Elon Musk’s Starship spacecraft.
Royal Aeronautical Society
• Richard Lowe
The UK space funding jigsaw puzzle. A decade on from British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s historic mission to the ISS in December 2015, what’s the future hold for the UK’s space sector
By Royal Aeronautical Society: A decade on from British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s historic mission to the ISS in December 2015, RICHARD LOWE from the RAeS Space Group looks at the funding landscape for UK space sector.
SpaceX set for 160th Falcon 9 launch of 2025 to deploy 27 Starlink satellites
By Spaceflight Now:  SpaceX is aiming for pre-dawn launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday morning.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen
By Space.com: "This observation also demonstrates that we can use Webb to find individual stars when the universe was only 5% of its current age.".
Space.com
• Mike Wall
Chinese astronauts inspect Shenzhou 20 after space‑debris strike; vehicle judged unfit for reentry
By Space.com: The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.
collectSPACE
Lunar Outpost rover to study lunar dust alongside Artemis astronauts on moon
By collectSPACE: B-9 had Will Robinson. Twiki had Buck Rogers. And, of course, C-3PO and R2-D2 had Luke Skywalker. Now, in a scenario straight out of science fiction, MAPP will have whoever NASA names to the crew of the second Artemis moon landing mission.
