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Jan 20, 2026
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Issue 85 | Breaking Space News: Jan 12 - 18, 2026
Astronauts’ Brains Move and Rotate During Extended Spaceflight and Apparently Viruses and Bacteria Evolve Differently in Space.The Week in Space: Artemis II Readies for Crewed Lunar Mission, China Submits ITU Filings for 193,000 Satellites, NASA Plans to Deploy A Lunar Nuclear Reactor by 2030 and US War Department Invests $1B in L3Harris. ESA and China Resume High‐Level Space Talks in Paris After Nearly a Decade, Plus: York Space Prepares for an IPO, Slingshot Wins Space Force Contract, Luxembourg’s Hydrosat, India's Aule, Japan's Interstellar Technologies, SkyFi and Think Orbital Raise Funding, Parsons Acquires Altamira, and More.
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Jan 12, 2026
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Issue 84 | Breaking Space News: Jan 5 - 11, 2026
RNA May Have Assembled Under Ancient Prebiotic Earth Conditions Without Enzymes Or Cells. The Week In Space: US Lawmakers Have Approved A $24.4 Billion NASA Budget For FY 2026, Rejecting Trump Administration’s Proposed Science Cuts. Cave Training For Chinese Astronauts, The Fastest-Spinning Asteroid, Starless Dark-Matter, And NASA Preps Early Astronaut Return From ISS Due To Medical Emergency. Plus: FCC Has Approved 7,500 More Starlink Satellites, SecWar Hegseth On His "Arsenal Of Freedom" Tour, India’s Unsuccessful PSLV Launch, SkyFi’s On-Demand Access To Vantor’s Imagery And More.
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Jan 5, 2026
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Issue 83 | Breaking Space News: Dec 29, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026
US Scientific Capacity May Take a Hit as Trump Admin Moves to Break-Up NCAR for "Climate Alarmism." The Week in Space: More Space Debris Incidents, ESA Hit by a Cyberattack, Iran, UAE Launch Satellites on a Russian Rideshare, Chinese Launch Updates, and Space Force's Vandenberg Expansion Plans for Heavy-Lift Vehicles. Plus: First-Ever Furnace Ignited in Space at 1000°C and Free‐Floating Exoplanet Detected and Measured.
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Dec 29, 2025
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Issue 82 | Breaking Space News: Dec 22 - 28, 2025
Russia Just Patented a Rotating Artificial‐Gravity Space Station. The Week in Space: Orbital Data-Centers Are Coming to a Night Sky Near You. Plus: Heat Leakage from the Largest US Crypto‐Mining Center, NASA’s Hunt for Critical Minerals from 60,000 Feet, Chinese Reusable Rocket's Failed Booster Recovery, ISRO Launches AST SpaceMobile's Heaviest Satellite, South Korean Innospace's Launch Anomaly and more.
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Dec 23, 2025
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Issue 81 | Breaking Space News: Dec 16 - 21, 2025
Trump Signs Executive Order on American Space Superiority as NASA Safety Panel Urges Reassessment of Artemis Plans. This Week in Space News: Wildfire Smoke Is Altering Earth’s Climate in Unexpected Ways, Webb’s Latest Findings Include a Lemon‐Shaped Exoplanet, and a Black Hole Moving at 3.54 Million Km/H. Plus: Jared Isaacman Becomes NASA’s New Administrator, a Starlink Satellite Is Hurtling Toward Earth, Chinese, European and Japanese Launch Updates, a Flat‐Satellite Design Demo, a Reconfigurable‐Expandable Habitat Concept, the First Wheelchair User to Reach Space, and More.
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Dec 18, 2025
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Issue 80 | Breaking Space News: Dec 8 - 15, 2025
SpaceX Plans 2026 IPO, Eyes $1.5 Trillion Valuation And World’s First Satellite Collision Insurance Emerges. This Week in Space News: Scientists Map Large River Drainage Systems on Mars, Radio Bursts From Space Debris Collisions and Astronomers Observe Black Hole Dragging the Fabric of Spacetime. Plus: Lots of Orbital Demos Upcoming, Canada, Germany, NATO Defense Postures in Space, Bacteria‐Dyed Radiation‐Sensitive Fabric for Spacesuits, and More.
