Leonard David • Leonard David

Protest Planned Outside NASA HQ Over Proposed Science Budget Cuts That Could Threaten Active Missions

Leonard David reports: A new protest focused on budget cuts is slated to be held outside NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.“We are a peaceful protest group, and we stand in solidarity with other scientific advocacy groups,” explains the NASA Needs Help website.

2025-09-07T07:12:59.417479-07:00

Today In Space

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Space.com • Sharmila Kuthunur

Astronomers Using JWST Find Intergalactic Dust Surviving Far Beyond Its Host Galaxy

By Space.com: "Webb was the key that made it happen.".

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2025-09-07T07:10:23.254850-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Andrew Jones

China launches third Yaogan-40 remote‑sensing trio into polar orbit, marking its 52nd launch of 2025

By SpaceNews.com: China launches new set of Yaogan-40 satellites into polar orbit China added a third trio of spacecraft to a group of remote sensing satellites Saturday, marking the country’s 52nd launch of the year.

2025-09-07T04:28:43.520555-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Simon Maynard

Europe’s New Space Race: Competing to Build Lunar Legal Frameworks

By SpaceNews.com: A new space race is heating up across the pond — not to be the first to reach the moon, but to provide a credible and flexible legal framework capable […].

2025-09-06T21:05:46.162242-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA details revised plan to spend up to $1.5B to back commercial crew‑tended space station demonstrations

By SpaceNews.com: NASA expects to spend up to $1.5 billion to support at least two companies to demonstrate crew-tended space stations as part of a revised approach.

Space Daily

NASA Seeks Industry Feedback on Phase Two of Commercial LEO Development Program

NASA

NASA Seeks Industry Input on Next Phase of Commercial Space Stations

2025-09-06T11:13:21.707036-07:00

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Spaceflight Now • Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX to surpass 2,000 Starlink satellites deployed in 2025 with Saturday Falcon 9 launch

By Spaceflight Now: Update Sept. 6, 3:10 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the 24 Starlink satellites. SpaceX deployed its 2,000th Starlink satellite of the year when its Falcon 9 rocket following a flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday morning.

Space.com

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 24 Starlink satellites from California

keeptrack.space

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites, passes 2,000 in 2025 as Florida communities push back on Starship operations

2025-09-06T06:15:00.391796-07:00

JWST Space Exploration & Science Missions

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Universe Today • Evan Gough

A Glittering Stellar Nursery Shines In New JWST Image

By Universe Today: This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.