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NASA prepares long duration Antarctic balloon campaign to probe neutrinos and dark matterIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 7, 2025• 1 min read
NASA prepares long duration Antarctic balloon campaign to probe neutrinos and dark matterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 NASA's Scientific Balloon Program is returning to Antarctica for a new long-duration campaign featuring two zero-pressure balloon launches from a site near the U.S. National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf. The flights will carry the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) and the General AntiParticle Spectrometer (GAPS), both focused on high-energy astrophysi
ISS to change commanders before Soyuz crew leaves orbitIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 7, 2025• 1 min read
ISS to change commanders before Soyuz crew leaves orbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Expedition 73 will swap commanders this weekend before three crew members return to Earth on Monday. Expedition 74 will begin once the home bound trio undocks from the Rassvet module inside the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft the following day. Veteran Roscosmos cosmonaut and station Commander Sergey Ryzhikov will hand over a symbolic key representing command of the orbital outpost to four-time spa
UK’s ESA Funding Cuts Reflect Tightened Priorities Amid Fiscal UncertaintyIMAGE
europeanspaceflight.com• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
UK’s ESA Funding Cuts Reflect Tightened Priorities Amid Fiscal UncertaintyDuring the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen last week, the United Kingdom pledged €172 million less for the coming three years than it did for the previous three. The reduction in its contributions to ESA came amid large increases from other countries, notably Germany, which increased its commitments by more than […] The post UK’s ESA Funding Cuts Reflect Tightened Priorities Amid Fiscal Uncertainty appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Hubble Spots a Storm of New StarsIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
Hubble Spots a Storm of New StarsThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a stormy and highly active spiral galaxy named NGC 1792. Located over 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Columba (the Dove), the bright glow of the galaxy’s center is offset by the flocculent and sparkling spiral arms swirling around it. NGC 1792 is just as fascinating […]
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Surprisingly, this space economy isn’t for everyoneIMAGE
spacenews.com• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
Surprisingly, this space economy isn’t for everyoneProjections for the booming space economy often come with trillion-dollar headlines, but the lion’s share of near-term revenue looks destined for just a handful of massive constellations with the funds to invest in vertical integration. It’s relatively slim pickings for the many other manufacturers, launch providers and technology suppliers hoping to ride the wave. Manufacturing […] The post Surprisingly, this space economy isn’t for everyone appeared first on SpaceNews.
UK plasma thruster test positions Pulsar Fusion for larger satellite propulsionIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
UK plasma thruster test positions Pulsar Fusion for larger satellite propulsionLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Pulsar Fusion and partners have tested what they describe as the largest space plasma engine yet fired in Britain, designed to provide high-thrust in-space propulsion for heavier satellites. The engine, which the company reports is roughly ten times larger than its previous plasma thrusters, was demonstrated at the University of Southampton on 29 January in a large vacuum chamber to replicate on
Congress warned that the U.S. faces a new space race with ChinaIMAGE
moondaily.com• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
Congress warned that the U.S. faces a new space race with ChinaWashington DC (UPI) Dec 4, 2025 The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space - one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military advantage for generations. House Science, Space and Technology Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairman Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., posed the issue during a hearing Thursday as a question for the future. "Will huma
Senyar Swamps SumatraIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
Senyar Swamps SumatraA rare tropical cyclone dropped torrential rains on the Indonesian island, fueling extensive and destructive floods.
