October 23, 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.
- AstroLab’s FLIP rover began thermal vacuum chamber testing in Los Angeles yesterday
This small unmanned rover will fly on Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander, and is intended as a testbed by AstroLab to prove the design of the larger manned rover it wants to build for NASA’s Artemis program. It also replaces NASA’s cancelled VIPER rover on Griffin.
- New Glenn’s first and second stages are now mated
This will be Blue Origin’s second launch of New Glenn, presently scheduled for November 9, 2025.
- Chinese pseudo-company Landspace completed the full rehearsal of its Zhuque-3 rocket in preparation for first launch
The rocket is essentially a copy of the Falcon 9, though Landspace will not attempt recovery of the first stage on the initial few flights.
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.
- AstroLab’s FLIP rover began thermal vacuum chamber testing in Los Angeles yesterday
This small unmanned rover will fly on Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander, and is intended as a testbed by AstroLab to prove the design of the larger manned rover it wants to build for NASA’s Artemis program. It also replaces NASA’s cancelled VIPER rover on Griffin.
- New Glenn’s first and second stages are now mated
This will be Blue Origin’s second launch of New Glenn, presently scheduled for November 9, 2025.
- Chinese pseudo-company Landspace completed the full rehearsal of its Zhuque-3 rocket in preparation for first launch
The rocket is essentially a copy of the Falcon 9, though Landspace will not attempt recovery of the first stage on the initial few flights.


