September 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.
- Northrop Grumman successfully tests autonomous rendezvous and docking using planned Starlab port
It used a Cygnus docking interface to do this, demonstrating that when Starlab launches Cygnus can deliver cargo to this commercial station.
- Blue Origin’s CEO shows off the first stage booster to be used in New Glenn’s second launch
Now tentatively targeting a late October or early November launch date.
- Blue Origin’s CEO touts a vacuum test of its BE-7 engine
Intended for the company’s Blue Moon lunar lander, both manned and unmanned.
- Rocket Lab to acquire Mynaric for $75 million in cash or stock
Mynaric specializes in laser communication technology, a field that is only now beginning to take off in space.
- Scientists find proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea over 43 million years ago
Interesting, with the uncertainties less than usual for these kinds of stories.
- In 2008, SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 1 rocket, its first orbital launch vehicle
And the rest is history.
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.
- Northrop Grumman successfully tests autonomous rendezvous and docking using planned Starlab port
It used a Cygnus docking interface to do this, demonstrating that when Starlab launches Cygnus can deliver cargo to this commercial station.
- Blue Origin’s CEO shows off the first stage booster to be used in New Glenn’s second launch
Now tentatively targeting a late October or early November launch date.
- Blue Origin’s CEO touts a vacuum test of its BE-7 engine
Intended for the company’s Blue Moon lunar lander, both manned and unmanned.
- Rocket Lab to acquire Mynaric for $75 million in cash or stock
Mynaric specializes in laser communication technology, a field that is only now beginning to take off in space.
- Scientists find proof that an asteroid hit the North Sea over 43 million years ago
Interesting, with the uncertainties less than usual for these kinds of stories.
- In 2008, SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 1 rocket, its first orbital launch vehicle
And the rest is history.