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Oct 26, 2025
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Issue 73 | Breaking Space News: Oct 19 - 25, 2025
In Militarization of Space, Apex, a US Defense Contractor, Wants to Demonstrate Storage and Deployment of Missiles in Orbit. This Week in Space News: Beautiful, Haunting Images of Glacier Retreat in Chile, Smoking Space Debris in Australia and the Largest Galaxy Cluster Catalog Yet. Risks of Orbital Mirrors and Sunlight Dimming. Plus: NASA Wants to Rethink SpaceX's Artemis III Contract, Impossible Chemistry on Titan, and More.
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Oct 19, 2025
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Issue 72 | Breaking Space News: Oct 12 - 18, 2025
Low Earth Orbit Nears Satellite Congestion Tipping Point (Unsurprisingly). New Space Armor Promises Protection Against Debris at 17,000 MPH. This Week in Space: Dark Object Photographed, Record Ocean Swells, Expanding Magnetic Weak Spots, and Indian Citizen Scientists Spot a Massive ORC. Plus JPL Layoffs, EU and US Defense Updates, Impulse’s New Lander, and More.
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Oct 12, 2025
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Issue 71 | Breaking Space News: Oct 05 - 11, 2025
In Long‐Term Space Missions, Personality Diversity Improves Crew Resilience. Plus, Phosphine as a Sign of Life? Probably Not. This Week in Space News: 1000 Martian Dust Devils Mapped, DARPA's Guide to a Lunar Economy and a Working Capital Fund for US Defense-Space Projects. US Behind Russia-China on Hypersonic Tech? Plus: Global Space Investment Hits Record $3.5 Billion in Q3 and More.
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Oct 5, 2025
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Issue 70 | Breaking Space News: Sept 28 - Oct 04, 2025
For the First Time, NASA and China's CNSA Coordinated to Avert a Satellite Collision. This Week in Space News: Spectral Image From a Binary Star System, China's Probe Selfie, A Black Hole Jet, Moon-Forming Discs, Tumbleweed Rover Design and Expanding Cooperation Between European and Asia‐Pacific Space Agencies. Plus: NASA Employees Furloughed, Germany, Canada Space Defense Investments, Weather Updates From a Free-Floating Rogue Planet, A Satellite Visualization Tool, and More.
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Sep 28, 2025
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Issue 69 | Breaking Space News: Sept 21 - 27, 2025
The Largest-Ever Simulation of the Universe Contains 3.4 Billion Galaxies — This Week in Space News: Glimpse of an Eclipse from Space, Space-Based Tsunami Detection, Deep Space Laser Links Across 218 Million Miles, Russia's "Noah's Ark" Capsule and US Concerns Over China's Growth in Space. Plus: Liquid Uranium Propulsion and Nuclear Batteries, a Space‐Based Semiconductor Supply Chain and the Nearest ET Intelligence May be 33,000 Light Years Away.
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Sep 21, 2025
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Issue 68 | Breaking Space News: Sept 14 - 20, 2025
A New AI Tool That Models the Universe on a Laptop, and a New Way to Knock Space Junk Out of Orbit. This Week in Space: Space Travel Accelerates Aging, a 3D Map of Our Cosmic Neighborhood, Rising Exoplanet Counts, and Hayabusa’s 2031 Sojourn to a Tiny Asteroid. Plus: Ukraine Destroys Russia-Controlled Telescope, US–UK Satellite Maneuver, Axiom’s On-Orbit Datacenters, Maxar–Ecopia Mapping, VIPER’s Revival, and More.
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Sep 14, 2025
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Issue 67 | Breaking Space News: Sept 07 - 13, 2025
Most Compelling Evidence of Past Life on Mars and Earth's AI-Driven Digital Twin. This Week in Space: China’s Apophis Mission, Water on Ryugu, Black Hole Recoil, NASA Protests, and Kazakhstan Space Updates. Plus: Anduril's Defense Role, Rocket Cargo Delivery, Hypersonic Tracking, Mixed Reality Military Gear, Boeing's 3D Printed Solar Array Substrate, Apex Space's Unicorn Status, Retrofitting OneWeb, D2D Updates, Intense Solar Flares, and More.
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Sep 7, 2025
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Issue 66 | Breaking Space News: Aug 31 - Sept 06, 2025
We Now Have a Simpler Way to Make Oxygen in Space. This Week in Space: A Rectangular Telescope, 3I/ATLAS’ Growing Tail, ISRO’s Parachute Test, New NASA Administrator, and the US-China Lunar Race. Plus: Starship Launch Concerns in Florida, Space Force’s AI and Smallsat Strategy, China’s Military Parade, Kuiper’s First Airline Client, ExxonMobil’s Methane Monitoring, and More.
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Aug 31, 2025
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Issue 65 | Breaking Space News: Aug 24 - 30, 2025
White House Removes Labor Protections for NASA Workforce; Harassment Crisis Unfolds in Antarctica. This Week in Space: A Newborn Planet, Solar Flares Imaging, and NASA-IBM's AI Model to Predict Space Weather. Plus: Ryugu’s Ancient Chemistry, Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS, and a New Dark Matter Detector. Mouse Stem Cells Survive Spaceflight and Birth Healthy Pups. China’s Guangdong Unveils Bold Space Plans; AFWERX and DoD Expand Funding. Also: Starship’s Milestone Flight, Belgian Aerspacelab’s IRIS2 Bid, Rocket Lab’s U.S. Expansion, Hypervelocity White Dwarfs, Collapsing Exoplanets, and More.
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Aug 24, 2025
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Issue 64 | Breaking Space News: Aug 17 - 23, 2025
A Comet May be Responsible Earth’s Water & Starlink to Help Cut Astronomy Interference — This Week in Space: Sun‐Synchronous Orbits, Sinus Issues on the ISS, Uranus’s New Moon; Russian Biosatellite Launch, Korean Cubesat on Artemis 2, Mexican ThumbSat on China’s CAS Space Launch. Plus: Portuguese Spaceport; NASA to Reduce Focus on Climate Science; Schriever Wargames Updates, X‐37B Launch, Space Cotan‐Firefly MoU, Platinum Equity‐Anuvu Takeover, Ancient Starburst Galaxy, Mysterious Radio Bursts & More.
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Aug 17, 2025
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Issue 63 | Breaking Space News: Aug 10 - 16, 2025
The Eye Of Sauron Is Staring At Us — This Week In Space: What If Life Doesn’t Need Water After All? Dive Into MEO Dynamics, A TRAPPIST Update, NASA’s PUNCH Reaching Final Orbit, & President Trump’s New Executive Order. Plus: Rocket Lab Acquires Geost, Space Force Absorbs Air Force National Guard Units, AUKUS Deep-Space Radar Goes Live, Impulse Space Unveils Caravan, iSpace Unveils China's First Reusable Booster Recovery Barge, Remedy for NASA Swift’s Orbital Decay, Canada's First Commercial Spaceport & Much More.
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Aug 10, 2025
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Issue 62 | Breaking Space News: Aug 03 - 09, 2025
The Most Massive Black Hole Ever Detected Weighs 36 Billion Suns — This Week in Space: A 70-Year Probe to a Black Hole, Solar Mirrors for Asteroid Detection, Spectral Contamination Repurposed, China's Lunar Lander Test & Mars Sample Return, Moon Reactor Plans, & Golden Dome Updates. Plus: Commercial Space Stations, Astroscale’s Patent, NASA’s OTV Contracts, Skyrora’s UK License, Global Bluetooth Network & More.
