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Space Exploration News 19 September 2025 - 23 September 2025

NASA’s New Astronaut Class of 2025 Makes History with “All-American” Recruits Poised for Moon and Mars

NASA’s New Astronaut Class of 2025 Makes History with “All-American” Recruits Poised for Moon and Mars

Overview of the 2025 Astronaut Class Announcement NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class – the ten selectees pose at Johnson Space Center in Houston after their introduction on September 22, 2025. NASA unveiled this “All-American” 2025 astronaut class during a live ceremony, marking the agency’s first new astronaut cohort since 2021. The announcement followed a highly competitive process: more than 8,000 Americans applied, hoping to earn a coveted spot in NASA’s astronaut corps. Ultimately, 10 candidates (6 women and 4 men) were chosen, all U.S. citizens hailing from “every corner of this nation,” as NASA’s Acting Administrator Sean Duffy noted in
23 September 2025
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Space Spectacle: NASA Unveils New Astronauts, SpaceX Launch Blitz & Cosmic Breakthroughs (21–22 Sep 2025)

Space Spectacle: NASA Unveils New Astronauts, SpaceX Launch Blitz & Cosmic Breakthroughs (21–22 Sep 2025)

Key Facts Major Launches and Mission Updates NASA’s Space Weather Trio Set for Launch: At Kennedy Space Center, NASA and NOAA are on the cusp of launching three spacecraft that promise new insight into solar storms and the Solar System’s boundary. On Sept. 21, officials declared the IMAP mission (“Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe”) and its two co-manifested satellites “go” for launch science.nasa.gov. IMAP will travel ~1.5 million km sunward to the Sun–Earth L1 point to map the heliosphere – the magnetic bubble shielding our Solar System – and study how solar wind particles and cosmic rays interact at that
22 September 2025
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Weekend Science Bonanza: Breakthroughs From Space to Superbugs

Weekend Science Bonanza: Breakthroughs From Space to Superbugs

Space & Astronomy Humanity’s search for cosmic neighbors hit a celebratory peak. NASA announced it has confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets – planets orbiting other stars – just three decades after finding the very first such world entechonline.com. This tally reflects an explosion of discoveries by telescopes like Kepler and TESS. “Each of the different types of planets we discover gives us information about… how common planets like Earth might be,” explained Dr. Dawn Gelino, who leads NASA’s exoplanet program, noting that every discovery helps us inch closer to answering the ultimate question of whether we’re alone sciencealert.com. The 6,000-planet milestone
21 September 2025
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Space Missions, Smartphone Frenzy & Cyber Chaos: Tech’s Wild Weekend (Sept 20–21, 2025)

Space Missions, Smartphone Frenzy & Cyber Chaos: Tech’s Wild Weekend (Sept 20–21, 2025)

Key Facts Apple iPhone 17 Demand Surges in Russia Russian tech retailers rolled out Apple’s iPhone 17 in Moscow on Saturday (ahead of the official sales launch), drawing surprisingly strong consumer demand. Major reseller Restore: reported a 66% jump in pre-orders compared to the last iPhone release reuters.com reuters.com. “This year we have 66% more preorders than last year,” confirmed Lyudmila Semushina, PR director for the retail group, who noted a “huge fan base that will never exchange iPhone for anything else” despite high prices reuters.com. Shoppers in Moscow cited the upgraded cameras and features as compelling reasons to upgrade.
21 September 2025
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SpaceX’s Next California Rocket Blast: Falcon 9 Spy-Sat Launch – When and How to Watch

SpaceX’s Next California Rocket Blast: Falcon 9 Spy-Sat Launch – When and How to Watch

SpaceX’s Busy Launch Month in California September 2025 has been especially busy for SpaceX in California. Earlier in the month, a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg successfully lofted 21 military satellites for the Space Development Agency (SDA) – part of a new Pentagon communications network in low orbit spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com. Just days later, another Falcon 9 from Vandenberg carried a batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit spaceflightnow.com. Now SpaceX is turning around for yet another mission from Vandenberg: the NROL-48 reconnaissance satellite launch for the NRO. For casual spectators, the rapid cadence might blur the differences between missions. Whether the
20 September 2025
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Science Shockers: AI-Created Viruses, “Water Worlds” Debunked & More (Sept 19–20, 2025)

Science Shockers: AI-Created Viruses, “Water Worlds” Debunked & More (Sept 19–20, 2025)

Key Facts Artificial Intelligence & Technology AI Designs New Viruses: In a stunning demonstration of AI’s creative power, scientists announced they have used artificial intelligence to design the first-ever viruses from scratch. The AI wrote complete viral genomes for bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) which were then synthesized in the lab nature.com. Several of these AI-generated phages successfully infected and killed E. coli bacteria that natural phages couldn’t attack nature.com. “This is the first time AI systems are able to write coherent genome-scale sequences,” said Stanford computational biologist Brian Hie, calling it a step toward “AI-generated life” nature.com. While still
20 September 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Major Launches, Moon Missions & Policy Showdowns (Sept. 19–20, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Major Launches, Moon Missions & Policy Showdowns (Sept. 19–20, 2025)

