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Space News News 20 July 2025 - 24 August 2025

You Won’t Believe What Just Happened in Space – August 23–24 Space News Roundup

You Won’t Believe What Just Happened in Space – August 23–24 Space News Roundup

Rocket Launches and Mission Highlights Space Industry and Global Policy Developments Scientific Breakthroughs and Space Research Each of these stories from August 23–24, 2025 showcases the remarkable breadth of space news in just a 48-hour window – from record-setting launches and novel spacecraft capabilities, to industry shake-ups and policy shifts, to cosmic discoveries rewriting textbooks. It’s a vivid reminder that the space sector is firing on all cylinders: rockets are roaring, regulations are evolving, and researchers are unveiling the cosmos’ deepest secrets. In short, the final frontier had a very eventful weekend – and the sky is no longer the
24 August 2025
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Moon Rocket Breakthroughs, Starship’s Comeback & Cosmic Surprises: Space News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

Moon Rocket Breakthroughs, Starship’s Comeback & Cosmic Surprises: Space News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

Launches and Rocket Test Highlights Space Station & Mission Updates New Discoveries and Space Science Highlights Industry and Policy Developments In summary, the period of August 16–17, 2025 was packed with noteworthy space events across the board. From rocket launches (and explosions) to pioneering science findings and significant policy moves, the global space community had a busy weekend. New rockets roared to life – or were grounded for another day – and spacefarers in orbit ventured outside their vehicles. Astronomers extended our cosmic horizon with record-breaking discoveries, even as Earthbound engineers planted the seeds (literally) for sustaining life on future
17 August 2025
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Historic Vulcan Launch, Artemis Moon Hardware & Perseid Meteor Spectacle – Space News Roundup (Aug 11–12, 2025)

Historic Vulcan Launch, Artemis Moon Hardware & Perseid Meteor Spectacle – Space News Roundup (Aug 11–12, 2025)

The Orion Stage Adapter for Artemis II was completed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and will ship to Kennedy Space Center, with Artemis II planned as a 10-day crewed lunar trip around the Moon by April 2026. NASA announced Phase 2 of its LunaRecycle challenge offering up to $2 million in prizes to prototype recycling systems for a lunar base, with finalists demonstrating their tech in August 2026. NASA awarded a $3.6 billion contract to KBR Wyle Services LLC to support astronaut health and performance research through 2035, covering programs at Johnson Space Center from the ISS to Artemis.
12 August 2025
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Rocket Scrubs, Astronaut Splashdown & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Rocket Scrubs, Astronaut Splashdown & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Astronaut Homecoming & ISS Updates Rocket Launch Drama & Satellite Missions Moon Exploration & Global Programs Science & New Discoveries Commercial & Industry Developments Sources: This report compiles information from official agency releases, trusted news outlets, and expert commentary. Key sources include NASA press releases nasa.gov spacepolicyonline.com, Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com, Space.com space.com space.com, SpaceNews ts2.tech ts2.tech, SatNews news.satnews.com, SpacePolicyOnline spacepolicyonline.com spacepolicyonline.com, and other referenced publications as noted above. Each cited link provides further details on the respective news item for readers seeking more information.
11 August 2025
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Astronaut Homecoming, Rocket Drama & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

Astronaut Homecoming, Rocket Drama & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

NASA’s Crew-10 returned four astronauts—Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, and Kirill Peskov—from nearly five months aboard the ISS, as SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance splashed down off San Diego at 11:33 a.m. EDT on Aug. 9, marking NASA’s first Pacific Ocean crew recovery in 50 years. Crew-11 arrived at the ISS a week before Crew-10’s splashdown, restoring the station to seven crew and continuing the U.S.–Russian seat-swap arrangement through 2027, with every SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying a Russian cosmonaut and every Soyuz carrying an American. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov visited Florida for the Crew-11 launch, the first face-to-face meeting of
10 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Satellite Launch Blitz, Bold Missions, and a Shuttle’s Surprise Move (Aug 6–7, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Satellite Launch Blitz, Bold Missions, and a Shuttle’s Surprise Move (Aug 6–7, 2025)

