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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
Space Showdown: Starlink Doubleheader, Vulcan’s Debut, Ariane 6 Triumph & Cosmic Discoveries (Aug 14–15, 2025)

Space Showdown: Starlink Doubleheader, Vulcan’s Debut, Ariane 6 Triumph & Cosmic Discoveries (Aug 14–15, 2025)

On Aug. 14, 2025, SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 missions 12 hours apart, first from Vandenberg with 24 Starlink satellites and then from Cape Canaveral with 28 Starlink satellites, with deployments confirmed and boosters recovered at sea (one on its 10th flight). These back-to-back flights brought SpaceX’s 2025 Falcon 9 count to 99 and pushed the Starlink megaconstellation to over 8,100 active satellites in orbit. California’s Coastal Commission unanimously vetoed SpaceX’s plan to raise Vandenberg’s annual Falcon 9 launches from 50 to 95, with the U.S. Space Force signaling a possible override and SpaceX suing the commission. ULA’s Vulcan Centaur
15 August 2025
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