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Blue Origin Stands Down NS-37 Launch After Preflight Issue, Delaying Historic Flight for First Wheelchair User to Reach Space

Blue Origin Stands Down NS-37 Launch After Preflight Issue, Delaying Historic Flight for First Wheelchair User to Reach Space

Blue Origin called off its planned New Shepard NS-37 launch attempt on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, saying the team “observed an issue” during built-in preflight checks and is now assessing the next opportunity to launch. The suborbital mission is closely watched because it is slated to carry Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer who uses a wheelchair—positioning her to become the first wheelchair user to travel beyond the Kármán line, the widely recognized boundary of space. Blue Origin+1
18 December 2025
Comet 3I/ATLAS Today: Interstellar Visitor Nears Closest Approach to Earth — What’s Happening on Dec. 18, 2025 and How to Watch

Comet 3I/ATLAS Today: Interstellar Visitor Nears Closest Approach to Earth — What’s Happening on Dec. 18, 2025 and How to Watch

December 18, 2025 — The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is back in the spotlight today as it heads into a key milestone: its closest approach to Earth early Friday, Dec. 19. It won’t be a dramatic “near miss” in everyday terms—NASA emphasizes the comet will remain about 1.8 astronomical units away—but in astronomy, that’s close enough to trigger an all-hands observation push across telescopes and spacecraft. NASA Science
18 December 2025
Tsunami Seen From Space: NASA’s SWOT Satellite Captures 2025 Kamchatka Megaquake in Unprecedented Detail

Tsunami Seen From Space: NASA’s SWOT Satellite Captures 2025 Kamchatka Megaquake in Unprecedented Detail

When a magnitude 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, 2025, it sent a tsunami racing across almost the entire Pacific. Now, scientists have revealed something just as extraordinary as the quake itself: for the first time, a satellite has captured a giant Pacific tsunami in high-resolution detail from space, forcing a rethink of how these waves behave and how we forecast them. Wikipedia+1
3 December 2025
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Russian Cosmonaut Removed From SpaceX Crew‑12 Mission After Alleged Security Breach – What We Know So Far

Russian Cosmonaut Removed From SpaceX Crew‑12 Mission After Alleged Security Breach – What We Know So Far

A high‑profile joint NASA–Roscosmos mission has been thrown into uncertainty after veteran Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was abruptly removed from SpaceX’s upcoming Crew‑12 flight to the International Space Station, following allegations that he mishandled confidential technical data at SpaceX’s training facilities in the United States. The Moscow Times+2The Insider+2
3 December 2025
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Poland’s First Military Satellite Launch Postponed Again as SpaceX Scrubs Falcon 9 Transporter‑15

Poland’s First Military Satellite Launch Postponed Again as SpaceX Scrubs Falcon 9 Transporter‑15

Poland will have to wait a little longer for its historic debut as a military space power. A Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying Poland’s first military reconnaissance satellite and three accompanying defence nanosatellites, has been pushed back from Wednesday to Friday after a late scrub of the Transporter‑15 mission. Polskie Radio online
27 November 2025
Comet 3I/ATLAS Today (23 November 2025): New NASA MAVEN Results, Jupiter ‘Anomaly’ Claims and the Truth About Those Break‑Up Rumors

Comet 3I/ATLAS Today (23 November 2025): New NASA MAVEN Results, Jupiter ‘Anomaly’ Claims and the Truth About Those Break‑Up Rumors

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS continues to dominate space headlines this Sunday, 23 November 2025. New data from NASA’s Mars missions are sharpening our picture of what this visitor is made of, while a fresh claim of an “extraordinary anomaly” in its path toward Jupiter is reigniting the alien‑probe debate. At the same time, astronomers are busy debunking online rumors that the comet has broken apart.
23 November 2025
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida; targets another 28 from Vandenberg today (Nov. 6, 2025)

Cape Canaveral Rocket Launch Today (Nov. 15, 2025): SpaceX Falcon 9 Sends Starlink 6‑85 to Orbit at 1:44 a.m. ET; Booster Lands on ‘JRTI’

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX kicked off Saturday, November 15, 2025, with an overnight Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, lofting 29 Starlink satellites on mission Starlink 6‑85 at 1:44 a.m. Eastern. The veteran first stage, core B1078, completed its 24th flight and touched down on the Atlantic droneship Just Read the Instructions a little over eight minutes after liftoff. Spaceflight Now+1
15 November 2025
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Severe G4 Solar Storm Lights Up Skies: Northern Lights Visible Across U.S., Southern Lights in Australia — Where to Watch Tonight (Nov. 12, 2025)

