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Space Exploration 7 July 2025 - 16 August 2025

Space Race Heats Up: Starship’s Next Launch, New Glenn’s Mars Mission & More – Global Space News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Starship’s Next Launch, New Glenn’s Mars Mission & More – Global Space News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

SpaceX Starship received FAA approval for its 10th test flight, set for Aug. 24, aiming to deploy dummy Starlink satellites and attempt a controlled splashdown. Blue Origin will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars probes on New Glenn’s second flight Sept. 29. China’s LandSpace lost its Zhuque-2 rocket after an anomaly on Aug. 15. China’s Long March-10 heavy-lift rocket completed a major static fire test the same day.
16 August 2025
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Techquake Weekend: Tariffs, Rocket Failures & a 1,000-Mile EV – Global Tech News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Techquake Weekend: Tariffs, Rocket Failures & a 1,000-Mile EV – Global Tech News Roundup (Aug 15–16, 2025)

Google will unveil its Pixel 10 lineup on August 20, showing a triple-lens camera and new Tensor G5 chip. Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 17 series on September 9, with a 120 Hz display and new “Air” model. Kodak denied reports of imminent shutdown, citing a $300 million cash infusion to address debt. The Pentagon paused or canceled $800 million in software contracts, drawing criticism from lawmakers.
16 August 2025
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Space Showdown: Starlink Doubleheader, Vulcan’s Debut, Ariane 6 Triumph & Cosmic Discoveries (Aug 14–15, 2025)

Space Showdown: Starlink Doubleheader, Vulcan’s Debut, Ariane 6 Triumph & Cosmic Discoveries (Aug 14–15, 2025)

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 missions 12 hours apart on Aug. 14, 2025, deploying 52 Starlink satellites and recovering both boosters at sea. California's Coastal Commission blocked SpaceX's bid to increase Vandenberg launches, prompting a lawsuit and possible Space Force override. ULA’s Vulcan Centaur launched NTS-3 for the U.S. Space Force on Aug. 12. Ariane 6 delivered Metop-SG A1 and Sentinel-5, creating a visible spiral in the night sky.
15 August 2025
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All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

Virgin Galactic began flying commercial space tourists in 2023 after its SpaceShipTwo carried a full crew above 80 km in 2021. Blue Origin’s New Shepard flights cross 100 km, with seats auctioned up to $28 million and routine prices in the hundreds of thousands. SpaceX’s Inspiration4 sent an all-civilian crew to orbit in 2021. Axiom’s Ax-1 mission in 2022 charged $55 million per seat for a 10-day ISS stay.
14 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Epic Launches, Lunar Showdowns & Breakthrough Tech (Aug 12–13, 2025 Roundup)

Space Race Heats Up: Epic Launches, Lunar Showdowns & Breakthrough Tech (Aug 12–13, 2025 Roundup)

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket launched its first certified Space Force mission from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 12, carrying a classified payload and the experimental NTS-3 navigation satellite to geosynchronous orbit. Hours earlier, Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket delivered the MetOp-SG A1 weather satellite into polar orbit from French Guiana. Both flights marked the third launch for each heavy-lift vehicle.
13 August 2025
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Tech Shockers: Space Force Rocket Triumph, Massive Data Leaks & Gadget Surprises (Aug 12–13, 2025)

Tech Shockers: Space Force Rocket Triumph, Massive Data Leaks & Gadget Surprises (Aug 12–13, 2025)

United Launch Alliance launched its first operational Vulcan rocket on the USSF-106 mission from Cape Canaveral, reaching geosynchronous transfer orbit. U.S. authorities seized over $1 million in cryptocurrency from the Russian BlackSuit ransomware gang and dismantled its infrastructure. Meta’s Threads hit 400 million monthly active users. Connex Credit Union reported a breach exposing data of 172,000 customers.
13 August 2025
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Space Marvels, Climate Alarms & Medical Milestones: Major Science News (Aug 11–12, 2025)

Space Marvels, Climate Alarms & Medical Milestones: Major Science News (Aug 11–12, 2025)

Astronomers have identified an ultramassive black hole in the “Cosmic Horseshoe” galaxy, weighing about 36 billion times the Sun’s mass and located 5 billion light-years away. Separately, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope found strong evidence of a Saturn-mass exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, just 4 light-years from Earth, marking the closest directly imaged planet to its star so far.
12 August 2025
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From “Smart” Healing Gel to Alpha Centauri’s New Planet: Science Breakthroughs You Can’t Miss (Aug 8–9, 2025)

From “Smart” Healing Gel to Alpha Centauri’s New Planet: Science Breakthroughs You Can’t Miss (Aug 8–9, 2025)

The James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI imaged a Saturn-mass gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A at 2 AU, about 4 light-years from Earth. France’s southern wildfires burned 16,000 hectares and forced 2,000 evacuations, the largest since 1949. NOAA forecast a 50% above-normal Atlantic hurricane season as of August 7, 2025. OpenAI launched GPT-5 to 700 million ChatGPT users, claiming instant software coding and advanced math capabilities.
9 August 2025
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Historic Splashdowns, Lunar Leaps & Billion-Dollar Space Deals (Aug 8–9, 2025)

Historic Splashdowns, Lunar Leaps & Billion-Dollar Space Deals (Aug 8–9, 2025)

