Japan's next lunar lander has entered orbit around the Moon iSpace will soon be making its next lunar landing attempt after its Hakuto-R lander took the long way to arrive...

Japan's next lunar lander has entered orbit around the Moon spaceexplored.com/2025/05/09/j... by Seth Kurk

SpaceX employees vote to create city of Starbase After years of building up the local area, moving countless SpaceX employees, and employing thousands, SpaceX’s Starbase facility now resides...

SpaceX employees vote to create city of Starbase spaceexplored.com/2025/05/05/s... by Seth Kurk

U.S. Spacewalk 93 Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk 93 at the International Space Station (Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers; spacewalk is scheduled to begin at appx. 8 a.m. EDT and will

Watch NASA Astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers perform a spacewalk, preparing the station for new solar panels

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Senate science committee moves NASA Administrator confirmation to full vote Wednesday morning, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to submit Jared Isaacman‘s nomination for NASA Administrator favorably...

Senate science committee moves NASA Administrator confirmation to full vote spaceexplored.com/2025/04/30/s... by Seth Kurk

SpaceX's market dominance has failed to save NASA money SpaceX has been the go-to launcher for both commercial and government satellites for a few years running now. Their Silicon...

SpaceX's market dominance has failed to save NASA money spaceexplored.com/2025/04/28/s... by Seth Kurk

Jared Isaacman's confirmation vote set for Wednesday The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will vote on Jared Isaacman‘s confirmation as NASA’s next Administrator on Wednesday....

Jared Isaacman's confirmation vote set for Wednesday spaceexplored.com/2025/04/26/j... by Seth Kurk

‘Skymaker:’ Canada’s next step in space robotics MDA Space, a leading Canadian aerospace company with a legacy in robotic systems, introduced its next-generation robotics platform – MDA...

‘Skymaker:’ Canada’s next step in space robotics spaceexplored.com/2025/04/23/s... by Theresa Cross

Trump's proposed NASA budget would waste $3.4 billion of taxpayers money A new space telescope that is 87% paid for, on schedule, and on budget, could be completely canned if President...

Trump's proposed NASA budget would waste $3.4 billion of taxpayers money spaceexplored.com/2025/04/22/t... by Seth Kurk

These are the states gunning for NASA's HQ With NASA‘s DC headquarters’ lease up in 2028, the space agency is looking for a new home and suitors are...

These are the states gunning for NASA's HQ spaceexplored.com/2025/04/21/t... by Seth Kurk

5 of our favorite photos taken by Don Pettit while on the ISS After a seven-month stay in space, NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned Saturday on the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft in Kazakhstan. While...

5 of our favorite photos taken by Don Pettit while on the ISS spaceexplored.com/2025/04/20/5... by Seth Kurk

SpaceX could once again be in for a massive government contract, alongside Palantir and Anduril SpaceX is a leading bidder for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome missile defense platform, according to Reuters. The project will join...

SpaceX could once again be in for a massive government contract, alongside Palantir and Anduril spaceexplored.com/2025/04/18/s... by Seth Kurk

Wireless Charging for Lunar Robots See how WiBotic — a maker of wireless charging and fleet energy management technologies — is preparing robots for the Moon.

Wireless charging is coming to the Moon!

WiBotics, Bosch, and Astrobotics are working on a wirelessly charged rover for the Moon. The process will give these smaller rovers more maneuverability without the need of solar panels and maybe survive night.

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Back by popular demand: Space Command headquarter's fate could be decided soon The multi-administration long battle over the location of the US Space Command’s permanent headquarters may finally come to an end...

Back by popular demand: Space Command headquarter's fate could be decided soon spaceexplored.com/2025/04/18/b... by Seth Kurk

Firefly/Northrop's MLV is going to be no joke...

From left to right: Miranda, Lightning, Reaver, Spectre

7 Miranda engines will power the MLV, currently four Reaver engines power Firefly's Alpha rocket

5: Tokyo

4: Twilight Zone

3: Stars... from space!

2: Milky Way

Our top 5 photos from Don Pettit during his stay on the ISS

1: Lake Baikal

Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Brian Babin push to move NASA HQ out of DC and into Texas

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Are suborbital tourism flights getting old? This week Blue Origin launched its NS-31 mission carrying a crew of six above the Karman Line for a short...

Are suborbital tourism flights getting old? spaceexplored.com/2025/04/16/a... by Seth Kurk

Starbase GigaBay preparations underway For the last few weeks, SpaceX has been clearing land for its next massive project in Starbase, Texas: GigaBay. In...

Starbase GigaBay preparations underway spaceexplored.com/2025/04/16/s... by Seth Kurk

How many rockets has SpaceX launched in 2025? SpaceX wants to launch as many as 180 rockets in 2025, here's a list and tracker of what they've done so far this year.

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SpaceX Landing Stats So Far

Total Landings: 42 (Ground: 7, Droneship: 35)
Success Rate: 98%

Ground landings: 7 (LZ-1: 3, LZ-2: 0, LZ-4: 4)
Droneship landings: 35 (OCISLY: 10, JRTI: 12, ASOG: 13)

SpaceX Launch Stats So Far

Total Launches: 45 (Falcon 9: 43, Falcon Heavy: 0, Starship 2)
Launch Rate: 2.42 days

East Coast launches: 28 (LC-39A: 9, SLC-40: 19)
Gulf Coast launches: 2 (Starbase)
West Coast launches: 14 (SLC-4E)

First Republican breaks rank over President Trump's proposed NASA budget cuts.

Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), who co-chairs the Planetary Science Caucus with Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), made a joint statement defending the importance of NASA Science.

For the first time in 14 years, the NRO plans to launch a Minotaur IV rocket from California!

Liftoff is set for tomorrow, April 16, at 12:33 P.M. PT

Vast welcomes new Haven-1 payload partners, eyes 2026 launch Vast Space is accelerating toward its goal of building a thriving commercial presence in low Earth orbit with the announcement...

Vast welcomes new Haven-1 payload partners, eyes 2026 launch spaceexplored.com/2025/04/15/v... by Theresa Cross

French launch start-up, Latitude, announced funding for a new factory that plans to build as many as 50 rockets a year.

The funding came from the French government in hope to bolster homegrown industry.

A joint ROK-US statement discusses cooperation between Korea's space agency and NASA in Artemis, Moon and Mars programs, human spaceflight, and a Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 4 mission.

More: www.state.gov/joint-statem...