Associated Press
• Marcia Dunn
NASA's new giant lunar rocket rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Saturday as teams prepare for the agency's first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. The move advances a scheduled February launch attempt for the lunar crewed flight.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China hit by dual launch failures as Long March 3B and Ceres-2 debut mission fail China suffered a pair of launch failures Friday, seeing the loss of a classified Shijian satellite and the failed first launch of the Ceres-2 rocket.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The White House has resubmitted a nomination for NASA deputy administrator but is seeking a new nominee for the agency’s chief financial officer.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: I’ve got one job, and it’s the safe return of Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy.".
GeekWire
• Alan Boyle
By GeekWire: A decades-old rocket factory in Redmond, Wash., is due to be rebranded with a time-honored name: Rocketdyne.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: Our nearest neighbor, the Moon, is still something of a mystery to us. For decades, scientists have wondered why it appears so lopsided, with dark volcanic plains on the near side (the side we see) and rugged, cratered mountains and a thicker crust on the far side.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart - a breakthrough with direct implications for planetary defence strategies.
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg: Wish them well. Next month, four astronauts are expected to board a space capsule called Orion, blast off on a rocket known as the Space Launch System, and exit low-Earth orbit for the first time since 1972, en route to a 10-day flyby of the moon.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
Reuters
• Cassell Bryan-Low, Joey Roulette
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceNews.com
• James Snape, Richard Jacklin
