Space Symposium 2025 Top Stories
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Launch Vehicles & Propulsion
Apr 14, 2025
SpaceWERX has awarded Outpost Technologies a $1.8 million contract to develop and test a subscale prototype of its deployable thermal protection system.
Apr 11, 2025
The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Office is planning a launch-based version of its Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve effort.
Commercial Space
Apr 14, 2025
Jeff Bezos' fiancee and five other women lifted off aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard launch system on April 14 for a 10-min. ride to and from suborbital space.
Apr 10, 2025
The Dragon capsule splashed down with its crew of four in the Pacific Ocean, ending a 3.5-day mission, as SpaceX shifts returns to the West Coast.
Satellites
Apr 11, 2025
Bulgaria is using two nanosatellites to support surveillance efforts over the Black Sea, says a senior NATO official.
Apr 11, 2025
The Ascend Act seeks to codify NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program to permanently provide shared access to commercial small-satellite data.
Budget, Policy & Regulation
Apr 14, 2025
Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear will return to his post effective April 17.
Apr 11, 2025
The U.S. Space Force awarded seven of nine missions in its next series of high-priority national security missions to SpaceX.
Operations & Safety
Apr 09, 2025
The U.S. Space Force is using many terms to describe a mission area where satellites can move in space and continue operating even under duress in a conflict.
Apr 08, 2025
U.S. Space Command is co-sponsoring a $20 million effort to build up U.S. on-orbit maneuvering capabilities, its commander, Gen. Stephen Whiting, says.
Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2025
The Dragon capsule splashed down with its crew of four in the Pacific Ocean, ending a 3.5-day mission, as SpaceX shifts returns to the West Coast.
Apr 09, 2025
Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s nominee to be NASA administrator, has stressed the importance of returning to the Moon with human explorers ahead of China.