SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
Today In Space
Last Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 3:18 AM PST
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satnews
Rocket Lab Qualifies Neutron ‘Hungry Hippo’ Fairing, Clearing Way for Inaugural Flight
By satnews:  SatNews December 9, 2025 — Rocket Lab has completed qualification testing for the Neutron launch vehicle’s “Hungry Hippo” fairing, a critical structural validation that clears the way for the medium-lift rocket’s inaugural flight.
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European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
ESA Issues Tender for Crew Launch-Abort System to Support Post-ISS Human Spaceflight
By European Spaceflight: The European Space Agency has published a call for tender for a crew launch abort system as part of its post-ISS strategy.
Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow
SpaceX to Pursue 2026 IPO Raising Far Above $30 Billion
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in a transaction that would make it the biggest listing of all time.
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Bloomberg
• Allyson Versprille
NASA Seeks Competitors for Artemis Moon-landing Contract Citing Starship Delays
By Bloomberg: NASA wants companies to compete with SpaceX over a contract it holds to put astronauts on the moon, a fresh sign of blowback over delays with Elon Musk’s Starship spacecraft.
Spaceflight Now
• Will Robinson-Smith
SpaceX set for 160th Falcon 9 launch of 2025 to deploy 27 Starlink satellites
By Spaceflight Now:  SpaceX is aiming for pre-dawn launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday morning.
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Space.com
• Keith Cooper
The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen
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.".
Royal Aeronautical Society
• Richard Lowe
The UK space funding jigsaw puzzle. A decade on from British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s historic mission to the ISS in December 2015, what’s the future hold for the UK’s space sector
By Royal Aeronautical Society: A decade on from British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s historic mission to the ISS in December 2015, RICHARD LOWE from the RAeS Space Group looks at the funding landscape for UK space sector.
