Space Exploration News 19 August 2025

Space Sector Frenzy: Launch Scrubs, Surprise Liftoffs & Bold Cosmic Moves Rock Sept 8–9, 2025

Key Facts Rapid-Fire Launches: SpaceX and China Keep Up the Pace SpaceX’s busy week. Elon Musk’s SpaceX saw a flurry of launch activity and a bit of suspense. On Monday Sept. 8, Falcon 9 was minutes from launching the Nusantara

9 September 2025

48 Years in Space: Inside NASA’s Voyager 1 & 2’s Epic Journey Beyond the Solar System (2025 Update)

Key Facts History and Mission Objectives (1977 Launch and Beyond) In the early 1970s, NASA conceived the Voyagers as part of a once-in-176-year alignment allowing a “Grand Tour” of the outer planets. Budget constraints scaled the plan down from four

6 September 2025

Astronomy · NASA · Science History · Space · Space Exploration · Voyager

Starlink Blitz, Spy Sat Scare & Mission Milestones: Space News Roundup (Sept 4–5, 2025)

Government & Private Spaceflight Developments NASA & SpaceX – New Boosts and Milestones: In a notable first for ISS operations, SpaceX’s CRS-33 Dragon cargo ship successfully executed a reboost of the International Space Station on Sept. 3 nasa.gov. Firing new thrusters

5 September 2025

Mission Updates · NASDAQ:VSAT · Satellites · Security · Space · Space Exploration · Starlink

Space Race Heats Up: Starlink Milestone, Venus Flyby & Solar Storms Mark a Stellar Weekend

Key Facts Satellite Launch Highlights Starlink Launch Surge: SpaceX punctuated the end of August with a sunrise Falcon 9 launch on Aug. 31, carrying 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit spaceflightnow.com. Liftoff occurred at 7:49 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral’s

1 September 2025

Astronomy · Science News · Solar Events · Space · Space Exploration · Starlink

Space Weekend Thrills: Starship’s Historic Flight, Secret Spaceplane Soars & Cosmic Breakthroughs

Key Facts Full Report SpaceX Soars: Starship’s Triumph and More Starship’s First Orbital Success: SpaceX’s Starship finally broke its streak of test failures in spectacular fashion. On Aug. 26, the 403-foot reusable rocket system completed its tenth test flight and

31 August 2025

NASDAQ:RKLB · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Spaceplanes · Starship · Weekend Highlights

From Space Triumphs to Medical Milestones: Biggest Science News (Aug 28–29, 2025)

Key Facts Space and Astronomy A Planet Is Born: In a feat long thought nearly impossible, astronomers have directly imaged a planet in the act of forming. Using the ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, a team snapped a clear

29 August 2025

Health · Medical Advances · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Technology

Space Drama Unfolds: Starship Scrubs, ISS Boosts & Cosmic Breakthroughs (Aug 25–26, 2025)

Rocket Launches and Mission Highlights Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries and Tech Advances Policy and Regulatory Developments Commercial and Industry News Sources: Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com; Space.com space.com space.com space.com space.com; NASA/Wallops abc11.com abc11.com; ISRO isro.gov.in isro.gov.in; Copernical/SpaceNews copernical.com copernical.com; The

26 August 2025

Cosmic Events · ISS · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Starship

Space Race Heats Up: ISS Gets a Boost, Starship Scrubs & New Cosmic Ambitions (Aug 24–25, 2025)

SpaceX’s 33rd Cargo Dragon mission (CRS-33) launched from Cape Canaveral at 2:45 a.m. EDT on Aug. 24, 2025, carrying more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and a trunk-mounted boost module to raise the ISS orbit. The Dragon’s trunk contains an

25 August 2025

ISS · NASDAQ:RKLB · News · Space · Space Exploration · Starship

From Space Shuttle to SpaceX Dragon: How a Reusable Capsule Became the ISS’s Lifeline

In 2011, NASA retired the Space Shuttle, leaving the ISS without its primary American supply line. May 2012 marked SpaceX’s Dragon as the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the ISS, delivering about 1,200 pounds of cargo and

24 August 2025

ISS · NASA · Space · Space Exploration · Spacecraft · SpaceX

Secret Spaceplane Launch, 75 Mice in Orbit, and Uranus’ New Moon – Space Highlights (Aug 20–21, 2025)

Satellite Launches & Missions 🚀 Global Space Agency Developments 🌍 (Elsewhere in space agency news: NASA this week opened accreditation for a September event to introduce its 2025 astronaut candidate class and to preview the Artemis II Moon mission nasa.gov nasa.gov.

21 August 2025

Animal Research · Astronomy · Solar System · Space · Space Exploration · Spaceplane Launch

SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

SpaceX Rocket Showdown: Falcon 9 vs Falcon Heavy vs Starship – Which Rocket Rules 2025?

Falcon 9’s first flight occurred in June 2010; the two‑stage rocket is 70 m tall, 3.7 m in diameter, uses nine Merlin 1D engines on the first stage and one Merlin Vacuum on the second, delivers about 7,600 kN of

20 August 2025

2025 · Rockets · Space · Space Exploration · SpaceX · Technology

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Visitor from Beyond the Solar System

3I/ATLAS was first spotted on July 1, 2025 by the ATLAS telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile, and officially designated 3I/2025 A1 (ATLAS), the third confirmed interstellar object after 1I/‘Oumuamua (2017) and 2I/Borisov (2019). It is traveling through the inner solar

19 August 2025

Astronomy · Comets · Interstellar Objects · Solar System · Space Exploration

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