🚀 China to lend Chang’e-5 moon samples to U.S. universities
China approved international requests, including from two U.S. universities, to borrow small portions of moon samples collected by its Chang’e-5 mission.
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China approved international requests, including from two U.S. universities, to borrow small portions of moon samples collected by its Chang’e-5 mission.
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🚀 Space News Recap
Here's what happened in space today 2025 April 26
L3Harris gains edge in race to build Golden Dome missile sensors
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Earth Science Showcase – Kids Art Collection
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Firefly Aerospace to launch Lockheed Martin LM400 tech demo satellite on Alpha rocket from Vandenberg
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
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Musk’s Possible Role in Meink, Isaacman Nominations Continues to Raise Concerns
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Firefly Alpha set to launch FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission
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China to lend Chang’e-5 moon samples to U.S. universities
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Here's what happened in space today 2025 April 26
L3Harris gains edge in race to build Golden Dome missile sensors
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Earth Science Showcase – Kids Art Collection
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Firefly Aerospace to launch Lockheed Martin LM400 tech demo satellite on Alpha rocket from Vandenberg
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
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Musk’s Possible Role in Meink, Isaacman Nominations Continues to Raise Concerns
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Firefly Alpha set to launch FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission
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China to lend Chang’e-5 moon samples to U.S. universities
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🗓️ Pic of the day: 2025 April 27
📸 IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
What is creating the strange texture of IC 418? Dubbed the Spirograph Nebula for its resemblance to drawings from a cyclical drawing tool, planetary nebula IC 418 shows patterns that are not well understood. Perhaps they are related to chaotic winds from the variable central star, which changes brightness unpredictably in just a few hours. By contrast, evidence indicates that only a few million years ago, IC 418 was probably a well-understood star similar to our Sun. Only a few thousand years ago, IC 418 was probably a common red giant star. Since running out of nuclear fuel, though, the outer envelope has begun expanding outward leaving a hot remnant core destined to become a white-dwarf star, visible in the image center. The light from the centra...
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📸 IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
What is creating the strange texture of IC 418? Dubbed the Spirograph Nebula for its resemblance to drawings from a cyclical drawing tool, planetary nebula IC 418 shows patterns that are not well understood. Perhaps they are related to chaotic winds from the variable central star, which changes brightness unpredictably in just a few hours. By contrast, evidence indicates that only a few million years ago, IC 418 was probably a well-understood star similar to our Sun. Only a few thousand years ago, IC 418 was probably a common red giant star. Since running out of nuclear fuel, though, the outer envelope has begun expanding outward leaving a hot remnant core destined to become a white-dwarf star, visible in the image center. The light from the centra...
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🌌 Astrotech wins $77.5 million contract to accelerate pre-launch satellite processing at Vandenberg
Astrotech, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, is the primary provider of payload storage and satellite-processing services for spacecraft at both Eastern and Western ranges.
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Astrotech, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, is the primary provider of payload storage and satellite-processing services for spacecraft at both Eastern and Western ranges.
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🌌 What’s Happening in Space Policy April 27-May 3, 2025
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 27-May 3, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in […]
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Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 27-May 3, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in […]
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☄️ Long March 3B launches Tianlian-2 (05) satellite to boost space data relay network
China added a new satellite to its geostationary Tianlian data tracking and relay communications satellite series Sunday with its latest launch.
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China added a new satellite to its geostationary Tianlian data tracking and relay communications satellite series Sunday with its latest launch.
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🚀 Armed services committees propose $150 billion funding boost for defense
The proposal includes $25 billion for the "Golden Dome" next-generation missile defense initiative, with about $15 billion allocated to satellites, sensors, space-base interceptors and launch infrastructure.
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The proposal includes $25 billion for the "Golden Dome" next-generation missile defense initiative, with about $15 billion allocated to satellites, sensors, space-base interceptors and launch infrastructure.