NASA’s Crew-10 astronauts splashed down off the California coast at 11:33 a.m. ET on Aug. 9, 2025, completing a 146-day mission and marking the first crewed West Coast splashdown under the Commercial Crew Program. Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander, died at 97 on Aug. 8. China tested its Lanyue lunar lander on Aug. 6. Firefly Aerospace began trading Aug. 7 after raising $868 million in its IPO.
9 August 2025
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Apollo 13’s “Successful Failure”: The Epic Journey of Jim Lovell, NASA’s Legendary Commander

Apollo 13’s “Successful Failure”: The Epic Journey of Jim Lovell, NASA’s Legendary Commander

Apollo 13 launched April 11, 1970, with Jim Lovell commanding and Jack Swigert replacing Ken Mattingly days before liftoff. An oxygen tank exploded April 13, crippling the spacecraft and forcing the crew to use the Lunar Module as a lifeboat. The astronauts looped around the Moon and splashed down safely in the Pacific on April 17 after 142 hours in space. Mission Control improvised a CO2 filter fix using onboard materials.
8 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up – Major Launches, Lunar Breakthroughs, and Billion-Dollar Deals (7–8 Aug 2025)

Space Race Heats Up – Major Launches, Lunar Breakthroughs, and Billion-Dollar Deals (7–8 Aug 2025)

Crew-10 is set to undock from the ISS on Aug. 8, 2025, with splashdown off California on Aug. 9, marking the first crewed Commercial Crew return to the West Coast. China completed a full-scale test of its 'Lanyue' lunar lander, validating engines for a 2030 crewed Moon mission. Firefly Aerospace debuted on Nasdaq at $70 per share, valuing the company at $9.8 billion. Skyrora received the UK’s first domestic space launch licence.
8 August 2025
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Space Race Shake-Up: NASA Kills Moon Probe, Record Launches & Billion-Dollar Deals (Aug 4–5, 2025 Roundup)

Space Race Shake-Up: NASA Kills Moon Probe, Record Launches & Billion-Dollar Deals (Aug 4–5, 2025 Roundup)

NASA ended the $94 million Lunar Trailblazer mission July 31 after losing contact with the orbiter a day after its Feb. 26 launch. ISS Crew-11 Dragon docked, raising the station’s crew to 11. SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites Aug. 4, marking its 96th Falcon 9 flight of 2025. NASA and Roscosmos chiefs met at Kennedy Space Center, extending the ISS seat-swap deal through 2027.
5 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Big Launches, Bold Missions & Surprising Discoveries (July 30–31, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Big Launches, Bold Missions & Surprising Discoveries (July 30–31, 2025)

India and NASA launched the $1.5 billion NISAR satellite on July 30 using a GSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan, aiming to map Earth every 12 days. China sent a new batch of Guowang broadband satellites into orbit the same day. SpaceX launched 19 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg. Australia’s Gilmour Space’s Eris-1 rocket crashed shortly after liftoff on July 29.
31 July 2025
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From Foldable Phones to Moon Missions: The Biggest Tech News Roundup (July 29–30, 2025)

From Foldable Phones to Moon Missions: The Biggest Tech News Roundup (July 29–30, 2025)

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7 at $1,999 and the Flip7 FE at $899, with the Fold7 26% thinner and 10% lighter than last year’s model. Opera filed an antitrust complaint in Brazil against Microsoft over Edge’s default status. Sony sued Tencent, alleging Light of Motiram copied Horizon Zero Dawn. Figma raised its IPO price range, targeting an $18.8 billion valuation.
30 July 2025
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Space Race Frenzy: Starlink Soars, New Missions Ignite & Solar Storms Flicker (July 17-18, 2025)

Space Race Frenzy: Starlink Soars, New Missions Ignite & Solar Storms Flicker (July 17-18, 2025)

NASA set July 2025 for the TRACERS magnetosphere mission and NISAR Earth-observation satellite launches, both with international partners. SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites July 18, raising its in-orbit fleet to about 7,900, and flew Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites July 15. China’s Tianzhou-9 docked with Tiangong July 14. The EU advanced a Space Act for satellite oversight.
20 July 2025
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Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 9th, 12:02 CET

Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 9th, 12:02 CET

SpaceX reported $4.2 billion in 2024 revenue and operates over 7,000 satellites, targeting a valuation up to $4 trillion. Starlink plans 22,000 satellites by 2030. Ovzon won a SEK 72 million order from Sweden’s FMV for mobile satellite terminals, with deliveries in Q3 2025. NASA’s ATLAS telescope detected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, visible through September before its December return.
9 July 2025
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Origin, Trajectory and Scientific Stakes In 2025’s Third‑Ever Extrasolar Visitor

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Origin, Trajectory and Scientific Stakes In 2025’s Third‑Ever Extrasolar Visitor

Astronomers confirmed a third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1), after imaging by ATLAS on July 1, 2025. The comet, with a nucleus 9–20 km wide and a visible coma, travels at 58 km/s and will reach perihelion on October 30 at 1.4 AU. Models suggest a 66% chance it originated in the Milky Way’s thick disk. Closest approach to Earth will be 1.6 AU.
8 July 2025
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Space News Today: Global Advances, Challenges, and New Frontiers / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:00 CET

Space News Today: Global Advances, Challenges, and New Frontiers / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:00 CET

Boeing won a $2.8 billion contract to develop next-generation nuclear communications satellites for the U.S. military. SpaceX’s Starlink now makes up over 60% of all active satellites after recent launches. Spain’s Hisdesat will launch SpainSat NG II in October with NATO as its first client. SpaceX plans a $1.8 billion Starlink facility in Florida, creating 600 jobs by 2030.
7 July 2025
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