Space.com
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- SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 10 test flight on Aug. 24by jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) on 15th August 2025 at 9:55 pm
SpaceX is targeting Aug. 24 for the 10th Flight Test for its Starship rocket, following delays from a pad accident and May's failed mission.
- Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29by jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) on 15th August 2025 at 9:00 pm
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29.
- NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach orbits around Earth and in deep spaceon 15th August 2025 at 8:00 pm
NASA has awarded $1.4 million to six companies, to further their ideas about how to get vehicles farther into space cheaply and efficiently.
- Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug. 20 to study spaceflight effectson 15th August 2025 at 7:00 pm
Russia is readying its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite for a planned Aug. 20 launch. The mission will send 75 mice and other specimens on a monthlong mission to Earth orbit.
- X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'on 15th August 2025 at 6:00 pm
Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.
NASA.com
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- NASA-Developed Printable Metal Can Take the Heatby Andrew Wagner on 15th August 2025 at 8:13 pm
Until now, additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, of engine components was limited by the lack of affordable metal alloys that could withstand the extreme temperatures of spaceflight. Expensive metal alloys were the only option for 3D printing engine parts until NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, developed the GRX-810 alloy. The primary
- Human Rating and NASA-STD-3001by Kim Lowe on 15th August 2025 at 6:34 pm
Human-rating is a critical certification process that validates the safety, reliability, and suitability of space systems—including orbiters, launch vehicles, rovers, spacesuits, habitats, and other crewed elements—for human use and interaction. This process ensures that systems are designed not only to protect human life but also to accommodate human needs and effectively integrate human capabilities. Human-rating requires
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Minnesotaby Lauren E. Low on 15th August 2025 at 6:32 pm
NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Minnesota as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 20, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. Media
Image of the Day
- Spacewalk Pop-Upon 15th August 2025 at 3:04 pm
Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed during a spacewalk in January 2017.
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- Human Rating and NASA-STD-3001by Kim Lowe on 15th August 2025 at 6:34 pm
Human-rating is a critical certification process that validates the safety, reliability, and suitability of space systems—including orbiters, launch vehicles, rovers, spacesuits, habitats, and other crewed elements—for human use and interaction. This process ensures that systems are designed not only to protect human life but also to accommodate human needs and effectively integrate human capabilities. Human-rating requires
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in Minnesotaby Lauren E. Low on 15th August 2025 at 6:32 pm
NASA astronauts Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman will connect with students in Minnesota as they answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 20, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. Media
- Countdown to Space Station’s Silver Jubilee with Silver Researchby Christian M. Getteau on 15th August 2025 at 4:00 pm
This November marks a quarter century of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station, which has served as a springboard for developing a low Earth economy and NASA’s next great leaps in exploration, including human missions to the Moon and Mars. To kick off the orbiting laboratory’s silver 25th anniversary countdown, here are a
Astronomy Now
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- No Evidence for Atmosphere on Trappist-1dby Monica Young on 15th August 2025 at 4:32 pm
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of the third world in the seven-planet TRAPPIST-1 system rule out a variety of atmospheres. The post No Evidence for Atmosphere on Trappist-1d appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 15 – 24by Alan MacRobert on 15th August 2025 at 8:44 am
Saturn glows through the evening near the Andromegasus Dipper. Venus and Jupiter, drawing apart, still light the dawn dramatically. The Moon joins them. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 15 – 24 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Night Sky News from Astronomy Now
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 15 – 24by Alan MacRobert on 15th August 2025 at 8:44 am
Saturn glows through the evening near the Andromegasus Dipper. Venus and Jupiter, drawing apart, still light the dawn dramatically. The Moon joins them. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 15 – 24 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- Moon or Not, the Perseid Meteor Shower Is On!by Bob King on 11th August 2025 at 10:19 pm
Sure, the Moon will be a problem. But clouds are worse. Don't miss one of the best meteor showers of the year. The post Moon or Not, the Perseid Meteor Shower Is On! appeared first on Sky & Telescope.