Spaceflight Now reports:  SpaceX is aiming for pre-dawn launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday morning.
Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 6:01 PM PST
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• Keith Cooper
By Space.com: "This observation also demonstrates that we can use Webb to find individual stars when the universe was only 5% of its current age.".
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• Robert Lea
By Space.com: "This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we've seen in the past 50 years.".
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By collectSPACE: B-9 had Will Robinson. Twiki had Buck Rogers. And, of course, C-3PO and R2-D2 had Luke Skywalker. Now, in a scenario straight out of science fiction, MAPP will have whoever NASA names to the crew of the second Artemis moon landing mission.
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By Space.com: The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.
Via Satellite
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By Via Satellite: U.K. regulator Ofcom authorized a framework for satellite direct-to-device services in mobile spectrum bands in the U.K.
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• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Arianespace has shipped key parts of an Ariane 6 rocket to French Guiana ahead of Arianespace’s first Amazon mission, targeted for early 2026.
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By satnews:  Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) will change its company name to SSC Space at the beginning of 2026.
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