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🚀 Space News Recap
Here's what happened in space today 2025 April 27
Astrotech wins $77.5 million contract to accelerate pre-launch satellite processing at Vandenberg
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What’s Happening in Space Policy April 27-May 3, 2025
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Long March 3B launches Tianlian-2 (05) satellite to boost space data relay network
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Armed services committees propose $150 billion funding boost for defense
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Here's what happened in space today 2025 April 27
Astrotech wins $77.5 million contract to accelerate pre-launch satellite processing at Vandenberg
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What’s Happening in Space Policy April 27-May 3, 2025
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Long March 3B launches Tianlian-2 (05) satellite to boost space data relay network
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Armed services committees propose $150 billion funding boost for defense
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🗓️ Pic of the day: 2025 April 28
📸 Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles
This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds alongside the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster, it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top center in the telescopic frame that would measure about 100 light-years across at the cluster's estimated distance of 9,000 light-years. The visible interstellar gas and dust, shown in colors of the Hubble palette, is part of the star cluster's natal molecular cloud, itself cataloged as Gum 37. Dense streamers of material within the nebula, eroded by stellar winds and radiation, clearly trail away from the energetic young stars. They are likely sites of ongoing ...
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📸 Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles
This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds alongside the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster, it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top center in the telescopic frame that would measure about 100 light-years across at the cluster's estimated distance of 9,000 light-years. The visible interstellar gas and dust, shown in colors of the Hubble palette, is part of the star cluster's natal molecular cloud, itself cataloged as Gum 37. Dense streamers of material within the nebula, eroded by stellar winds and radiation, clearly trail away from the energetic young stars. They are likely sites of ongoing ...
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© Francis Bozon & Cecil Navick (AstroA. R. O.)
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-75
🗓️ May 1, 2025 - 02:17:00 CEST
🕦 Window: 02:17:00 - 06:48:00
📝 Mission: Starlink Group 6-75
🚀 Rocket: Falcon 9
🏢 Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
📖 Program: Starlink
💙 Status: To Be Confirmed
🚩 Country: United States of America
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🗓️ May 1, 2025 - 02:17:00 CEST
🕦 Window: 02:17:00 - 06:48:00
📝 Mission: Starlink Group 6-75
🚀 Rocket: Falcon 9
🏢 Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
📖 Program: Starlink
💙 Status: To Be Confirmed
🚩 Country: United States of America
For more information and to stay up to date on new space launches, follow our Go4Launch channel: https://t.me/go4launch
🧑🚀 Biomass poised for liftoff to unveil forest secrets
After years of careful design and preparation, ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite is set for launch tomorrow, 29 April at 11:15 CEST, aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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After years of careful design and preparation, ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite is set for launch tomorrow, 29 April at 11:15 CEST, aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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🧑🚀 Data architecture is paramount for Golden Dome success — and the Department of Defense is not ready
President Trump recognizes the grave threats posed by adversary ballistic and hypersonic missiles and has issued mandates for the Department of Defense to deploy a “Golden Dome” defense shield for […]
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President Trump recognizes the grave threats posed by adversary ballistic and hypersonic missiles and has issued mandates for the Department of Defense to deploy a “Golden Dome” defense shield for […]
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🔭 Biomass: from Europe to French Guiana
ESA’s Biomass satellite has been at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana since early March, undergoing final preparations for launch aboard a Vega-C rocket. This timelapse video captures key stages of its journey — from its arrival in Kourou to its installation in the launch tower.
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ESA’s Biomass satellite has been at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana since early March, undergoing final preparations for launch aboard a Vega-C rocket. This timelapse video captures key stages of its journey — from its arrival in Kourou to its installation in the launch tower.
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🌌 Head of FAA’s commercial space office takes buyout
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space transportation office is leaving the agency through a deferred resignation program.
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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s commercial space transportation office is leaving the agency through a deferred resignation program.
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☄️ ACES in space
The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA’s state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, is now installed on the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. This still image, captured by external cameras on the Station, shows ACES after installation. For 25 years, cameras on the Station have documented activities in orbit, providing real-time views of operations like this one – a rare and remarkable perspective from space.
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The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA’s state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, is now installed on the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. This still image, captured by external cameras on the Station, shows ACES after installation. For 25 years, cameras on the Station have documented activities in orbit, providing real-time views of operations like this one – a rare and remarkable perspective from space.
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🌌 Live coverage: ULA to launch first production Amazon Kuiper satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral
The rescheduled mission comes following the April 9 scrub due to poor weather and a period on the Eastern Range marked by a noted lack of orbital launches. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeting Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 UTC).
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The rescheduled mission comes following the April 9 scrub due to poor weather and a period on the Eastern Range marked by a noted lack of orbital launches. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is targeting Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 UTC).
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