Spaceflight Now
• Will Robinson-Smith
Today In Space
Last Updated: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, 11:14 AM PDT
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SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA details revised plan to spend up to $1.5B to back commercial crew‑tended space station demonstrations
By SpaceNews.com: NASA expects to spend up to $1.5 billion to support at least two companies to demonstrate crew-tended space stations as part of a revised approach.
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Space.com
• Victoria Corless
James Webb Space Telescope Finds Unusually Rich Planet-Forming Disk Around a Brown Dwarf
By Space.com: "The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown dwarfs, potentially offering clues to the diversity of worlds beyond our solar system.".
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Reuters
• Leslie Adler
Putin urges Russia to accelerate development of booster rocket engines for space launches
By Reuters: President Vladimir Putin urged aerospace industry leaders on Friday to press on with efforts to develop booster rocket engines for space launch vehicles and build on Russia's longstanding reputation as a leader in space technology.
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NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
Ten flights in, the Starship Program has had successes and failures
By NASA Spaceflight: SpaceX has had a long journey through 10 flight tests of Starship. Teams have endured….
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SpaceNews.com
• Debra Werner
Orbital Sidekick hyperspectral imagery reveals extent of damage to Iranian nuclear facility
By SpaceNews.com: Orbital Sidekick hyperspectral imagery sheds light on damage caused to Iranian nuclear facility.
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SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
China launches experimental Shiyan-29 to geostationary orbit; Ceres-1 deploys three satellites to polar orbits
By SpaceNews.com: China launches experimental Shiyan-29 to GEO, commercial Ceres-1 carries 3 satellites China conducted a pair of launches sending an experimental spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit and three further satellites into polar orbits.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
A Glittering Stellar Nursery Shines In New JWST Image
By Universe Today: This sparkling scene of star birth was captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. What appears to be a craggy, starlit mountaintop kissed by wispy clouds is actually a cosmic dust-scape being eaten away by the blistering winds and radiation of nearby, massive, infant stars.
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