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CHINESE ASTRONAUTS BEEF UP TIANGONG SPACE STATION'S DEBRIS SHIELD DURING 6.5-HOUR SPACEWALK CHINESE ASTRONAUTS BEEF UP TIANGONG SPACE STATION'S DEBRIS SHIELD DURING 6.5-HOUR SPACEWALK - Chinese astronauts added more debris shielding to the Tiangong space station during a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Friday (Aug. 15), according to state media. Two astronauts from the three-person Shenzhou 20 mission ventured outside Tiangong to do the spacewalk, which concluded Friday at 9:27 a.m. EDT (1447 UTC, or 10:47 p.m. in Beijing). It was at least the second effort for the crew to put "debris protection" devices on the three-module space station, following similar work on May 22.   More
(Source: Space.com - Aug 20)


NASA SETS COVERAGE FOR SPACEX 33RD STATION RESUPPLY LAUNCH, ARRIVAL NASA SETS COVERAGE FOR SPACEX 33RD STATION RESUPPLY LAUNCH, ARRIVAL - NASA and SpaceX are targeting 2:45 a.m. EDT, Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This is the 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA. Filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Dragon will dock autonomously about 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, to the forward port of the space station’s Harmony module.   More
(Source: NASA - Aug 20)


HIJACKED SATELLITES AND ORBITING SPACE WEAPONS: IN THE 21ST CENTURY, SPACE IS THE NEW BATTLEFIELD HIJACKED SATELLITES AND ORBITING SPACE WEAPONS: IN THE 21ST CENTURY, SPACE IS THE NEW BATTLEFIELD - As Russia held its Victory Day parade this year, hackers backing the Kremlin hijacked an orbiting satellite that provides television service to Ukraine. Instead of normal programing, Ukrainian viewers saw parade footage beamed in from Moscow: waves of tanks, soldiers and weaponry. The message was meant to intimidate and was an illustration that 21st-century war is waged not just on land, sea and air but also in cyberspace and the reaches of outer space.   More
(Source: AP News - Aug 19)


SPACEX SENDS 24 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT ON 100TH FALCON 9 LAUNCH OF THE YEAR SPACEX SENDS 24 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT ON 100TH FALCON 9 LAUNCH OF THE YEAR - SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit today (Aug. 18), atop a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch, at 12:26 p.m. EDT (1626 GMT or 9:26 a.m. PDT local time) on Monday marked the company's 100th Falcon 9 flight of 2025. It was SpaceX's 103rd mission overall for the year, including three suborbital test flights of Starship, the rocket being developed to land humans on the moon and Mars.   More
(Source: Space.com - Aug 19)


CHINA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NEW TEST SATELLITE CHINA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NEW TEST SATELLITE - China on Sunday sent a new test satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The Shiyan-28B 02 satellite was launched at 4:55 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-4C carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.   More
(Source: www.gov.cn - Aug 18)


SPACEX SCHEDULES 10TH TEST FLIGHT FOR STARSHIP, DETAILS RECENT SETBACKS SPACEX SCHEDULES 10TH TEST FLIGHT FOR STARSHIP, DETAILS RECENT SETBACKS - SpaceX is once again gearing up for a launch of its massive Starship rocket from southern Texas. On Friday, it announced plans for the tenth flight of the fully integrated, two-stage rocket as soon as Sunday, Aug. 24, from its headquarters in Starbase. The test flight of the towering rocket is tentatively scheduled during an hour-long window that opens at 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC). It comes three months after the previous test flight experienced multiple issues and two months after a test stand explosion destroyed the ship originally intended to fly this mission.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 18)


NASA-ISRO'S $1.3 BILLION SATELLITE NISAR DEPLOYS ITS ANTENNA IN ORBIT NASA-ISRO'S $1.3 BILLION SATELLITE NISAR DEPLOYS ITS ANTENNA IN ORBIT - In a landmark moment for global Earth science and international space collaboration, the world's most expensive civilian Earth imaging satellite-the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)-has successfully deployed its massive radar antenna in orbit, marking a critical step toward delivering life-saving data to communities across the globe.   More
(Source: NDTV - Aug 17)


FAA APPROVES STARSHIP FLIGHT 10 AFTER MISHAP PROBE, EYES AUGUST 24 LAUNCH FAA APPROVES STARSHIP FLIGHT 10 AFTER MISHAP PROBE, EYES AUGUST 24 LAUNCH - SpaceX has received clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the 10th test flight of its Starship rocket, with a targeted launch date of August 24. The approval for Flight 10 comes after the closure of an investigation into anomalies during the vehicle’s previous mission, marking a key step forward in SpaceX’s test program.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Aug 16)


SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SPACEX LAUNCHES 28 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a batch of 28 of its Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit during a mid-morning Thursday flight from Florida’s Space Coast. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 10-20 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229 UTC). This was the 69th orbital launch from Florida so far this year.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Aug 15)


THE PERFECTLY FINE, ALREADY-PAID-FOR SATELLITES TRUMP WANTS TO DESTROY IN A FIERY ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY THE PERFECTLY FINE, ALREADY-PAID-FOR SATELLITES TRUMP WANTS TO DESTROY IN A FIERY ATMOSPHERIC REENTRY - NASA is planning to decommission premier satellite missions that gather information on planet-warming pollution and other climate vital signs beginning as soon as October, sources inside and outside of the agency told CNN. The destruction of the satellites — which will be abandoned and allowed to eventually burn up in a fiery descent into Earth’s atmosphere — marks the latest step by the Trump administration to scale back federal climate science.    More
(Source: CNN - Aug 15)

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