May 29, 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.
- NASA touts its help to Vast in building the company’s Haven-1 space module
NASA provided the facilities and advice that allowed the company to test the module’s atmospheric filtering systems.
- China touts the 2-meter diameter of its Xuntian space telescope, designed to closely match Hubble and fly in formation with its Tiangong-3 space station for repair and maintenance
The link says the launch is now targeting 2026, but a report last year it was probably delayed to 2027. Originally China wanted to launch the telescope in 2024.
- Northrop Grumman touts is new medium launch vehicle, Eclipse, built in partnership with Firefly
I could be wrong, but at first glance this appears to be the Antares rocket using Firefly’s first stage (replacing its Ukrainian-built first stage), and renamed.
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.
- NASA touts its help to Vast in building the company’s Haven-1 space module
NASA provided the facilities and advice that allowed the company to test the module’s atmospheric filtering systems.
- China touts the 2-meter diameter of its Xuntian space telescope, designed to closely match Hubble and fly in formation with its Tiangong-3 space station for repair and maintenance
The link says the launch is now targeting 2026, but a report last year it was probably delayed to 2027. Originally China wanted to launch the telescope in 2024.
- Northrop Grumman touts is new medium launch vehicle, Eclipse, built in partnership with Firefly
I could be wrong, but at first glance this appears to be the Antares rocket using Firefly’s first stage (replacing its Ukrainian-built first stage), and renamed.