Space.com
• Robert Lea
Space.com
• Robert Lea
Today In Space
Last Updated: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, 8:34 AM PST
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Reuters
• Joey Roulette
Japan's ispace, US's Firefly launch commercial moon landers
By Reuters: Two moon landers, one from Japan's ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX's unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global rush to examine the lunar surface.
Space Policy Online
American, Japanese Landers on the Way to the Moon
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Qantas Johannesburg Flights Delayed by SpaceX Rocket Debris
By Aviation Source: Delays on Qantas Sydney-Johannesburg route after advice of falling debris from SpaceX rocket re-entry in southern Indian Ocean.
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Reuters
• Nivedita Bhattacharjee
Google-backed Pixxel successfully launches India's first private satellite constellation
By Reuters: India's space tech startup Pixxel launched three of its six hyperspectral imaging satellites aboard a SpaceX rocket from California on Tuesday.
Reuters
• Akash Sriram
Space startup funding set for boost from US-China rivalry in 2025, report says
By Reuters: Funding in the space industry is set to receive a boost this year from growing U.S.-China tensions, after startups in the sector clocked $8.6 billion in investments in 2024, according to a report by investment firm Seraphim Space.
Aviation Week
• Thierry Dubois
Europe Confronts Its Launcher Challenge To Keep Pace
By Aviation Week: To make up ground it is losing to SpaceX, China and others, Europe is looking to infuse greater competition into its space launch industry.
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Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Loft Orbital Raises $170M, Plans to Scale With Inter-Satellite Links and AI
By Via Satellite: Loft Orbital raised $170 million in a Series C round, the company announced on Tuesday, along with plans to scale operations.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
The Webb Shows Us Where Cosmic Dust Comes From
By Universe Today: The JWST watched as expanding carbon-rich shells of dust emanate from a Wolf-Rayet binary star. Every eight years another one is created.
