Starship launch. Image: SpaceX By Jim Cantrell, Published by Space News, 18 August 2025 I recently attended the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, an event that has ballooned from a niche government-industry gathering into a global spectacle that drew over 15,000 attendees in 2025 including entrepreneurs, policymakers and even
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 9 August 2025 WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines has decided to bring in-house the production of satellites for a cislunar communications system, giving the company more schedule control and the ability to pursue other satellite opportunities. In an Aug. 7 earnings call, Intuitive Machines
3D Illustration of a lunar base with a dome structure, research modules, observation pods and communication satellite dishes for space exploration and science fiction backgrounds. - National Nuclear Laboratory By Sam Skove, Published by Politico, 4 August 2025 This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator,
From NASA, 30 July 2025 NASA has released a new proposal opportunity for industry to tap into agency know-how, resources, and expertise. The Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), managed by the Space Technology Mission Directorate, enables valuable collaboration without financial exchanges between NASA and industry partners. Instead, companies leverage NASA
This artist’s concept of Blue Ghost Mission 4 shows Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander and NASA payloads in the lunar South Pole Region, through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative. Image : Firefly Aerospace By Tiernam P. Doyle, Published by NASA, 29 July 2025 NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace
By Timiebi Aganaba, Adam Fish, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Tony Milligan,Published by The Conversation, 21 July 2025 “India is on the Moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant India had joined the short list of countries to have visited the Moon,
Illustration of a cylindrical moon base with the Earth rising behind in space. (Image credit: Elen11/NASA via iStock / Getty Images Plus) By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 20 July 2025 The planned lunar outpost is part of the nation's newly revealed exploration road map. South Korea's space ambitions keep
NASA and DARPA will partner on future phases of the DRACO program to demonstrate a space nuclear thermal propulsion system. Credit: DARPA By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 16 July 2025 WASHINGTON — A new study recommends that the United States pursue rapid development of a space nuclear power