Key Facts Starlink Launch Extends SpaceX’s Record Year SpaceX continued its rapid launch cadence with yet another Starlink deployment on Sept. 19. After two days of bad weather delays, a Falcon 9 rocket roared off the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:31 a.m. local time, carrying 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into polar orbit spaceflightnow.com. This mission – dubbed Starlink 17-12 – was SpaceX’s 84th Starlink launch of the year, underscoring the company’s breakneck pace in 2025 spaceflightnow.com. It also brings the total Starlink satellites launched in 2025 to over 2,000 as SpaceX builds out its massive internet constellation spaceflightnow.com. Notably, the
20 September 2025
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‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Apophis to Skim Earth in 2029 – Inside the Historic Flyby and the 3 Probes Racing to Study It

‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Apophis to Skim Earth in 2029 – Inside the Historic Flyby and the 3 Probes Racing to Study It

Overview: Meet Asteroid Apophis, the “God of Chaos” 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that shot to notoriety soon after its discovery in 2004. On June 19, 2004, astronomers Roy Tucker, David Tholen, and Fabrizio Bernardi at Kitt Peak Observatory first spotted this 340-meter space rock science.nasa.gov. Early orbit calculations startled scientists – there appeared to be a 2.7% chance that Apophis could hit Earth on April 13, 2029, an unprecedented level of risk that briefly ranked Level 4 on the Torino impact hazard scale, the highest rating ever assigned to a near-Earth object livescience.com. In light of this potential
20 September 2025
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SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch Triple “Space Weather” Mission Guarding Earth

SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch Triple “Space Weather” Mission Guarding Earth

Unveiling a New “Space Weather” Mission Trio In a single launch, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will boost a trio of missions that promise to illuminate how the Sun influences our cosmic neighborhood – and help protect Earth from the Sun’s outbursts. NASA’s IMAP, NOAA’s SWFO-L1, and NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will all ride into space together, bound for a point about one million miles from Earth in the direction of the Sun science.nasa.gov. There, at the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point, the three spacecraft can maintain a stable position and continuously face the Sun, an ideal vantage to monitor solar emissions and
19 September 2025
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Solar System’s Hidden Edge: NASA’s Bold Quest to Map the Invisible Cosmic Boundary

Solar System’s Hidden Edge: NASA’s Bold Quest to Map the Invisible Cosmic Boundary

The Solar System’s Invisible Boundary – What and Where Is It? When we gaze up at the night sky, it’s easy to imagine the solar system simply fading into the depths of space. In reality, our solar system ends at a distinct, albeit invisible, boundary. This boundary is not marked by a wall or a halo of light, but by a balance of forces: it’s where the Sun’s influence ends and interstellar space begins indiatoday.in. Scientists call this frontier the heliopause, and understanding it is key to answering the age-old question: Where does the solar system end? At the heart
19 September 2025
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SpaceX Rocket to Launch NASA’s Triple Solar Mission to L1 – Unveiling Sun Secrets from Earth’s “Halo” to the Solar System’s Edge

SpaceX Rocket to Launch NASA’s Triple Solar Mission to L1 – Unveiling Sun Secrets from Earth’s “Halo” to the Solar System’s Edge

A Trio of “Sun-Watchers” Heads to L1 NASA and NOAA are launching three complementary missions on one rocket – a rare rideshare that underscores how interconnected Sun-Earth science has become nasa.gov space.com. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:32 a.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center nasa.gov. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will boost the trio into an Earth-escape trajectory toward the L1 Lagrange point, about 1.5 million km (930,000 miles) from Earth toward the Sun space.com. At L1, the gravitational pull of Earth and Sun balances enough to let a spacecraft “hover” relative to Earth science.nasa.gov. It’s a prized spot for
19 September 2025
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SpaceX Starship’s Epic Test Flight Stuns the World – What It Means for Moon, Mars, and Beyond

SpaceX Starship’s Epic Test Flight Stuns the World – What It Means for Moon, Mars, and Beyond

Starship’s Latest Test: Breaking New Ground in South Texas SpaceX’s Starship program notched a dramatic success on August 26, 2025, when the giant Starship rocket aced its 10th flight test from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas space.com. At 7:30 p.m. ET that day, the 40-story vehicle thundered off the pad on 33 Raptor engines, delivering a ground-shaking 16 million pounds of thrust – more than twice the power of NASA’s Saturn V or SLS moon rockets spaceflightnow.com. SpaceX employees cheered as the booster propelled the Starship upper stage toward space, marking the first time in over a
19 September 2025
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