Latest Space Breaking News: Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-paraplegic-wheelchair-user-blast-space.html Summary: A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: HANBIT-Nano | Spaceward 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T18:45:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: HANBIT-Nano 📖 **Details**: Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean stratup Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T01:51:30Z 🚀 **Rocket**: H3-22 📖 **Details**: QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-21T06:36:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Electron 📖 **Details**: Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: New Shepard | NS-37 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-20T14:15:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: New Shepard 📖 **Details**: NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 5 | TJSW-23 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-20T12:30:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 5 📖 **Details**: Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: HANBIT-Nano | Spaceward 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T18:45:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: HANBIT-Nano 📖 **Details**: Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean stratup Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T01:51:30Z 🚀 **Rocket**: H3-22 📖 **Details**: QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-21T06:36:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Electron 📖 **Details**: Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: New Shepard | NS-37 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-20T14:15:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: New Shepard 📖 **Details**: NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 5 | TJSW-23 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-20T12:30:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 5 📖 **Details**: Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: HANBIT-Nano | Spaceward 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T18:45:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: HANBIT-Nano 📖 **Details**: Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean stratup Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small satellites from the Brazilian space agency AEB, Brazilian university Universidade Federal do Maranhão and Indian startup Grahaa Space, as well as three payloads from AEB and Brazilian company Castro Leite Consultoria that will remain attached to the rocket, and an empty aluminium can from the South Korean beverage company Brewguru. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T01:51:30Z 🚀 **Rocket**: H3-22 📖 **Details**: QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-21T06:36:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Electron 📖 **Details**: Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: New Shepard | NS-37 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-20T14:15:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: New Shepard 📖 **Details**: NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 5 | TJSW-23 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-20T12:30:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 5 📖 **Details**: Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: LVM-3 | BlueBird Block 2 #1 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-24T03:24:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III) 📖 **Details**: AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature a single satellite. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-22T01:51:30Z 🚀 **Rocket**: H3-22 📖 **Details**: QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Electron | The Wisdom God Guides (iQPS Launch 6) 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-21T06:36:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Electron 📖 **Details**: Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: New Shepard | NS-37 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-20T14:15:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: New Shepard 📖 **Details**: NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience