Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of October 27, 2025:

Human Space Exploration

• Former NASA Administrators urge space agency to rethink plans for Artemis Moon lander
  Coalition Members in the News – Boeing, Lockheed Martin;
• SpaceX makes case for why it will land American astronauts on the Moon;
• China to launch Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship on October 31;
• Japan’s 1st HTV-X cargo craft arrives at the International Space Station
  Coalition Member in the News – Northrop Grumman;
• China says it’s on track to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030;
• Blue Origin details lunar exploration progress amid Artemis III contract shakeup;
• Building homes beyond Earth;
• Malaysia and the Philippines sign Artemis Accords;
• Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?
• Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the ISS today;
• JAXA’s HTV-X1 launched to ISS aboard H3 Rocket;
• Teach-and-repeat driving could automate lunar cargo delivery;

Space Science

• Rapid brightening of comet 31/ATLAS;
• Jupiter saved Earth from spiraling into the Sun;
• With more Moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge;
• Can we find water ice on the Moon? Only if we know where to look, scientists say;
• Is Earth ‘on the brink’? 2024 was likely our planet’s hottest year in 125,000 years;
• Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead;
• Spying interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Perihelion;
• Unlocking the secrets to the building blocks of the universe
• Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could help protect Earth from dangerous asteroids. Here’s how;
• The quest for corrosion proof satellites;
• The universe “will end in a big crunch,” physicists warn;
• Could we blast space debris out of harm’s way with ion beams?
• Scientists discover elusive solar waves that could power the Sun’s corona;

Other News

• Investors gravitate toward space firms with defense applications;
• AI-driven propulsion design advances spacecraft engineering at Northrop Grumman
  Coalition Member in the News – Northrop Grumman;
• European Space Agency opens first Asia office in Tokyo;
• Geomagnetic storms possible this week;
• Inside Mongolia’s ‘Mars camp’: The extreme adventure that wants to turn tourists into astronauts;
• NASA on the fashion frontier
  Coalition Member in the News – Axiom Space;;
• Inside Mongolia’s ‘Mars camp’: The extreme adventure that wants to turn tourists into astronauts;

Major Events This Week:

• • Though the government shutdown continues, NASA’s workforce focus on ISS operations and preparations for Artemis Moon missions continue, though workers must wait to be compensated.
  • The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s inaugural launch of the upgraded HTV-X1 resupply mission placed the capsule on a course to rendezvous with the ISS on Wednesday.
  • On Tuesday, two Russian cosmonaut ISS crew members are slated for a spacewalk focused on external research and maintenance.
  • The next launch of a three-person crew, Shenzhou 21, to China’s Tiangong space station, is planned for Friday.
  • The American Astronomical Society’s Von Braun Exploration Symposium meets Monday through Wednesday at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, with panel presentations focused on NASA’s Artemis III mission and those that follow and their potential low-Earth orbit as well as cislunar economic prospects.

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