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January 23, 2025
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Top Beijing official urges Musk to deepen ties with China: state media



Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2025
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with tech tycoon Elon Musk and urged US firms to "seize the opportunity" to deepen economic ties with China, Beijing's state media said Monday. Han - who is set to attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump later on Monday - met with Musk and other American business representatives on Sunday, Xinhua said. The world's richest person, Tesla and SpaceX CEO and majority owner of X has become one of Trump's closest allies, sharing his hard-right ... read more

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China unveils logos for three space missions in 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2025
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has revealed the official logos for three prominent missions scheduled for 2025: the crewed spaceflights Shenzhou XX and Shenzhou XXI, and the cargo spacecraft T ... more
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Three rockets will ignite Poker Flat's 2025 launch season
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jan 23, 2025
Three NASA sounding rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range as early as Tuesday to learn more about three types of aurora - black, flickering and fast-pulsating. The launch wi ... more
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ISRO demonstrates restart of Vikas engine
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
ISRO successfully demonstrated the capability to restart its Vikas liquid engine during a test conducted on January 17, 2025, at the ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri. The Vikas engine, a crit ... more
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Rocket Lab schedules next Electron launch for IoT constellation operator
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has announced the upcoming launch of its Electron rocket for Kineis, a global Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity provider. This mission, titled "IOT 4 You and Me," is schedul ... more
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Shenzhou XIX crew completes second spacewalk mission
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 22, 2025
The crew of Shenzhou XIX aboard China's space station successfully carried out their second series of extravehicular activities (EVAs) early Tuesday, as confirmed by the China Manned Space Agency. T ... more
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Galactic Energy launches five satellites into orbit
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2025
Galactic Energy, a Beijing-based private rocket manufacturer, successfully completed a mission on Monday afternoon, deploying five satellites into orbit. According to the company's statement, ... more
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Shenzhou XIX crew completes second spacewalk
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2025
Members of the Shenzhou XIX mission aboard China's Tiangong space station successfully completed their second round of extravehicular activities (EVAs) early Tuesday morning, as confirmed by the Chi ... more
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China deploys three spacecraft with Long March 2D rocket
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 20, 2025
China successfully launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Friday afternoon, deploying three spacecraft, including a cutting-edge atmospheric research satellite, into their designated orbits. ... more

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China's space station to drive over 1000 research projects
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
China's space station is set to conduct over 1,000 research projects, advance scientific literacy, and foster international partnerships over the next decade and beyond, according to the Technology ... more
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UK approves first vertical rocket launch
London (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
The first vertical launch of a rocket into orbit from European soil could take place from the UK's most northerly point this year after a German company won approval for spaceflight, regulators announced Thursday. ... more
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Rocket Lab to launch wildfire detection satellites for OroraTech
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, has announced a contract with Orora Technologies (OroraTech) to launch a mission dedicated to wildfire dete ... more
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Musk, Wikipedia founder in row over how to describe 'Nazi salute'
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2025
The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies: Elon Musk is trolling Wikipedia and encouraging its defunding after a description of his recent flourish, seen by some as a Hitler salute, appeared on the encyclopedic website. ... more
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SpaceX again scrubs launch of more satellites from California
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 20, 2025
SpaceX for the third time on Monday scrubbed plans to launch 27 more Starlink internet satellites into low-earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with an earlier one postponed because of a Delta jet flying nearby. ... more
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SpaceX catches Starship booster again, but upper stage explodes
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2025
Hours after Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin nailed its first-ever orbital mission, SpaceX seized back the spotlight on Thursday as its latest test of Starship, its gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage dramatically disintegrating over the Atlantic. ... more
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FAA grounds SpaceX Starship launches after breakup
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 18, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration has paused SpaceX's launch of its Starship rocket as the U.S. agency oversees an investigation by the private company of the breakup after a test launch Thursday. ... more
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US grounds SpaceX's Starship after fiery mid-air explosion
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2025
The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship and ordered Elon Musk's company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission. ... more
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US grounds SpaceX's Starship rocket pending probe
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2025
The US Federal Aviation Administration on Friday grounded SpaceX's Starship pending an investigation by Elon Musk's company into why the rocket's upper stage dramatically disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test flight. ... more
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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket blasts into orbit for first time
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket into orbit for the first time early Thursday, marking a new step in the commercial space race. ... more
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SpaceX catches Mega Booster but Starship-7 lost in flight
Boca Chica TX (SPX) Thu Jan 16, 2025
SpaceX successfully recovered its Super Heavy booster using its advanced launch tower "chopstick" arms, marking a significant step forward in reusable rocketry. However, the seventh test flight of S ... more
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H3 Shenzhou-19 astronauts advance experiments aboard Tiangong space station
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
China's Shenzhou-19 crew on the Tiangong space station has undertaken several important scientific experiments since the start of 2025, including a test involving a pipeline inspection robot, as rep ... more
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H3 Varda's Second Spacecraft W-2 Successfully Launched to Orbit with SpaceX
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
Varda Space Industries has confirmed the successful launch of its second orbital processing spacecraft, W-2, aboard SpaceX's Transporter-12 rideshare mission. The spacecraft lifted off from Vandenbe ... more
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Investigating materials weathering at hypersonic velocities
London, UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
When objects travel through the atmosphere at hypervelocity, they face potential damage from dust particles and water droplets suspended in the air. To better understand these interactions, research ... more
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China's Smart Dragon 3 rocket launches satellites from sea
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
China successfully launched its Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket on Monday morning from a sea-based platform near Haiyang, Shandong province, deploying 10 satellites into space. The mission highlighted ... more
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SpaceX aims for Wednesday afternoon to launch Starship's 7th test mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
The seventh flight test of SpaceX's Starship is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, January 15. This flight test will showcase a new iteration of Starship with substantial upgrades, marking its first ... more
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Tech innovation propels China's commercial space industry growth
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 13, 2025
China's commercial space industry made remarkable progress in 2024, with market projections suggesting it will exceed 2.3 trillion yuan (approximately 314 billion U.S. dollars) in value. Techn ... more
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Scientists plan to create the first fluttering flag on the moon
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 13, 2025
Chinese scientists are working on an innovative idea suggested by elementary school students: designing a flag capable of fluttering on the moon despite its airless environment. At the Deep Sp ... more
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SpaceX launches 21 Starlinks using 1st-stage on it's 25th mission; launches NRO spysat from Vandenberg
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 10, 2024
SpaceX on Friday launched 21 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit with a Falcon 9 rocket whose reusable first stage took part in a record 25th mission. ... more
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Stratolaunch Awarded 247M by Missile Defense Agency for Hypersonic Flight Testing
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
Stratolaunch has secured a $24.7 million competitive agreement with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to support critical national defense initiatives through an ambitious hypersonic flight test camp ... more
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SpaceX launches new round of spy satellites for NRO, and record setting Starlink campaign same day
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 10, 2024
SpaceX launched new spy satellites into lower Earth orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office, adding to the growing constellation of such U.S.-based intelligence-gathering satellites around the world. ... more
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Rocket Lab to Provide Hypersonic Test Launches for Department of Defense
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) ("Rocket Lab" or "the Company"), a global leader in space systems and launch services, has been selected as part of a team led by Kratos Defense and Security Solu ... more
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Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Back in Florida
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
The Orion crew module, designated as the Orion Environmental Test Article (ETA), has returned to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after an extensive 11-month test campaign at the Neil Armstron ... more
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