Space Exploration News 16 June 2025

SpaceX Launch, Artemis Accords & a ‘5-Hour Year’ Planet: Space Roundup (July 23–24, 2025)

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched NASA’s TRACERS mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 23 at 2:13 p.m. EDT. The Falcon 9 first stage was on its 16th flight and performed a pinpoint landing at Vandenberg, marking SpaceX’s 479th booster

24 July 2025

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

NASA announced TRACERS, a pair of satellites to study Earth’s magnetosphere, slated to launch in late July 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from California, flying in tandem across the poles to observe magnetic reconnection, alongside three NASA tech demos

20 July 2025

Solar Storms · Space · Space Exploration · Space Missions · Space News · Starlink

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

SpaceX operates over 7,000 satellites and posted $4.2 billion in revenue for 2024, with a target valuation of $400 billion to $4 trillion in upcoming funding rounds. Starlink aims for 22,000 satellites by 2030 and could capture 15% of global

9 July 2025

Astronomy · Satellites · Science · Space · Space Exploration · Space News

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

<li ATLAS imaged the interstellar candidate on 1 July 2025, with precovery back to 14 June 2025, and it was designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) and later 3I/ATLAS as the third confirmed interstellar object after Oumuamua and Borisov. <li A JPL

8 July 2025

Astronomy · Astrophysics · Comets · Scientific Discoveries · Space Exploration

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

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

7 July 2025

Global Technology · Innovation · NYSE:BA · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Space Industry

Space Science in July 2025: Breakthroughs, Setbacks, and the Expanding Frontier / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

Astronomers confirmed 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) as the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our solar system, about 20 km wide, detected by NASA’s ATLAS survey, and it will pass inside Mars’ orbit in October 2025 at a minimum distance of

4 July 2025

2025 Updates · Astronomy · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NYSE:BA · Scientific Breakthroughs · Space · Space Exploration · Space Science

Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 00:00 CET

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

3 July 2025

Astronomy · Current Events · Science Updates · Space · Space Exploration · Space News

Major Astronomy News in June 2025: Webb’s Exoplanet Discovery, Rubin’s First Images, Space Missions & More

The James Webb Space Telescope directly imaged a Saturn-mass exoplanet, TWA 7 b, about 0.3 Jupiter masses at 50 AU from its star, marking Webb’s first direct exoplanet discovery. The missing baryon problem was resolved using 69 fast radio bursts,

28 June 2025

Astronomy · Exoplanets · NASDAQ:LLAP · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Space Missions

SpaceX: Mid-2025 Comprehensive Report (June 27th, 2025)

Summary of Recent Developments (Mid-2025) SpaceX’s Starship vehicle lifting off on its ninth test flight from Starbase, Texas in May 2025. Starship is the company’s next-generation, fully-reusable rocket system under development. In summary, by mid-2025 SpaceX is breaking launch records,

27 June 2025

Company Reports · Space · Space Exploration · Space Industry · SpaceX · Technology

Global Technology Trends in June-2025: AI, Quantum, EVs, Space & Beyond

The global AI market is valued around $758 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $3.68 trillion by 2034. Generative AI and large language models drove a 76% increase in spending in 2025. 78% of companies use AI in

26 June 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Electric Vehicles · Quantum Computing · Space · Space Exploration · Technology

Satellite Definition: Ultimate Guide from Sputnik to SpaceX and Beyond

Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957, was the world’s first artificial satellite. Sputnik 2, launched in 1957, carried Laika the dog into orbit, the first living creature in space. Explorer 1, launched January 31, 1958, discovered Earth’s Van Allen

20 June 2025

Satellites · Space Exploration · Space History · SpaceX · Technology

ISRO’s Lunar Success (Chandrayaan-3) and Momentum for Mars Exploration

Chandrayaan-3, launched July 2023, achieved a soft landing near the Moon’s south pole on August 23, 2023, with lander Vikram and six-wheeled rover Pragyan. The mission conducted 14 days of surface operations and returned at least 1100 images and data,

16 June 2025

Chandrayaan-3 · ISRO · Mars Exploration · Moon Missions · Space Exploration

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