arstechnica.com What’s it like to be 70 years old in space? “All those little aches and pains heal up.”
“When the flight docs say I’m ready to go back, I’m ready to do it.”…
spacenews.com Veteran NASA astronaut says ISS can operate past 2030
A veteran NASA astronaut just back from the International Space Station believes the orbiting facility can operate well past its planned 2030 retirement date
spacenews.com China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts return to Earth after six-month mission
China’s three Shenzhou-19 mission astronauts are safely back on the ground following a six-month-mission aboard the Tiangong space station.
spacenews.com China is making stainless steel tanks for its future super heavy-lift rockets
A Chinese state-owned rocket maker is making progress in producing large diameter stainless steel tanks for its next-generation launch vehicles.
arstechnica.com NASA just swapped a 10-year-old Artemis II engine with one nearly twice its age
One of the engines on NASA’s next Space Launch System rocket requires repairs.
spacenews.com NASA delays astrophysics mission call for proposals amid budget uncertainties
NASA is delaying the next competition for an astrophysics mission by a year, the latest sign of the fiscal pressures from an upcoming budget proposal.
ESA's Biomass mission launches aboard Vega-C
www.nasaspaceflight.com ESA's Biomass mission launches aboard Vega-C - NASASpaceFlight.com
The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, launched on Tuesday aboard an Arianespace…
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025
Alpha rocket suffers stage separation anomaly during launch of Lockheed tech demo satellite
spacenews.com Alpha launch of Lockheed tech demo satellite fails
A Firefly Alpha rocket malfunctioned during an April 29 launch, preventing a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite on board from reaching orbit.
www.collectspace.com NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95
It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide. What happened next is now storied space history. Smylie died on April 21, 2025.
Firefly Alpha set to launch FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission
www.nasaspaceflight.com Firefly Alpha launches FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission but fails to reach orbit - NASASpaceFlight.com
Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, but the…
spacenews.com China to lend Chang’e-5 moon samples to U.S. universities
China approved international requests, including from two U.S. universities, to borrow small portions of moon samples collected by its Chang’e-5 mission.
arstechnica.com Republican space officials criticize “mindless” NASA science cuts
“Heliophysics is the most unknown—and underrated—part of NASA’s science program.”…
spacenews.com GPS disruption and satellite maneuvers now hallmarks of modern warfare
CSIS in its 2025 Space Threat Assessment concludes that space is becoming “a more dangerous place.”
spacenews.com Isaacman calls potential NASA science cuts not “optimal”
NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman says he would, if necessary, prioritize Artemis over human missions to Mars and calls a potential halving of NASA science funding not “optimal.”
Sierra Space Advances Space Station Technology with Hypervelocity Impact Testing at NASA White Sands
spacenews.com Boeing reports progress on containing Starliner costs
Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work.
spacenews.com Atmos Space Cargo declares first test flight a success despite reentry uncertainty
German startup Atmos Space Cargo says it considers the first flight of its reentry vehicle a success despite limited data on how it performed during reentry.
map the lunar surface for concentrations of water ice “that are large enough and with a high enough confidence to justify the expense and energy required to retrieve it,”
Wow, sounds like they're pretty serious about this.
arstechnica.com Tuesday Telescope: A rare glimpse of one of the smallest known moons
I’ll bet you don’t spend a ton of time thinking about Deimos.
Recently, we got one of our best views yet of the tiny moon when a European mission named Hera, en route to the asteroid Didymos, flew through the Martian system for a gravity assist. During this transit, the spacecraft came within just 300 km of Deimos.
SpaceX’s rideshare Bandwagon-3 mission marks the 300th orbital flight from Cape Canaveral’s pad 40
That thing really leaps off the pad!
I believe that's from the ship's recent really long static fire which lasted almost a minute!
Honestly, yeah. Yesterday's failure was such a bummer. It's understandable, but still a bummer. Gotta go orbital to get anything done too. The good news is, even yesterday's kaboom should only set them back a month or two at most (just my guess).
So clean! I love it when we get landing audio.
It mostly just depends on how you want your desktop to look. They have screenshots of each on their website. Since it sounds like you have a new laptop, power won't be an issue for you. (If you were trying to run Mint on something with the power of a potato, a lighter DE would be a good idea.) Personally I love how Cinnamon looks and feels. It's pretty simple, but also modern and customizable.
The detail is truly amazing. The mobile-friendly website is also awesome. These guys know what's up!
Did they upgrade the support tower?
I'm guessing you're talking about the election result? That was my first thought as well. However, here's what the author had to say:
...it seems unlikely that this document—which has been in the works for more than a year—was unduly influenced by Trump's election. It was prepared by an FAA still under the Biden administration. Rather, the tone of the environmental assessment signals that SpaceX was probably already on a path to complying with federal regulations.
Works on Boost for Android!
I keep thinking that it must have been half a meter and there was a mistake somewhere, but that's what the source tells us! Insane.
That's so cool!!
First crew dragon launch from SLC40!
Bill Nelson jump scare is so real lol. Can't wait.
I LOVE that already there are enough commercial space missions happening that it's easy to get confused which one is which! The more the merrier imo :)
Thanks for sharing the video! I'm always interested in seeing mainstream coverage of this stuff. However, they really don't know what they're talking about. For example, the host says they're going to higher altitudes than the Apollo program, which is just utterly baloney. Really throws a wrench into the credibility of this news outlet, in my view at least.
As for whether this mission is risky, yes it absolutely is. However, all manned space missions are risky and this one doesn't really have anything that makes it fundamentally unsafe.
Look, NASA sets objectives to accomplish its missions to the ISS, and they work with the engineers at SpaceX to figure out how to accomplish them as safely as possible. These Polaris missions are fascinating in that the objectives are set jointly between the SpaceX team and a paying customer.
The customer is interested in a few things, but it probably comes down to fame for doing new things. SpaceX is interested in developing the technologies and raising funds to get to Mars. Where their goals overlap is how we get the Polaris missions. I think that's pretty cool!
While the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is responsible for developing the satellite bus, Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is in charge of the payloads.
SpaceX is just launching the satellites.
Think a booster will complete 25 flights by the end of the year? I think so. We're close!
Personally, I think it's a great thing that the US arguably has the best military surveillance and communication satellites. Certainly I prefer money going there than into literal bullets. In any case, doesn't this have nothing to do with space tourism?