Today In Space
Last Updated: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, 9:46 AM PST
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Space.com
• Robert Z Pearlman
Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites before making 550th SpaceX landing (video)
By Space.com: Liftoff occurred at 12:49 a.m. EST on Sunday (Dec. 14).
Space.com
• Mike Wall
Atlas V launches 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites December 15
By Space.com: Liftoff is scheduled for 3:49 a.m. ET on Monday (Dec. 15).
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
'Fiddler on the Moon' documentary explores how Judaism might adapt as humanity reaches out into space
By Space.com: 'No matter what your traditions are, someone is going to break them.'.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Rocket Lab launches JAXA tech demo satellite
By SpaceNews.com: A Rocket Lab Electron rocket successfully launched a technology demonstration satellite for JAXA Dec. 13 as the company reshuffles its launch manifest.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
SpaceX IPO could jeopardize crewed Mars plans — Musk says company won't go public before sending humans to Mars
By Bloomberg: Elon Musk has said that the company wouldn’t go public before sending humans to the Red Planet.
SpaceX aims for 550th booster landing amid Saturday night flight
By Spaceflight Now:  SpaceX will attempt to complete its 550th successful booster landing as part of a late night launch from Vandenberg Space Force Station on Saturday.
Space Daily
• Clarence Oxford
NASA Selects Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins APL to Develop CINEMA Smallsat Fleet to Probe Earth’s Magnetotail
By Space Daily: Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 - NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to begin developing a mission that will shed more light on the growing impacts of spac.
