Secret Spaceplane Launch, 75 Mice in Orbit, and Uranus’ New Moon – Space Highlights (Aug 20–21, 2025)
Satellite Launches & Missions 🚀 Global Space Agency Developments 🌍 (Elsewhere in space agency news: NASA this week opened accreditation for a September event to introduce its 2025 astronaut candidate class and to preview the Artemis II Moon mission nasa.gov nasa.gov. The new astronaut class, selected from over 8,000 applicants, will be unveiled on Sept. 22, while NASA’s Artemis II crew (set to loop around the Moon in 2026) will give press briefings on their training and mission plans. These steps highlight NASA’s ongoing push toward returning humans to the Moon – and eventually Mars – in international partnership.) Private Sector Updates