On Aug 7, SpaceX launched 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral at 10:01 a.m. EDT, increasing the operational Kuiper fleet from 78 to 102 and with the first-stage booster landing on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. Rocket Lab’s Aug 5 Electron launch deployed the QPS-SAR-12 “Kushinada-I” SAR satellite into a 575 km orbit from Launch Complex 1, marking Rocket Lab’s 69th Electron flight and the fifth dedicated iQPS mission. China’s Long March 12 from Wenchang on Aug 4 launched 18 low-orbit internet satellites for GalaxySpace, the seventh batch in eight days, bringing GalaxySpace
7 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Satellite Launch Blitz, Lunar Power Plays & Billion-Dollar Space Deals (Aug 5–6, 2025 Roundup)

Space Race Heats Up: Satellite Launch Blitz, Lunar Power Plays & Billion-Dollar Space Deals (Aug 5–6, 2025 Roundup)

SpaceX Sets Launch Records, Amazon’s Kuiper Mission Up Next Rocket Lab Delivers Japanese Radar Satellite China Launches Internet Satellites, Sparks Debris Concerns NASA Mission Updates: Small-Sat Setbacks & Mars Rover Milestone ISS Crew Rotation and U.S.-Russia Cooperation Europe Preps Ariane 6 Debut and Future Missions Big Commercial Deals: Smartphone Constellations & Moon Ventures Space Policy Highlights: Nuclear Power in the Moon Race Sources: Space.com; SpaceNews; NASA Press Releases and Blogs; Reuters; Associated Press; ESA; TS2 Space Roundup; SatNews; Advanced Television; Qazinform space.com news.satnews.com ts2.tech abcnews.go.com ts2.tech nasa.gov science.nasa.gov ts2.tech cfpublic.org ts2.tech esa.int electronicspecifier.com ts2.tech advanced-television.com ts2.tech spacepolicyonline.com spacepolicyonline.com.
6 August 2025
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3I/ATLAS: The Fastest Interstellar Comet Ever—Here’s What Scientists Are Saying

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS – Third Cosmic Visitor Unveiled, Fast and Enormous

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever recorded. It was first spotted on July 1, 2025 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. The designation 3I/ATLAS marks it as the third interstellar object in our solar system. Its orbit is hyperbolic with an eccentricity of about 6.2, meaning it is unbound and will exit the solar system. A faint coma was observed around 3I/ATLAS within days of discovery, confirming it is a comet. The object was traveling over 60 km/s at discovery and about 68 km/s at perihelion. Perihelion was predicted for October 29–30, 2025 at roughly 1.4
2 August 2025
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Starlink Doubleheader, NASA Upheaval & Space Race Showdowns – Global Space News Roundup (July 26–27, 2025)

Starlink Doubleheader, NASA Upheaval & Space Race Showdowns – Global Space News Roundup (July 26–27, 2025)

SpaceX launched back-to-back Falcon 9 missions for Starlink within 24 hours: on July 26 at 5:01 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral with 28 Starlink satellites and on July 27 at 12:31 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg with 24 Starlinks, with first-stage boosters landing on droneships on their 22nd and 19th flights respectively and the company pushing its 2025 launch total to 95 flights and the Starlink fleet above 8,000 satellites. Europe’s Vega-C VV27 launched July 25 at 10:03 p.m. ET from Kourou carrying five Earth-observation satellites including MicroCarb (180 kg, 1 ppm CO2 accuracy) and four CO3D satellites built by Airbus
27 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 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 including a “Polylingual” communications terminal and a smallsat radiation belt cleanup demonstrator. NASA announced SNIFS, the Solar Eruption Integral Field Spectrograph, to be carried by a sounding rocket from White Sands, New Mexico, with a July 18 launch window to study the Sun’s chromosphere and solar eruptions. NASA’s Crew-11 mission features four astronauts—Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg
20 July 2025
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