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Ars Technica • Eric Berger

SpaceX’s newest Starship booster heavily damaged during test, jeopardizing upgrade timeline

Ars Technica reports: SpaceX had big plans for the upgraded Starship vehicle that failed on Friday morning.

NASA Spaceflight • Ryan Weber

SpaceX Starship Booster 18 suffers anomaly during ground proof test

Satellite News Network • Space com

SpaceX Version 3 Super Heavy booster buckles in pressure test, threatening Starship schedule

Also: Space.com, webpronews.com and cavenewstimes.com

2025-11-21T04:25:09.639866-08:00

Today In Space

Last Updated: Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, 8:18 PM PST

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SpaceNews.com • Emma Gatti

ESA selects Thales Alenia Space-led consortium to build Argonaut lunar lander

By SpaceNews.com: ESA unveils Thales Alenia Space-led consortium for its Argonaut lunar lander.

asdnews.com

Thales Alenia Space Signs Multiple Contracts to Build Argonaut Lander, Securing European Autonomous Access to the Moon

Aerospace America

ESA selects all‑European consortium for €600M Argonaut lunar cargo lander, applying lessons from past crashes

2025-11-21T09:09:12.318971-08:00

Ars Technica • Eric Berger

Stoke Space goes for broke to solve the only launch problem that “moves the needle”

By Ars Technica: “Does the world really need a 151st rocket company?”….

2025-11-21T04:25:09.628638-08:00

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NASA • Rachel H Kraft

NASA Progresses Toward Artemis II Moon Mission

By NASA: As 2026 nears, NASA continues moving forward to launching and flying Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign, no later than April next.

Space.com

Orion crew module stacked on SLS as Artemis II advances toward early‑2026 launch

Also: Satellite News Network and miragenews.com

2025-11-20T09:32:06.016805-08:00

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Space Intel Report • Peter B de Selding

Canada allocates $130M in defence budget to kickstart sovereign orbital‑launch capability

By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) is making sovereign launch capability….

2025-11-21T10:42:38.489175-08:00

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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

MSSA Issues Standards-Focused Recommendations to Advance Interoperable Non‑Terrestrial Networks

By Via Satellite: Industry group the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) has released new strategic recommendations for standards-based and interoperable non-terrestrial network (NTN) solutions.

2025-11-21T10:42:40.880973-08:00

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Reuters • Joey Roulette

Blue Origin unveils plan for bigger New Glenn rocket variant to take on SpaceX

By Reuters: Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said on Thursday it will build a bigger, more powerful variant of its New Glenn rocket, drawing early plans for a family of orbital satellite launchers akin to the fleet of Falcon rockets from Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX.

NASA Spaceflight