Today In Space
Last Updated: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, 3:14 AM PDT
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Space.com
• Josh Dinner
Critics Say NASA Is Letting Its Flagship Science Center Flood During Government Shutdown — Possibly Breaking the Law
By Space.com: "There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…".
AerialFire
• AerialFire Staff
Colombia Becomes First Latin American Country to Deploy OroraTech Satellite Wildfire Monitoring Program
By AerialFire: Bogotá, Colombia – October 30th, 2025 – Colombia has become the first country in Latin America to strengthen its National.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Rocket Lab's bid for Mynaric raises questions over German ownership of satellite lasercom technology
By Space Intel Report: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Rocket Lab’s offer to purchase struggling German satellite optical communications terminal builder….
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
UK Space Agency to Receive £618M Under DSIT, Marking Budget Growth
By Payload: The UKSA was allocated a budget of £618M from the UK government's Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology.
Blue Origin completes New Glenn static fire test, preparing for NASA’s EscaPADE mission launch
By Spaceflight Now:  Blue Origin lit up a pocket of Florida’s Space Coast Thursday night when it hot fired its New Glenn rocket for an engine test lasting roughly 40 seconds in duration.
news.bgov.com
• Loren Grush
SpaceX Proposes Accelerated Crewed Moon-Landing Plan After NASA Criticism Amid US–China Race
By news.bgov.com: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has proposed a faster way to take astronauts to the moon’s surface, following NASA criticism over delays with the company’s rocket development as the US races China to the lunar surface.
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
New laser drill could help scientists explore ice-covered worlds like Jupiter's ocean moon Europa
By Space.com: A laser-based ice drill can bore deep, narrow channels into ice while keeping both mass and energy requirements lower than traditional tools.
