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Last Updated: Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 5:19 AM PST
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Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
IAU’s Lunar Coordinate Time (TCL): Solving Relativistic Timekeeping for Moon–Earth Operations
By Universe Today: Tracking time is one of those things that seems easy, until you really start to get into the details of what time actually is. We define a second as 9,192,631,770 oscillations of a cesium atom.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Isar Aerospace Delivers Spectrum Rocket Stages to Norwegian Launch Site Ahead of Second Flight
By European Spaceflight: Isar Aerospace has delivered the stages for the second flight of its Spectrum to its launch facilities in Norway and is gearing up for pre-flight testing.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
Lux Aeterna secures two U.S. government partnerships for reusable‑satellite heat‑shield technology
By SpaceNews.com: Lux Aeterna is attracting growing interest from across the U.S. government for heat shield technology designed to make satellites fully reusable, securing two partnership agreements since emerging from stealth in June.
SpaceNews.com
• Leonard David
Study: Spacecraft reentry releases harmful metals into atmosphere
By SpaceNews.com: ‘Uncontrolled experiment:’ Study links harmful atmospheric metals to spacecraft reentry.
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SpaceNews.com
• Kevin Dunne
Ground truth: Why the lunar program needs its Earthbound network
By SpaceNews.com: Ground truth: Why the lunar program needs its Earthbound network.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
Firefly Plans Alpha Return-to-Flight Late 2025–Early 2026 After September Explosion
By Bloomberg: Firefly Aerospace Inc. said it plans to resume launches of its Alpha rocket between late 2025 and early next year, after implementing fixes following the explosion of one of its vehicles in September.
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SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
China Closes Airspace as Shenzhou Prepares for Landing Following Suspected Debris Strike
By SpaceNews.com: Airspace closure suggests China is preparing for a Shenzhou landing after debris impact scare China issued an airspace closure notice, suggesting preparations for a spacecraft landing days after a suspected debris strike delayed the planned return of Shenzhou-20.
