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Spaceflight Now • Will Robinson-Smith

Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2

Spaceflight Now reports: ![](http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251016-Artemis-II-Orion-Roll-to-VAB.jpeg) NASA Orion spacecraft made its penultimate terrestrial roadtrip late Thursday evening when it cruised into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center.

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Last Updated: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, 9:56 PM PDT

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Payload • Douglas Gorman

Astron Systems’ Launches Are Booked Through 2030

By Payload: Astron Systems, a UK-based launch startup working on cheap, reusable, small-lift rockets, has booked flights through the end of the decade.

2025-10-16T21:49:18.423609-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Shutdown Heightens Long-Term Budget and Program Risks for NASA and Federal Science Agencies

By SpaceNews.com: As the government shutdown drags on, scientists and advocates remain focused on the long-term effects of proposed budget cuts at NASA and other agencies.

2025-10-16T20:55:51.973619-07:00

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Space.com • Robert Z Pearlman

Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS

By Space.com: Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky spent six hours working in the vacuum of space on Thursday (Oct. 16).

2025-10-16T17:02:53.293565-07:00

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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

Research on Previously Unexamined Apollo 17 Moon Rocks Reveals Exotic Sulfur

By Universe Today: Samples from one of the Apollo 17 drive tubes was recently opened and analyzed by Brown University researchers, who found surprising sulfur isotopes signatures inside.

2025-10-16T14:06:47.596021-07:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

SoftBank-led consortium to demonstrate optical LEO-to-HAPS (stratosphere) communications

By Via Satellite: A Japanese consortium of Softbank, ArkEdge Space, Kiyohara Optics, and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) are planning to demonstrate optical communications between space and the stratosphere.

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2025-10-16T12:38:37.980329-07:00

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Universe Today • Evan Gough

Microbes or their DNA could survive in Martian ice — future rover could dig for them

By Universe Today: Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, a team of researchers from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Penn State demonstrated that fragments of the molecules that make up proteins in E.

2025-10-16T13:00:01.278790-07:00

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iceye.com

ICEYE and IHI sign agreement to build an Earth observation satellite constellation

By iceye.com: ICEYE and IHI Corporation have signed a procurement contract to build an EO satellite constellation for security, civilian, and commercial use.

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IHI to Assemble Iceye SAR Satellites in Japan After Procurement Deal for Up to 24 Spacecraft

orbitaltoday.com

ICEYE, IHI to build Japan-based SAR Earth-observation constellation, boosting domestic radar-imaging production

2025-10-16T01:07:47.891680-07:00

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