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NASA probes to study how the solar wind triggers potentially dangerous ‘space weather’

July 23, 2025 William Harwood

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally dangerous “space weather” affecting satellites, electrical grids and other critical systems.

FAA: ‘Regional power outage’ causes last-minute scrub of NASA’s TRACERS mission

July 22, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

A total of 11 spacecraft will be deployed beginning about 1.5 hours after liftoff. SpaceX is aiming to launch the mission from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 23 at 11:13 a.m. PDT (2:13 p.m. EDT, 1813 UTC).

NASA, SpaceX target July 31 for Crew-11 launch to the ISS

July 14, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The four-person crew will launch onboard Dragon Endeavour from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It will be the first time a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule has flown for a sixth time.

Axiom Space, Oakley partner on spacesuit visor for Artemis missions

July 12, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The high-end sunglasses brand is the latest non-traditional partner to join Axiom Space in designing its spacesuits for exploring the Moon as part of the Artemis Program.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy picked as Interim NASA Administrator

July 10, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Wednesday night announcement comes more than five weeks after the President pulled the nomination of Jared Isaacman for the position.

Republican-backed reconciliation bill passes, includes funding for ISS, Artemis programs, Space Shuttle relocation

July 5, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

This bill, H.R. 1, is separate from the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills. Those include the FY26 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) bill, which will be marked up by the House Appropriations Committee at a later time.

Further delays of Starliner’s next flight mark anniversary of its first crewed Space Station docking

June 7, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

NASA said the next launch of the Boeing crew vehicle is now targeting no earlier than early 2026. However, that hinges on testing campaign set to take place at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.

President Trump withdraws Isaacman nomination for NASA Administrator days before confirmation vote

May 31, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur who flew to space twice as a commercial astronaut, was nominated for the position in early December and was voted favorably out of committee in late April. A replacement hasn’t been named.

Launch preview: SpaceX to launch its Starship-Super Heavy rocket on its 9th test flight

May 26, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The launch will be preceded by a company talk from Elon Musk, discussing SpaceX’s plans for developing the rocket for Mars exploration. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff from Pad A at Starbase, Texas, on Tuesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT, 2330 UTC).

Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness

May 14, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The capsule flying the Ax-4 mission was originally set to launch in support of the Crew-10 mission to the ISS, which launched in mid-March.