Severe G4 Solar Storm Lights Up Skies: Northern Lights Visible Across U.S., Southern Lights in Australia — Where to Watch Tonight (Nov. 12, 2025)

The Sun’s recent burst of activity sent a train of CMEs toward Earth. Overnight, the storm escalated to G4 levels, which NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center confirmed at 01:20 UTC on Nov. 12. Forecasters say geomagnetic storming “is anticipated to continue into the night,” keeping aurora chances elevated. NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
12 November 2025
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida; targets another 28 from Vandenberg today (Nov. 6, 2025)

SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9, Breaking Florida’s Annual Launch Record — Nov. 11, 2025

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — November 11, 2025. SpaceX capped a late‑night Falcon 9 flight with the successful deployment of 29 Starlink internet satellites and a smooth droneship landing, a mission that pushed Florida’s Space Coast to a new single‑year record for orbital‑class launches. Liftoff occurred at 10:21 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 10 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Space+1
11 November 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin Launch Today (Nov. 10): New Glenn’s Mars Mission Scrubbed; Next Attempt Set for Nov. 12 — Time, Mission & How to Watch

Blue Origin’s second New Glenn mission — poised to send NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes toward Mars — did not fly today. After a weather scrub on Sunday, Nov. 9, the company now targets Wednesday, Nov. 12, with a 2:50–4:17 p.m. EST launch window from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral. Blue Origin says it worked with the FAA and the range to select this new window, citing continued concerns about weather and sea-state conditions for booster recovery. Blue Origin
10 November 2025
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Set to Launch NASA’s ESCAPADE to Mars Today (Nov. 9): Liftoff at 2:45 p.m. ET — How to Watch, Weather, Flight Plan & What’s Onboard

Blue Origin’s heavy‑lift New Glenn rocket is poised for its second orbital mission this afternoon, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft on a path toward Mars along with a Viasat communications demo. The launch window opens at 2:45 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; Blue Origin’s official webcast begins ~45 minutes before liftoff. Blue Origin
9 November 2025
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Alien Probe or Cosmic Relic? Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Baffles Scientists (updated 27.10.2025)

NASA’s Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS on Nov. 5: Fresh Post‑Sun Images, JWST Chemistry—and How to See It Next

After weeks hidden in the Sun’s glare, 3I/ATLAS is being picked up again by ground telescopes. The Virtual Telescope Project published a clean, post‑conjunction image captured this morning, marking the start of a new observing window as the comet climbs into darker, pre‑dawn skies. The team plans additional public sessions as conditions improve. The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0
5 November 2025
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Record-Setting Black Hole Flash Dazzles Astronomers: “One-In-A-Million” Flare Blasts Light = 10 Trillion Suns

Record-Setting Black Hole Flash Dazzles Astronomers: “One-In-A-Million” Flare Blasts Light = 10 Trillion Suns

On Nov. 4, 2025 astronomers worldwide were abuzz: a supermassive black hole had produced the most luminous flare ever recorded. At its peak the outburst was “30 times brighter than any prior black hole flare,” equivalent to 10 trillion Sunsspace.com. This “superflare” came from a galaxy over 11 billion light-years away – meaning we see it as it happened more than 10 billion years agoreuters.comspace.com. In cosmic terms this was a spectacular event: “a one-in-a-million object” as Caltech’s Matthew Graham describestheriver973.iheart.com. Nature News confirms it as “the biggest black-hole outburst ever seen,” a fireworks show powered by a star being literally eaten alivenature.comspace.com.
5 November 2025
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Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Just Turned Blue and “Accelerated”—Here’s What Really Happened This Week

Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Just Turned Blue and “Accelerated”—Here’s What Really Happened This Week

While 3I/ATLAS was hidden in the Sun’s glare in late October, it slipped into the fields of view of several solar‑monitoring cameras: STEREO‑A, SOHO/LASCO C3 and NOAA’s GOES‑19 CCOR‑1 coronagraph. A new analysis by Qicheng Zhang and Karl Battams reports an extra‑steep brightening as perihelion approached, and color photometry showing the comet was bluer than the Sun, signaling that glowing gas dominated the visible output near perihelion. This is precisely the regime where sublimating volatiles can surge. arXiv
5 November 2025
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