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Last Updated: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, 8:20 PM PST
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Space.com
• Simonetta Di Pippo
Avoiding Conflict on the Moon: Governing Lunar Water-Ice Use and Appropriation
By Space.com: A vital question is whether the moon's water ice be used without some level of appropriation.
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Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX launches two Falcon 9s less than four hours apart from Florida, reaching 146 missions in 2025
By Space.com: SpaceX has now launched 146 Falcon 9 missions in 2025.
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cosmiclog.com
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NASA leadership turnover complicates Artemis moon-landing timetable
By cosmiclog.com: NASA is facing increasingly sharp challenges as it pursues its goal of landing astronauts on the moon again before this decade is out — and as the space agency braces for another leadership change,….
Universe Today
NASA Faces Another Shift in Its Leadership
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South China Morning Post
• Agence France-Presse
Companies vie to build the first commercial space station as NASA eyes 2030 ISS retirement
By South China Morning Post: Companies like Vast, Axiom and Blue Origin are in a fierce competition to develop commercial space habitats.
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SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Blue Origin plans early‑2026 New Glenn launch, may reuse same booster
By SpaceNews.com: After a successful second flight of New Glenn, Blue Origin is looking to perform its next launch early next year, possibly with the same booster.
News.CN
China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts to return to Earth
By News.CN: BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's Shenzhou-20 crew is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced.
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News.CN
• Xinhua
China's space station returns 46.67 kg of experiment samples in ninth transfer
By News.CN: BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The latest samples from 26 scientific experiments conducted aboard China's space station, totaling approximately 46.67 kilograms, were brought back to Earth on Friday, according to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