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Dec 8, 2025
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Issue 79 | Breaking Space News: Dec 1 - 7, 2025
Menstrual Cups Successfully Tested in Spaceflight. This Week in Space News: Clocks on Mars Run Faster Than on Earth, ISS Hosts Eight Spacecraft, Microbes Could Transform Martian Soil for 3D‐Printed Habitats, Sugars and Polymers Found on Bennu, and Solar Insights Unearthed from Ancient Chinese Texts. Plus: Russian Cosmonaut Removed from SpaceX Flight, Missile Defense Agency Awards Contracts to Over 1,000 Companies, and Hypersonics, GEO Satellites, Nuclear Microreactors Draw Major Space and Defense Investment.
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Dec 1, 2025
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Issue 78 | Breaking Space News: Nov 24 - 30, 2025
Now Germany Wants to Militarize Space, to "Limit the Use of Space by Adversaries." This Week in Space News: We May Have Finally Spotted Dark Matter, New Insight on What Space Weather Does to Our Protective Shield. Plus: US-China Space-Race Heats Up with the RACE Act And Regulatory Changes in China, ESA Approves Massive Funding, US to Prototype Space-Based Interceptors, Amazon's Starlink Competition and Much More.
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Nov 25, 2025
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Issue 77 | Breaking Space News: Nov 17 - 23, 2025
So the Starship Lunar Mission is Delayed to 2028, According to a Leaked SpaceX Document. This Week in Space News: Images from Across the Galaxy, Euclid Maps 1.2 Million Galaxies, German Test Satellite Uses AI to Reorient Itself, Shenzhou-22 Ready for Stranded Tiangong Crew, EU Draft Space Law Draws US Criticism, Europe Lagging in Space Data Center Strategy, and the Chinese Threat to US Security and Global Influence. Plus: Funding for Starlab, Ursa Major and Quindar, and More.
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Nov 17, 2025
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Issue 76 | Breaking Space News: Nov 09 - 16, 2025
Massive Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun, Triggered Geomagnetic Turbulence, Auroras and Disruption in the Space Industry. This Week in Space News — The Fall of Icarus, Scars from a Martian Ice Age, Volcanic Plumes, Food from Thin Air in Spaceflight, Soft‐Robotic Exosuits, and Planets Generating Their Own Water. Also: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Rebrand, China’s Launch Record, Orbital Manufacturing, Dream Chaser Updates, and More.
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Nov 10, 2025
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Issue 75 | Breaking Space News: Nov 02 - 08, 2025
Global Wildfires are Intensifying Due to Human-Driven Climate Change. This Week in Space News: Vantor Releases Satellite Imagery for Hurricane Melissa Relief, China Tests Inflatable Orbital Module, Webb Telescope's AI Fix, and Shenzhou-20 Hit by Space Debris. Also: More Organic Molecules Detected Beyond the Milky Way. UK’s Space Strategy Under Scrutiny, ISRO Launches Military Satellite, Astranis and ICEYE Announce Updates, ESA Commits €1 Billion to Militarize its Space Infrastructure, U.S. Conducts Unarmed Nuclear Missile Test, Intuitive Machine Acquires Lanteris and More.
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Nov 2, 2025
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Issue 74 | Breaking Space News: Oct 26 - Nov 01, 2025
Earth is on the Brink as Pace of Climate Change Outstrips Mitigation Efforts. This Week in Space News: Behold the Eye of Melissa and the Red Spider Nebula. First 3D Exoplanet Atmosphere Map, 3I/ATLAS Updates and the End of Human Activity at Venus. Plus: SpaceX and Cards Against Humanity Settle Trespassing Lawsuit, and More.
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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.
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Aug 3, 2025
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Issue 61 | Breaking Space News: July 27 - Aug 02, 2025
Unprecedented Widespread Freshwater Decline Is Impacting 75% of the Global Population, & Prebiotic Chemistry Is Detected in Space — This Week in Space: Explore the GEO Belt, Exploding Glaciers, Blazars, Starlink’s Astronomical Impact, Super Earth K2-18 Updates, & the NASA–Roscosmos Meeting. Plus: X-37B’s New Mission, Slingshot’s Autonomous AI Agent, Launch Updates from iSpace & Gilmour, a Reinvented Double-Slit Experiment, & More.
