Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
On Jan. 10 NASA demolished two National Historic Landmark test structures at Marshall Space Flight Center — the Dynamic Test Stand and the T‑tower — facilities that enabled Saturn V development and Space Shuttle testing. The removals clear the site for modernized infrastructure to support next‑generation space exploration.
New York Times
• Erin Griffith, Lauren Hirsch
By New York Times: If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A delay in one European Space Agency mission is creating an opportunity for an earlier, and more capable, launch for another ESA spacecraft.
Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
By Space.com: Liftoff occurred at 4:08 p.m. EST on Monday (Jan. 12).
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: The space community is breathing a sigh of relief after lawmakers rejected Trump proposed cuts.
Reuters
• Gianluca Lo Nostro
By Reuters: France is looking into sending Eutelsat satellite terminals to Iran to help citizens after Iranian authorities imposed a blackout of internet services in a bid to quell the country's most violent domestic unrest in decades.
SpaceNews.com
• Clinton Clark, Ralph Dinsley
By SpaceNews.com: Space sustainability will evolve into a data-driven system.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: There is a fundamental tension in space exploration that has created ongoing debates for decades. By creating the infrastructure we need to explore other worlds, we damage them in some way, making them either less scientifically interesting or less “pristine,” which some would argue, in itself, is a bad thing.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
