June 27, 2025 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Lockheed Martin touts its $3 billion proposal to get Perseverance’s Mars samples back to Earth
It offers its plan as a fixed-price contract, which is a refreshing change from an old big space company. The press release however says a lot of blather but provides few specific details.
- Blue Origin touts delivery of a very large cylindrical-shaped container to its Florida launch facility
Jay thinks, “It is the Blue Moon Lander mid-module,” a smaller test lander that the company says it will send to the Moon this year. We shall see.
- Amazon signs agreement with National Science Foundation to mitigate the impact of its Kuiper constellation on ground-based astronomy
The actions proposed are similar to those taken by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.
- New rocket startup based in Colorado dubbed Leap
It says its rocket and spaceplane will both be a single-stage-to-orbit and reusable. Seems far-fetched. The company also is building its own orbital tug.
- The Trump reconciliation budget bill being considered right now by Congress would give the Space Force a $40 billion budget
Boy, those trees with leaves of money must really be blooming. That more than a 30% increase.
- Chinese pseudo-company Space Epoch provides positive update on the state of the recovered engine from vertical test hop in late May
The next launch will attempt to reach orbit.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Lockheed Martin touts its $3 billion proposal to get Perseverance’s Mars samples back to Earth
It offers its plan as a fixed-price contract, which is a refreshing change from an old big space company. The press release however says a lot of blather but provides few specific details.
- Blue Origin touts delivery of a very large cylindrical-shaped container to its Florida launch facility
Jay thinks, “It is the Blue Moon Lander mid-module,” a smaller test lander that the company says it will send to the Moon this year. We shall see.
- Amazon signs agreement with National Science Foundation to mitigate the impact of its Kuiper constellation on ground-based astronomy
The actions proposed are similar to those taken by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.
- New rocket startup based in Colorado dubbed Leap
It says its rocket and spaceplane will both be a single-stage-to-orbit and reusable. Seems far-fetched. The company also is building its own orbital tug.
- The Trump reconciliation budget bill being considered right now by Congress would give the Space Force a $40 billion budget
Boy, those trees with leaves of money must really be blooming. That more than a 30% increase.
- Chinese pseudo-company Space Epoch provides positive update on the state of the recovered engine from vertical test hop in late May
The next launch will attempt to reach orbit.