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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of November 10, 2025:

Human Space Exploration

• Chinese astronauts arrive home after suspected debris strike delays return to Earth;
• Alabama’s space workforce moves Artemis V closer to launch with NASA’s successful test of RS-25 engine
  Coalition Member in the News – L3Harris;
• This 1.4kg soft suit simulates Earth’s gravity to stop muscle loss in space;
• Cosmonauts relocate to U.S. lab to shelter from solar storm;
• This new robot has a clever spin on lunar mining;
• Giving Gemini its due: ‘Apollo 13’ author Jeffrey Kluger honors ‘forgotten’ NASA program with new book (exclusive interview);
• The archeologist’s guide to colonizing other worlds;
• Europe readies Artemis IV’s Orion module for U.S. trip;

Space Science

• The rust that could reveal alien life;
• ‘Uncontrolled experiment:’ Study links harmful atmospheric metals to spacecraft reentry;
• Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) splits into 3 pieces after a close brush with the Sun (video);
• Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing;
• Superheated galaxy reveals rapid star birth in early universe;
• Watch Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket launch a NASA ‘ESCAPADE’ to Mars today after delays;
• Astronomers spot 1st coronal mass ejection from an alien star – and that’s bad news in the search for life;
• Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged;
• Cannibal CME alert;
• Scientists 3-D printed muscle tissue in microgravity. The goal is to make human organs from scratch;
• Heat leaking from Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus bolsters its case as an abode for life;
• NASA is sending probes to Mars to find out why it lost its atmosphere and what that could mean for Earth;
• Blue Origin launch of NASA Mars probes on New Glenn rocket delayed by weather, next try set for Nov. 12;
• NASA’s Perseverance rover reveals Mars’ watery past and clues to ancient life;

Other News

• Chandrayaan-3 returns to the Moon for rare flyby, sends critical data;
• Dream Chaser space plane passes pre-flight tests at Kennedy Space Center;
• Rocket Lab delays first Neutron launch to 2026;
• Longest government shutdown in history ends after 43 days;
• Soyuz-5 arrives at Baikonur ahead of December launch Roscosmos;
• Isaacman’s second chance;
• The Taurid meteor shower could put on its best show this week keep your eyes peeled for fireballs;
• Florida annual launch record broken with late-night Starlink flight;
• Legislation to end longest government shutdown now over to the House;
• Office of Space Commerce faces an uncertain future amid budget cuts and new oversight;
• FAA’s shutdown restrictions on air travel could affect space launches also;

Major Space-Related Activities for the Week

• The government shutdown continues with the U.S. House in recess except for pro forma sessions and the Senate in session and working to find a resolution. Late Sunday, the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would stop the shutdown and keep the government open until January 30, 2026 at the 2025 spending level. The current House version of a CR, which the Senate did not pass, would keep the government open until November 21. Essential NASA personnel working in support of the ISS, preparations for the crewed Artemis II mission and satellite missions continue to work without pay as long as the federal government remains in furlough.
• SpaceNews is hosting a virtual webinar on Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET, focused on the role of space-based interceptors as part of a Golden Dome.
• On Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET, the Space Policy Institute and Aerospace Corp. are hosting a debate with registered virtual access on whether it’s time to repeal the Wolf Amendment. Enacted in 2011, the amendment restricts bilateral U.S. space cooperation with China.
• Also on Thursday from 11 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. ET, New America and the International Center for Law & Economics are hosting a symposium to discuss their recommendations on challenges and opportunities associated with the many communications satellites being launched to establish internet connectivity.
• Still uncertain is an update on the China Manned Space Agency’s decision last week to postpone the return of the three-person Shenzhou 20 crew from the Tiangong space station due to concerns their docked spacecraft experienced possible space debris impacts.

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