Trump NASA nominee aims to beat China in new Moon raceIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
Trump NASA nominee aims to beat China in new Moon raceWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Jared Isaacman, US President Donald Trump's two-time appointee to lead NASA, said it was his goal that the United States beat rival China in the race to return humans to the Moon, during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. Isaacman, 42, a billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut who is a close associate of Elon Musk, appeared during a rare second confirmation hearing that followed
Isolation and bed rest volunteers sought for future spaceflight researchIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 5, 2025• 1 min read
Isolation and bed rest volunteers sought for future spaceflight researchBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 DLR and ESA are recruiting volunteers for two human research campaigns at the :envihab aerospace medicine facility in Cologne that will simulate key aspects of long duration missions beyond low Earth orbit. The SOLIS100 isolation study will place six participants in a confined, spacecraft like habitat for 100 days, while the SMC3 bed rest study will keep 12 volunteers in head down tilt for 60 da
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Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidiesIMAGE
spacenews.com• Dec 4, 2025• 1 min read
Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidiesSpaceX and Amazon stand to get about 4% of the nearly $20 billion that states have proposed for rural broadband buildouts, representing roughly 21% of the locations under the federal BEAD program. The post Final proposals leave SpaceX and Amazon with 4% of $20 billion rural broadband subsidies appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates ReturnIMAGE
nasa.gov• Dec 4, 2025• 1 min read
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates ReturnNASA astronaut Jonny Kim, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, is preparing to depart the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft and return to Earth. Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky will undock from the station’s Prichal module at 8:41 p.m. EST on Monday, Dec. 8, headed for a parachute-assisted landing at […]
The shift that saved American spaceflightIMAGE
spacenews.com• Dec 4, 2025• 1 min read
The shift that saved American spaceflightIn this episode, former NASA commercial space division chief Phil McAlister sits down with host David Ariosto for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of human spaceflight, NASA’s internal culture, and the explosive growth of the commercial space sector. The post The shift that saved American spaceflight appeared first on SpaceNews.
Hayli Gubbi’s Explosive First ImpressionIMAGE
science.nasa.gov• Dec 4, 2025• 1 min read
Hayli Gubbi’s Explosive First ImpressionIn its first documented eruption, the Ethiopian volcano sent a plume of gas and ash drifting across continents.
JWST spots early Milky Way style spiral galaxy AlaknandaIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 3, 2025• 1 min read
JWST spots early Milky Way style spiral galaxy AlaknandaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Astronomers using NASAs James Webb Space Telescope have identified a massive spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way but existed when the Universe was only about 1.5 billion years old. Named Alaknanda, after a Himalayan river paired with the Mandakini which shares its Hindi name with the Milky Way, the system appears as a mature, disk dominated spiral at a time when galaxies were expected to
Iridium wins five year US Space Force contract to upgrade EMSS infrastructureIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 3, 2025• 1 min read
Iridium wins five year US Space Force contract to upgrade EMSS infrastructureLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Iridium Communications Inc. has secured a five year indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract from the US Space Force Space Systems Command Commercial Space Office worth up to 85.8 million dollars. The System Infrastructure Transformation and Hybridization contract covers technology refreshes, lifecycle upgrades, and security improvements for the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Servic
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Germany’s space defense strategy marks a turning point. Private investors must now respondIMAGE
spacenews.com• Dec 3, 2025• 1 min read
Germany’s space defense strategy marks a turning point. Private investors must now respondReaders of this magazine have known for years what we, as investors, have also known for years: that the space sector is not some marginal realm of human activity, to be left to a handful of specialists operating on the sidelines of normal life. Rather, space is the backbone of the world economy, a domain […] The post Germany’s space defense strategy marks a turning point. Private investors must now respond appeared first on SpaceNews.
EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate modelsIMAGE
esa.int• Dec 3, 2025• 1 min read
EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate modelsTrue to its promise, the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite is now being used to calculate directly how clouds and aerosols influence Earth’s energy balance – the all-important balance that regulates our climate. In doing so, EarthCARE is poised to sharpen the accuracy of climate models, the very tools that guide global climate policy and action.
EIB launches Space TechEU finance program for European space sectorIMAGE
spacedaily.com• Dec 3, 2025• 1 min read
EIB launches Space TechEU finance program for European space sectorBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched Space TechEU, its first financing programme dedicated to companies in Europe's space sector, under its wider TechEU initiative. The bank presented the facility at the European Space Agency (ESA) Council of Ministers meeting in Bremen. Space TechEU will provide up to 500 million euro in EIB financing to companies across the space value chain, from upstream manufacturing and launch activities to downstream applications