Today In Space
Last Updated: Monday, July 14, 2025, 10:19 AM PDT
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Bloomberg
• Melos Ambaye
Could NASA Function Without Elon Musk?
By Bloomberg: Of all the threats that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk hurled at one another as their alliance fell apart, those targeting Musk’s contracts with the US government have the potential to do the most damage.
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Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
SDA Names Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo as New Deputy Director
By Via Satellite: The Space Development Agency (SDA) has named Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo as the new deputy director, with the departure of Deputy Director Ryan Frigm. SDA.
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SpaceNews.com
• Omkar Nikam
Securing the new high ground: tackling export loopholes in space tech
By SpaceNews.com: Securing the new high ground: tackling export loopholes in space tech.
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European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Space Rider Nose Cone Passes Key Milestone
By European Spaceflight: Italy's CIRA has successfully completed a key milestone in the development of the Space Rider Re-entry Module's Thermal Protection System.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
Firefly Aerospace Files IPO Prospectus, Eyes Nasdaq Listing
By Payload: Firefly Aerospace is $FLYing into the Nasdaq with the space industry’s latest exit attempt.
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Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
China's Mars Mission Could Answer the Ultimate Question: Are We Alone?
By Universe Today: China is poised to make space exploration history again with its Tianwen-3 mission launching in 2028. With the audacious plan to drill two meters beneath Mars' radiation blasted surface it aims to collect samples that could harbor ancient microbial life, and bring them back to Earth for the first time in human history! The mission's most intriguing challenge isn't the technical feat of interplanetary sample return, it’s the quarantine protocols required once these potentially life containing samples arrive on Earth making this mission as much about protecting our planet as it is about exploring another.
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SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Commercial Space Industry Questions New FAA Launch Licensing Fees
By SpaceNews.com: Despite flat budgets for the FAA office that oversees commercial spaceflight, industry has mixed opinions of new launch fees to help fund it.
