3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, was detected on July 1, 2025, possibly 10 km across, and is the third known interstellar visitor after ʻOumuamua (2017) and Borisov (2019). <li NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the closest-ever images of the Sun’s corona and solar wind from 3.8 million miles away during a December 24, 2024 flyby. <li…
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The SWIFT satellite constellation uses advanced solar sails to deliver earlier, more accurate space weather warnings. In December 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe yielded the closest-ever images of the Sun’s corona and CMEs, vastly improving space weather predictions. SpaceX’s Starlink now has nearly 6,000 satellites in orbit and has regulatory approval to operate in India.…
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Over 2,000 senior NASA employees have resigned amid budget cuts, with a potential 25% funding reduction threatening missions, while Sean Duffy, a former congressman and reality TV star, was named interim NASA administrator and serves as both NASA administrator and Secretary of Transportation. An alleged Iranian missile strike destroyed a $15 million U.S. communications radome…
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The FY2026 NASA budget proposal would cut overall funding by 24.3%, with science funding slashed by nearly 47%. Congress moved to restore nearly $10 billion for NASA’s human spaceflight programs including Artemis, SLS, Orion, and the Gateway lunar station, while transferring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston and upgrading the Stennis Space Center. SpaceX accounted for…
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SpaceX’s Starlink 10-28 mission launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 8, 2025, deploying 28 broadband Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit and marking the Falcon 9 booster’s 22nd flight, with the booster landing on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas about 8 minutes and 14 seconds after liftoff. The 500th Falcon 9…
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Boeing secured a $2.8 billion contract to develop next‑generation nuclear communications satellites for the U.S. military. Spanish operator Hisdesat completed two satellites in orbit and signed for two more in 2025, backed by Indra, targeting €1 billion in space revenue by 2030. SpainSat NG II, developed by Hisdesat and Airbus, is set to launch October…
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On July 5, 2025, the unpiloted Progress 92 spacecraft docked with the ISS Poisk module, delivering about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to Expedition 73 and remaining docked for six months before disposal. NASA’s New Horizons, now 9.1 billion kilometers from Earth, demonstrated the first interstellar navigation test using stellar parallax, achieving about…
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Starlink has over 4.6 million users and a constellation of nearly 7,900 satellites in orbit as of mid-2025. The EU Space Act would unify space regulation with debris mitigation, cybersecurity, and environmental standards, with existing Starlink satellites exempt through 2030 but future deployments subject to the Act. France’s SNCF plans to deploy satellite internet on…
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3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) is the third identified interstellar object, discovered on 1 July 2025 by the ATLAS telescope in Chile. It is on an extremely hyperbolic trajectory with a velocity of about 68 km/s and will reach perihelion on 29 October 2025 at 1.36 au, inside Mars’s orbit. It poses no threat to Earth. Early…
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SpaceX marked its 500th Falcon 9 launch with the deployment of 27 Starlink satellites and the 29th booster reuse. MTG-S1, Europe’s first geostationary hyperspectral infrared atmospheric sounder, launched July 1, 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 alongside the Sentinel-4 instrument for hourly air-quality data over Europe and North Africa. MethaneSAT, an $88 million climate satellite…
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