September 22-28, 2025 / Vol 44, No 38 / Hawai`i Island, USA
Lunar Broadcast Precursor: Terrestrial Edition

September 22-29, 2025 / Hawai`i Island, USA Vol 44, No 38: Lunar Broadcast Precursor: Terrestrial Edition IMAP, SWFO-L1 and Carruthers Set to Probe Cosmic Boundaries NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange-1 (SWFO-L1), and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory launch September 23. After arriving at Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange

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August 25-31, 2025 / Vol 44, No 34 / Hawai`i Island, USA
Lunar Broadcast Precursor: Terrestrial Edition

Andøya Satellite Summit 2025: Europe First Spaceport Unites Nations Andøya Satellite Summit 2025, held August 25-27 at Fyrvika, Andenes, showcases Europe first operational spaceport, Andøya Spaceport, uniting over 100 leaders from 50+ organizations across 10 countries, including Norway, Germany, France, United States and Canada. Norwegian Space Agency, European Space Agency

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July 7-13, 2025 / Vol 44, No 27 / Hawai`i Island, USA

14 Humans in Space Represent 7 Countries Prioritizing Peace, International Collaboration and Science International Space Station Expedition 73 seven members and four Axiom-4 mission Astronauts work together in Low Earth Orbit at least until the beginning of this week. At any given time at least 200 experiments are ongoing at

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June 30 – July 6, 2025 / Vol 44, No 26 / Hawai`i Island, USA

 Juno Providing Amazing Jupiter Data, Helpful for Upcoming Missions NASA Juno spacecraft, 20m x 4.5m, orbits Jupiter on its extended mission, scheduled to conclude in September or when it can no longer function. Mission investment has been US$1.13B. Juno primary function is studying Jupiter gravitational and magnetic fields and atmosphere,

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June 23-29, 2025 / Vol 44, No 25 / Hawai`i Island, USA

Japan to Launch 50th and Final H2A Rocket on June 23, Continues H3 and Lunar Pursuits Japan is set to launch its H2A rocket on June 23 from Tanegashima Space Center, carrying the GOSAT-GW satellite, which aims to enhance national capabilities to monitor greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. This

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June 16-22, 2025 / Vol 44, No 24 / Hawai`i Island, USA

First Women in Space and on the Moon, Advanced at ISDC and European Lunar Symposium? A triad of observations occurs this week commemorating the first woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova in 1963), first woman from USA in space (Sally Ride in 1983) and the first woman from China / PRC

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June 9-15, 2025 / Vol 44, No 23 / Hawai`i Island, USA

Wenchang, Hainan Hosting Enterprise, Tourists at 19° N and Delivering Missions, Crew to Deep Space The newest land-based launch site in China, Wenchang Space Launch Center on Hainan Island, has attracted hundreds of aerospace businesses to the area as well as tourism. According to Global Times, 700+ space-related enterprises are settled

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June 2-8, 2025 / Vol 44, No 22 / Hawai`i Island, USA

ispace Aims for Hakuto-R Moon Touchdown June 6; Third Company to Attempt a Lunar Landing in 2025 The anticipated landing of ispace Hakuto-R Resilience is set for 04:24 on June 6 (Japan Standard Time). There will be livestreamed events for the landing sequence. This second attempt by ispace comes just

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May 26 – Jun 1, 2025 / Vol 44, No 21 / Hawai`i Island, USA

Tianwen-2 Set to Launch May 29 to Sample Asteroid Kamo’oalewa, Study Comet 311/P PanSTARRS The first asteroid sample return / comet orbiter mission from China, Tianwen-2, is set to launch early May 29 aboard a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The craft will aim to gather

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May 19-25, 2025 / Vol 44, No 20 / Hawai`i Island, USA

10 Humans in Space Work on Life and Material Sciences Aboard ISS and TSS Orbiting the Earth 16x a day is the International Space Station and current Expedition 73 crew: Commander Takuya Onishi, and Astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky and Jonny Kim. Docked are

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May 12-18, 2025 / Vol 44, No 19 / Hawai`i Island, USA

Australia Lunar and NewSpace Ongoings, Bowen Spaceport Inaugural Gilmour Eris-1 Launch Set for NET May 15 Gilmour Space is set for the inaugural launch of its Eris Block 1 three-stage orbital rocket from Bowen Orbital Spaceport in Queensland, Australia NET May 15. This will be the first launch from Bowen

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