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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

Perseverance dust experiment examines spacesuit materials for future Mars missions

Researchers at Washington University studied how Martian dust interacts with spacesuit-material swatches carried by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The work highlights a planning challenge for future crewed missions: accounting for dust exposure and its effects on both astronauts and the materials they rely on.

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2026-11-09T12:06:04.008987-08:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

AST SpaceMobile Forms Joint Venture With Rakuten in Japan for J-LEO Project

By Via Satellite: AST SpaceMobile and Rakuten have formed a new joint venture to provide direct-to-device (D2D) services in Japan. This comes as the Japanese government.

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2026-11-09T12:34:54.764709-08:00

Blue Origin Moon Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Human Spaceflight & Space Stations Boeing NASA

FlightGlobal • Joseph Dainty

Boeing prepares Artemis III core stage for fuelling and structural tests

By FlightGlobal: Boeing moves NASA's Artemis III core stage into Kennedy Space Center's High Bay 3 for final stacking, integration, and testing ahead of the 2027 launch.

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2026-11-09T11:05:11.172438-08:00

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Bloomberg • Dana Hull, Julian Hast

SpaceX Plans $24 Billion Data Center and Gas Plant in Texas

By Bloomberg: SpaceX plans to construct, own and operate a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility at its company town in Starbase, Texas, according to a notice of a public hearing on the city’s website.

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SpaceX plans $24B gas power plant, supercomputing facility in Texas (SPCX:NASDAQ)

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SpaceX plans $24 billion gas power plant, data center project in Texas

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2026-11-09T11:23:24.173159-08:00

Satellite Europe Defense Industry & Major Contractors

Reuters

Enel, Leonardo sign cooperation deal on energy, satellite services

By Reuters: Italian power group Enel and aerospace and defence company Leonardo ‌signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday covering, among others, satellite services and critical infrastructure protection, they said.

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2026-11-09T11:04:43.437122-08:00

Satellite AI LEO Space Debris & Traffic Management

Universe Today • Evan Gough

An Artificial CORTEX to Guide Satellite Rescue Missions

By Universe Today: Thousands of so-called zombie satellites orbit Earth in the critical Low-Earth Orbit regime. They're either inactive or have stopped alerting other satellites to their presence.

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2026-11-09T10:55:28.073633-08:00

Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation

Universe Today • Andy Tomaswick

A Common Food Emulsifier Could Solve One of Rocketry’s Oldest Fuel Problems

By Universe Today: In propulsion system design, engineers have long faced a trade-off between solid and liquid rocket fuels.

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2026-11-09T09:54:54.304046-08:00

Satellite Europe Commercial Space Policy & Regulation

SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

Globalstar approved to deploy next-gen direct-to-device constellation

By SpaceNews.com: — France has cleared Globalstar to launch and operate the 54 next-generation direct-to-device (D2D) satellites that the U.S.-based operator aims to begin deploying next year.

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2026-11-09T08:49:03.422293-08:00

Perseverance dust experiment examines spacesuit materials for future Mars missions

AST SpaceMobile Forms Joint Venture With Rakuten in Japan for J-LEO Project

Boeing prepares Artemis III core stage for fuelling and structural tests

SpaceX Plans $24 Billion Data Center and Gas Plant in Texas

SpaceX plans $24B gas power plant, supercomputing facility in Texas (SPCX:NASDAQ)

SpaceX plans $24 billion gas power plant, data center project in Texas

Enel, Leonardo sign cooperation deal on energy, satellite services

An Artificial CORTEX to Guide Satellite Rescue Missions

A Common Food Emulsifier Could Solve One of Rocketry’s Oldest Fuel Problems

Globalstar approved to deploy next-gen direct-to-device constellation

AST SpaceMobile Forms Joint Venture With Rakuten in Japan for J-LEO Project

A Perseverance Experiment Could Help Astronauts Prepare for Dust Storms on Mars

SpaceX Plans $24 Billion Data Center and Gas Plant in Texas

Pentagon mulls placing fleet of military satellites around the Moon

Enel, Leonardo sign cooperation deal on energy, satellite services

Boeing prepares Artemis III core stage for fuelling and structural tests

Pentagon mulls placing fleet of military satellites around the Moon

SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says

UK Government Investment Secures More Than 25% Stake in SaxaVord

MDA Space on Telesat Lightspeed delay and how it's positioning itself to win US and European military satellite business

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NASA awards lunar transport, lander and technology work to advance Moon Base plans

NASA opens astronaut applications through Dec. 3 and plans aerospace exhibition to rival Paris Air Show

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