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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA: MAVEN recovery 'very unlikely' after month-long loss of contact

NASA says it's 'very unlikely' to recover the MAVEN Mars orbiter after more than a month of silence since December 2025, jeopardizing ongoing studies of Mars' upper atmosphere and its role as a relay for surface missions. The loss compounds strain on Mars science amid Mars Sample Return funding uncertainty.

webpronews.com • Sara Donnelly

NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Silent Since 2025, Hindering Mars Exploration

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Breaking Defense • Sydney J Freedberg Jr, Theresa Hitchens

US Space Force selects Slingshot’s TALOS AI to simulate adversary satellites in classified orbital wargames

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Universe Today • Mark Thompson

Unmasking the Sun’s Hidden Gamma Ray Factory

By Universe Today: Scientists have finally identified where some of the most powerful radiation bursts from solar flares originate, solving a mystery that has puzzled solar physicists for decades.

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SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

Hydrosat raises $60 million in Series B funding

By SpaceNews.com: Hydrosat raises $60 million in Series B funding.

2026-01-15T03:07:34.341562-08:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Indian startup Aule Space targets satellite life-extension with low-cost servicing spacecraft

By SpaceNews.com: An Indian startup is entering the satellite servicing market with plans to develop low-cost spacecraft to extend the lives of satellites.

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2026-01-15T00:43:34.502716-08:00

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SpaceWatch Global • Blaine Curcio

China’s Space Industry Shifts Focus to Laser Communications — 12 of 137 Funding Rounds Target Lasercom Firms

By SpaceWatch Global: Twelve of the Chinese space industry's 137 funding round were for companies involved in space laser communications.

2026-01-15T00:25:15.546830-08:00

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Space.com • Charles Q Choi

James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious 'little red dots' may be black holes in disguise

By Space.com: "If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe.".

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JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes

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SpaceNews.com • Andrew Jones

CAS Space completes first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and successful capsule recovery

By SpaceNews.com: CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing a successful parachute descent of the capsule.

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NASA: MAVEN recovery 'very unlikely' after month-long loss of contact

NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Silent Since 2025, Hindering Mars Exploration

US Space Force selects Slingshot’s TALOS AI to simulate adversary satellites in classified orbital wargames

Unmasking the Sun’s Hidden Gamma Ray Factory

Hydrosat raises $60 million in Series B funding

Indian startup Aule Space targets satellite life-extension with low-cost servicing spacecraft

China’s Space Industry Shifts Focus to Laser Communications — 12 of 137 Funding Rounds Target Lasercom Firms

James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious 'little red dots' may be black holes in disguise

JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes

CAS Space completes first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and successful capsule recovery

Unmasking the Sun’s Hidden Gamma Ray Factory

Hydrosat raises $60 million in Series B funding

NASA says recovery of MAVEN Mars orbiter 'very unlikely' after month-long loss of contact

US Space Force selects Slingshot’s TALOS AI to simulate adversary satellites in classified orbital wargames

Indian startup Aule Space targets satellite life-extension with low-cost servicing spacecraft

China’s Space Industry Shifts Focus to Laser Communications — 12 of 137 Funding Rounds Target Lasercom Firms

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