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Last Updated: Saturday, May 24, 2025, 1:33 PM PDT
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KBR plans to build facility to anchor 207-acre campus in NASA's Exploration Park in Houston Texas. The facility would work to support the low Earth orbit economy
By The Business Journals: KBR plans a 45,000-square-foot space food facility to anchor the 207-acre ACMI campus at NASA's Exploration Park.

How To Resolve Conflicts Over Lunar Resources
By Universe Today: Sometimes, space enthusiasts blind themselves with techno-optimism about all the potential cool technological things we can do and the benefits they can offer humanity.

James Webb Telescope Finds Frozen Water Ice in Protoplanetary Disk Around Distant Star
By Live Science: The discovery of water ice around a distant star is allowing scientists to study how the key ingredient for life is delivered to young planets beyond our solar system.

SpaceX blames Starship Flight 8 mishap on engine hardware failure
By SpaceNews.com: The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure, SpaceX said May 23.
SpaceX Readies IFT-9 Starship Test Flight, Explains IFT-8 Failure

Chinese launch cadence accelerates, Tianwen-2 prepares for launch
By NASA Spaceflight: This month has seen the launches of three different commercial Chinese rockets, and the return-to-flight….

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch on May 27?
By Space.com: SpaceX is aiming to launch its Starship Flight 9 test mission no earlier than Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), but only if conditions allow.

Rep. George Whitesides on NASA Budget: Keeping U.S. Ahead in Space Technology
By Payload: "The United States is leading the world in space technology, and we can't give that up.".