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Last Updated: Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, 1:47 AM PST

2025-11-27T01:47:07.529608-08:00 2025-11-27T01:47:07.529608-08:00 (2025-11-27T01:47:07.529608-08:00)

Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Space Policy & International Cooperation  
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Space.com • Robert Z Pearlman

Soyuz launches U.S. astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev to ISS on Thanksgiving liftoff

By Space.com: NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will arrive at the ISS just in time for a holiday feast.

Also: CBS News
2025-11-27T01:42:52.684380-08:00
Satellite   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
satnews • Sat News

SES expands multi-launch agreement with Relativity Space for Terran R reusable rocket

By satnews: ![](https://news.satnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/SES-6-rocket-engines-1024x835.jpg) SES, earlier this month, extended a multi-year, multi-launch services agreement with Relativity Space which is building the Terran R rocket—the companies are partnering for multiple launches aboard Terran R, a medium-to-heavy-lift, reusable launch vehicle, that will bring the selected SES satellites to.

2025-11-26T23:05:27.887911-08:00
Satellite   ESA   Space Exploration & Science Missions  
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Universe Today • Matthew Williams

ESA Uses ExoMars TGO Observations to Improve Trajectory of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Tenfold

By Universe Today: Since comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, was discovered on 1 July 2025, astronomers worldwide have worked to predict its trajectory. ESA has now improved the comet’s predicted location by a factor of 10, thanks to the innovative use of observation data from our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft orbiting Mars.

2025-11-26T18:43:00.246338-08:00
China   Space Exploration & Science Missions   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Space Debris & Traffic Management   Asia-Pacific (APAC)  
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Universe Today • Mark Thompson

Hong Kong to Launch Lunar Orbiter in 2028 to Monitor Meteoroid Impacts Ahead of Planned Lunar Base

By Universe Today: In 2028, Hong Kong will launch its first dedicated lunar orbiter not to study craters or map minerals, but to monitor something far more urgent, the constant barrage of meteoroids slamming into the Moon's surface at thousands of kilometres per hour.

2025-11-26T14:45:01.108141-08:00
ISS   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Space Exploration & Science Missions   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Space Policy & International Cooperation  
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Space.com • Elizabeth Howell

Soyuz crew to join ISS in time for Thanksgiving — astronauts plan lobster dinner (video)

By Space.com: If all goes to plan, a new Soyuz astronaut crew will join the ISS in time for Thanksgiving dinner.

Also: Reuters, Space.com, Satellite News Network, The Independent, Newsweek, ABC News and 4 more
2025-11-26T10:03:41.911330-08:00