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Payload • Rachael Zisk

ispace Teams Up for Lunar Water Exploration

Payload reports: The next generation of companies heading to the Moon are going in search of water—a requirement for setting up shop long term on the lunar surface. Japanese lunar infrastructure company ispace has just notched a new partnership in service of that goal.

2025-12-08T05:16:52.441776-08:00

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Space.com • Daisy Dobrijevic

Sun unleashes intense X-class solar flare, triggering radio blackouts across Australia

By Space.com: The powerful X1.1 solar flare from sunspot region 4298 sparked strong radio blackouts on the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption.

2025-12-08T05:16:43.096799-08:00

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European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

Avio Wins €35M Defence Contract, Expects €600M+ in ESA Awards After CM25 Funding Commitments

By European Spaceflight: Avio has secured a new €35 million defence contract and anticipates more than €600 million in new ESA awards following CM25 funding commitments.

2025-12-08T03:33:05.902277-08:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA extends CASIS agreement to manage ISS National Lab, likely a final extension

By SpaceNews.com: NASA has extended an agreement with a nonprofit organization to manage the portion of the ISS designated as a national lab, likely for the final time.

2025-12-08T03:32:58.541123-08:00

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Spaceflight Now • Will Robinson-Smith

SpaceX set to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite aboard booster B1067 on its record 32nd flight

By Spaceflight Now: ![](http://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/20251207_Starlink_6-92_prelaunch_AB-1.jpeg) Update Dec. 7, 6:32 p.m. EST (2332 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch.

2025-12-07T12:27:30.565162-08:00

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Space.com • Robert Z Pearlman

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg in California (video)

By Space.com: Liftoff occurred at 12:58 p.m. EST on Sunday (Dec. 7).

Also: Spaceflight Now and Satellite News Network

2025-12-07T10:22:28.065697-08:00

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Space.com • Marcos Fernandez Tous

AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets

By Space.com: From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the future of space exploration.

2025-12-07T08:03:18.446230-08:00

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SpaceQ • Marc Boucher

Artemis 2: Jeremy Hansen on using a flywheel exercise device to maintain muscle and bone health aboard Orion

By SpaceQ: In this astronaut Jeremy Hansen explains the use of a flywheel exercise device in microgravity to maintain muscle and bone mass during space missions.

2025-12-07T12:06:47.593795-08:00

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