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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of August 25, 2025:

Human Space Exploration

• What’s next for SpaceX’s Starship Mars rocket after Flight 10 success?;
• NASA seeks volunteers to track Artemis II space mission;
• SpaceX launches giant Super Heavy/Starship rocket on critical test flight;
• Turning Martian soil into metal: Scientists test new extraction process;
• The Exploration Company’s Nyx spacecraft passes initial ISS safety review;
• SpaceX reschedules Super Heavy/Starship’s 10th test flight once again, this time for Tuesday night
  Coalition Member in the News – Boeing;
• Investing in Space: The U.S.-China space race is getting tighter;
  
• ISRO conducts first air drop test ahead of December Gaganyaan mission;
• PM Modi, ISRO unveil India’s ambitious space plan: Chandrayaan 4, space station by 2035;
• Starship moves to Monday for Flight 10 in penultimate Block 2 test;
• Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrive at the ISS on August 25 with 5,000 pounds of supplies
  Coalition Member in the News – Northrop Grumman;

Space Science

• Chemists create new high-energy compound to fuel space flight;
• Why are our solar system planets tilted: These warped exoplanet-forming disks may offer clues;
• James Webb Space Telescope takes 1st look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with unexpected results;
• Dwarf planet Ceres may have once been suitable for life, new study suggests;
• New study rocks Jupiter’s giant impact theory;
• NASA’s Psyche asteroid probe beams home haunting view of distant Earth (photo);
• The “Wow!” signal gets and update — It was even stronger than we thought;
• What is the Moon made of? (Hint: It’s not cheese);

Other News

• Pentagon R&D chief: Defense needs to expand industrial base;
• Parabolic flights to test electrolyzer for future Moon and Mars missions;
• Satellite constellations fall short of meeting brightness goals;
• China is about to start trying to land and reuse its rockets;
• NASA astronaut marks his 400th day in space | On the International Space Station August 18-22, 2025;
• Japan to launch new ISS resupply vehicle in October;

Major Events This Week:

• • Looking beyond Sunday’s latest SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission to the ISS, the 10th SpaceX Super Heavy/Starship flight test from South Texas has been rescheduled for Monday at 7:30 p.m. EDT. A ground system issue prompted a scrub of Sunday’s launch attempt.
  • The FAA is hosting two sessions on Tuesday and two more on Thursday near the Kennedy Space Center launch complex. The sessions are to gather public comments regarding a Draft Environmental Impact Statement focused on SpaceX’s plans to launch and land up to 45 Super Heavy/Starship missions annually from Kennedy.
  • The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is hosting a panel session on human, biological and heliophysics science opportunities at nonpolar locations on the Moon over Monday through Wednesday.
  • SpaceNews is hosting a virtual Nuclear Power in Space session on Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT.
  • With the approach of September, the U.S. House and Senate are preparing to return to Washington in an effort to wrap up their budget activities prior to the October 1 start of the 2026 fiscal year.

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