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Space humbles the SEAL-doctor-astronaut | On the ISS this week June 9-13, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

With this week's expected arrival of a visiting crew delayed, science and maintenance work on board the International Space Station was lighter than usual for the Expedition 73 crew.

International Space Station
a white and black rocket lifts off into a daytime sky generating a bright flame and a white plume

SpaceX adds 23 satellites to Starlink megaconstellation after launch from Florida

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Less than a day after its last batch reached low Earth orbit, SpaceX again added to its Starlink megaconstellation on Friday, June 13, 2025.

Launches & Spacecraft
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500 Falcon missions! SpaceX sends 26 Starlink satellites to orbit on landmark launch

By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated

SpaceX sent 26 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California Thursday (June 12), on the 500th overall completed mission for the company's Falcon family of rockets.

Launches & Spacecraft
The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft in 2018.

Could the answers to cancer lie in space? Why off-Earth research is heating up

By Tom Brown published

The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final frontier may therefore be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it.

Human Spaceflight
Five ESA missions set to be impacted if Trump's cuts to NASA go ahead

European Space Agency reveals 3 key space missions threatened by Trump's NASA budget cuts

By Robert Lea published

At least three ESA space missions are under threat as a result of Trump's budget cuts. The gravitational wave observatory LISA, Venus orbiter EnVision, and NewAthena may require "recovery actions."

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SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronauts postponed indefinitely due to leaky ISS module

By Mike Wall published

The launch of Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission has been delayed again, this time by a leaky Russian module on the International Space Station.

Private Spaceflight
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NASA begins push to slash workforce with more staff buyouts, early retirements as budget cuts loom

By Tariq Malik published

NASA employees have until July 25 to decide if they'll stay or go.

Space Exploration
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches the "Mountain God Guards" mission for the Japanese company iQPS from New Zealand on June 11, 2025.

Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit for the Japanese company iQPS on Wednesday morning (June 11).

Launches & Spacecraft
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Ax-4 private astronaut mission stand on the pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Propellant leak delays SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronaut mission to the ISS

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX is standing down from the planned June 11 launch of the Ax-4 private astronaut mission due to a liquid oxygen leak in its Falcon 9 rocket. No new target date has been announced.

Private Spaceflight
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'I was a good, visible target': Jared Isaacman on why Trump pulled his NASA chief nomination

By Andrew Jones published

Jared Isaacman has opened up on why he believes his nomination to be NASA administrator was abruptly withdrawn by the White House.

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