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Today In Space
Last Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 8:11 PM PST
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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.
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.".
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Space.com
• Mike Wall
Chinese astronauts inspect Shenzhou 20 after space‑debris strike; vehicle judged unfit for reentry
By Space.com: The Shenzhou 20 vehicle was deemed unfit to carry astronauts back to Earth after suffering a space junk strike.
collectSPACE
Lunar Outpost rover to study lunar dust alongside Artemis astronauts on moon
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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Ars Technica and
NASA Spaceflight
Space.com
• Robert Lea
Seven-hour gamma-ray burst — the longest ever detected — may originate from a rare class of black hole
By Space.com: "This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we've seen in the past 50 years.".
Also:
Universe Today
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
UK Regulator Ofcom Approves Direct-to-Device Regulatory Framework
By Via Satellite: U.K. regulator Ofcom authorized a framework for satellite direct-to-device services in mobile spectrum bands in the U.K.
