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November 10-16, 2025 / Hawai`i Island, USA
Vol 44, Week 45: Lunar Broadcast Precursor: Terrestrial Edition
Rival Rockets: SpaceX and Blue Origin Pitch NASA with Simplified Paths to Moon
Blue Origin and SpaceX each submit streamlined proposals for Artemis 3 to get Astronauts to Moon south pole in 2027, Blue Origin throwing its hat in the ring for this mission instead of just Artemis 5. Blue Origin EscaPADE launch on New Glenn becomes then a direct precursor. (EscaPADE twin Mars orbiters to arrive there September 2026.) SpaceX launches Transporter-15 rideshare this week (payload costs ~US$300,000 for 50kg) on a Falcon 9, the rocket now proposed to take Artemis 3 Astronauts in a Crew Dragon capsule for docking in Earth orbit with the Human Landing System, rather than originally proposed lunar orbit rendezvous via Starship launch. Starship in-orbit refueling would still be required, with demo planned for next year. SpaceX has received payment from NASA for 49 achievements in a total US$2.89B contract, but likely has invested $30B of its own funds. Blue Origin proposes modifying Mk1 Moon lander to use as a booster to propel Mk2 lander from Earth orbit to Moon, avoiding in-orbit refueling. Mk1 demo flight on New Glenn planned for next year to move along its $3.4B NASA Artemis contract, an amount it matches. New Glenn launch of VIPER to ??? NASA may issue a full Request for Proposals, and Lockheed Martin may respond. (Image Credits: Blue Origin, SpaceX)
Lunar Polar Volatiles Conference to run parallel with Lunar Surface Science Workshop
The 2nd Lunar Polar Volatiles Conference runs November 12–14 in Honolulu HI. It hosts planetary scientists with 59 abstracts submitted and oral sessions live-streamed. The University of Hawaii at Mānoa organizes the event, building on the 2022 Boulder CO, USA meeting (125 attendees, 60 presentations) and 2018 Maryland precursor (80 participants, 40 abstracts). The scope covers orbital and in-situ lunar polar volatiles data, spatial distribution models, crater erosion, Artemis landing geology and Mercury / Ceres volatiles. Lunar Surface Science Workshop LSSW #29 runs November 13–14 online. It focuses on NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which fosters rapid delivery of scientific, exploration and technology payloads to lunar surface and orbit. The session disseminates results from early CLPS landers, including Intuitive Machines Odysseus (tipped over in Oceanus Procellarum), Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost 1 (upright in Mare Crisium), and Intuitive Machines Athena (tipped over near Mons Mouton). It provides updates on upcoming flights like Draper lander and Astrobotic Griffin. Discussions highlight lessons learned and solicit community input on future lunar measurements and demonstrations to support Artemis robotic and crewed missions. Participants will review the first USA lunar surface measurements in over 50 years. (Image Credits: NASA)
Humans in Space
International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 73 seven-member crew …..
Tiangong Space Station, ~390-km LEO: Shenzhou 21 three-member crew, Commander Zhang Lu, Flight Engineer Wu Fei and Payload Specialist Zhang Hongzhang, ……
Lunar News: Weekly lunar advisories [coming soon]
Near-Earth Objects Close Approaches – Mon Nov 10: Apollo Asteroid 2020 VK4 (0.041 AU); Tues Nov 11: Aten Asteroid 2012 VC26 (0.034 AU); Fri Nov 14: Apollo Asteroid 2025 US11 (0.032 AU)
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Featuring astrogeology, Spaceport America tour, et al with Kirby Runyon and Mark Wagner.
SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket with Transporter 15 rideshare flight to sun-synchronous orbit, carrying dozens of micro- ...
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB), provider of launch services and space systems, will release its financial results for the 3rd ...
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From Comet Encke dust cloud, with peak rate 5 per hour. Moon is 53% full.
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Meet fellow space system builders around the world at Net Connect, the 6th since founding of GSEN at International Astronautical ...
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Presentation by Mousumi Roy of University of New Mexico: Diffusion / Exchange Driven Equilibration During Melt-Wallrock Interaction on the Moon. ...
Guests: Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Patrick Binning, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering Todd Stevens, Vice President, ...
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Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a space technology company, announced it will release its 3rd quarter 2025 financial results, for the ...
Workshop Co-Chairs Maria Banks, NASA Ryan Watkins, NASA Background, Motivation, and Purpose NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative allows rapid ...
NASA 12-U CubeSat Capstone acting as a pathfinder for planned International Lunar Gateway surpasses another year around Moon today; launched ...
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) will have a conference call before the market opens at 9:00 AM on Thursday, November 13, ...
Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) will hold a conference call at New York City market close. Virgin Galactic is an aerospace ...
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced that it ...
"From Idea to Startup in 54 Hours". At Digital Industry Hub Bremen, Konrad-Zuse-Straße 6a 28359 Bremen, Germany. Limited to 50 ...
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At Moffett Field Museum, which may be viewed before and after the banquet
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As USA and its international partners work toward Artemis 2 crewed mission around the Moon, Space Launch System and Artemis ...
Sentinel-6B extends Sentinel series into a 4th decade of measuring sea levels to ~3cm for ~90% of world oceans and ...
