Today In Space
Last Updated: Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, 12:45 PM PST
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Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
HAPS platform builders Aalto, Sceye, Skydweller & Stratospheric Platforms: 2025 is go-to-market year
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — For startup designers of high-altitude platforms (HAPS) for Earth observation and telecommunications,….
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
Running Chicken Nebula glows in gorgeous new image from Very Large Telescope in Chile
By Space.com: Chicken on the run!.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX's big year: The new records and feats Elon Musk's space company achieved in 2024
By Space.com: The company launched more than 130 missions and made big strides with its new Starship megarocket.
Space.com
• Robert Z. Pearlman
Astronauts on ISS beam holiday cheer to Earth for Christmas
By Space.com: "From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas!".
Leonard David
• Leonard David
China Moon Lander to Include Multi-tasking Robot
By Leonard David: Technologists in China have the go-ahead to engineer a multi-task Moon robot for use in the country’s Chang’e-8 lunar landing mission, now set for launch around 2028.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of particle physics
By Space.com: From mysterious dark matter to the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei, the past 12 months have reiterated just how strange particle physics can be.
Space.com
• Jamie Carter
Mars opposition 2025: How to see the Red Planet at its biggest and brightest
By Space.com: Mars is on the cusp of becoming bigger and brighter than at any point since 2022 as it comes into alignment with Earth and the sun.
