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SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
BAE Systems and GlobalFoundries partner to modernize secure chipmaking for spacecraft
By SpaceNews.com: BAE Systems, GlobalFoundries team up to modernize chipmaking for space BAE Systems, GlobalFoundries team up to modernize chipmaking for spacecraft.
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Payload
Op-ed: Congress Must Act to Prevent Gap in Microgravity Research
By Payload: With the International Space Station—one of the most frequently used platforms for microgravity research—nearing retirement, it’s time for Congress to ensure industry can maintain access to microgravity for life-changing research—and to ensure the US can maintain its leadership in an area where China is hot on its heels.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
Trump nominee for NASA chief Jared Isaacman pledges to relocate space shuttle Discovery to Houston, senator says
By Space.com: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the architects of the Discovery moving plan, said that Isaacman is on board.
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SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Isar Aerospace to Launch ESA's 'ΣYNDEO-3' Mission under the EU's IOD/IOV Program
By SpaceWatch Global: Isar Aerospace will launch ESA's ΣYNDEO-3 mission under the EU's In-Orbit Demonstration and In-Orbit Validation Program.
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SpaceNews.com
• Proteus Space
Proteus Space’s AI‑Designed Spacecraft Reaches Orbit, Sets Multiple Industry Records
By SpaceNews.com: Proteus Space Launches First AI Designed Spacecraft, Sets Multiple Records.
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orlandosentinel.com
• Richard Tribou
SpaceX gets OK to build up Starship pads at Canaveral site
By orlandosentinel.com: The Department of the Air Force announced it had given the OK for SpaceX to move forward with its Starship and Super Heavy launch pad plans at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launc….
Reuters
• David Shepardson
US Senate Commerce Committee to vote December 8 on Jared Isaacman nomination for NASA administrator
By Reuters: The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Monday it plans to hold a December 8 vote on President Donald Trump's nomination of Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and ally of billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk, for the post of NASA administrator.
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