SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
SpaceNews.com reports: The service, called Sovereign Space Object Tracking, is designed to ‘give nations control over their own space domain awareness capabilities’.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 6:28 AM PDT
2025-04-29T06:28:42.789220-07:00 2025-04-29T06:28:42.789220-07:00 (2025-04-29T06:28:42.789220-07:00)
GeekWire
• Alan Boyle
By GeekWire: Radian Aerospace says it's developing a reusable re-entry vehicle that can be used to test aerospace components under high-stress conditions.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China launched a third batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites Tuesday, advancing its ambitious low Earth orbit communications network to rival Starlink and other global systems.
Associated Press
• The Associate Press
By Associated Press: Three Chinese astronauts’ return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions. The astronauts, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were originally due to land Tuesday in Dongfeng,.
The Independent
le.ac.uk
• News Release
By le.ac.uk: Global first test success for a University of Leicester–NASA space power system 28 April 2025Selection of the NASA Glenn and University of Leicester team members involved in the Am-RSG benchtop demonstrator study.
The Space Review
• Kristin Burke
By The Space Review: The CAS technology forecast specifically distinguished between a “crewed Lunar landing around 2030” and “crewed Mars exploration around 2050,” i.e. Apart from intent, SOE and CNSA representatives are again leading messaging of possible timelines for a Chinese crewed Mars mission around 2050.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Project Kuiper will eventually consist of about 3,200 spacecraft.
Universe Today
• Laurence Tognetti
By Universe Today: How can walking robots deliver more efficient in-situ robotic exploration on the Moon compared to other types of robots? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) discussed the benefits of using legged robots for lunar exploration regarding gait speed (walking speed).
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
houstonchronicle.com
• Andrea Leinfelder
