'SAILING' SATELLITES OF THE FUTURE COULD PROVIDE EARLY WARNING OF DANGEROUS SPACE WEATHER - Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The technology would allow scientists to provide earlier warnings of space weather events such as geomagnetic storms, which have the potential to disrupt technological systems on Earth. "A lot of us have experienced sailing; it's exactly like that," Irfan Azeem, division chief of the Research to Operations and Project Planning Division at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Space Weather Observations, told Space.com in an interview here at the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) annual meeting in January.   More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 17)

SPACEX LAUNCHES 21 STARLINK SATELLITES ON FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM CAPE CANAVERAL - SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on board early Saturday morning. The flight featured a first stage booster flying for a record 26th time. This was the 14th launch of 2025 with Starlink satellites onboard. Liftoff of the Starlink 12-8 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 1:14 a.m. EST (0614 UTC).   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Feb 15)

MYRIOTA EXPANDS IOT CONSTELLATION WITH FOUR NEW SATELLITES - Myriota added four new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites to its global Internet of Things (IoT) constellation through its partnership with Spire, Myriota announced Feb. 13. SpaceX launched the satellites on the Transporter-12 mission on Jan. 14. The satellites will add capacity for Myriota’s services and expand Myriota’s markets to Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and across the Middle East.    More
(Source: Via Satellite - Feb 14)

VAST SPACE STATION QUALIFICATION ARTICLE PASSES MAJOR MILESTONE - Vast is one step closer to launching its first private commercial space station. The company recently completed testing of its Haven-1 qualification article in Mojave, California, and reported that it successfully passed its tests. The company’s current goal is to launch the flight article aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than May 2026. During a tour of Vast’s facilities in Long Beach, California, with NSF’s John Galloway and D Wise, Vast gave insights into their plans to eventually win a NASA contract to allow their larger space station, Haven-2, to act as a replacement following the deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS), which is currently scheduled for 2030.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Feb 13)

NASA ANNOUNCES NEW LAUNCH DATE FOR CREW-10, SWAP OF SPACEX DRAGON SPACECRAFT FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION DELAYS - NASA has a new launch date for the SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station. The move comes after the agency decided to replace a brand new Dragon spacecraft with a previously flown capsule. NASA astronaut and mission commander Anne McClain will lead two other astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on the journey to the orbiting outpost, now targeting a liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center no earlier than Wednesday, March 12.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Feb 13)

NASA-SPACEX CAPSULE SWITCH POISED TO BRING STARLINER ASTRONAUTS HOME DAYS SOONER - NASA on Tuesday swapped out the astronaut capsule it plans to use for an upcoming routine flight to the International Space Station, a scheduling move that will allow a slightly earlier return for two Starliner astronauts who have been on the station far longer than expected. The U.S. space agency said mission management teams opted to use a previously flown SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for its Crew-10 mission to the space station, instead of a new SpaceX capsule whose production it said has been delayed.   More
(Source: Reuters - Feb 12)

NASA, SPACEX INVITE MEDIA TO WATCH CREW-10 LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION - Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 10th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, carrying astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. The agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission is targeting launch on Wednesday, March 12, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.   More
(Source: NASA - Feb 12)

SPACEX ROCKET LAUNCHES 21 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT, THEN LANDS AT SEA - A SpaceX rocket launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on Tuesday (Feb. 11) as the spaceflight company's space-based internet service begins direct-to-cell service with T-Mobile. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried 21 Starlink satellites into space from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff occurred on time at 1:53 p.m. EST (1853 GMT).   More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 12)

HOW TO WATCH NASA'S 1ST TWITCH STREAM FROM THE ISS THIS WEEK - The ISS is coming to Twitch. On Wednesday (Feb. 12), NASA will host its first Twitch stream from the International Space Station (ISS), giving viewers the chance to ask NASA astronauts questions in real time, while they orbit Earth some 250 miles (402 km) from our planet's surface.   More
(Source: Space.com - Feb 11)

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