September 8-14, 2025 / Vol 44, No 36 / Hawai`i Island, USA
Lunar Broadcast Precursor: Terrestrial Edition

MONDAY

☆ Sep 8 — International Space Station, ~415-km LEO: Expedition 73 seven members and three members of SpaceX Crew-11 are working with experiments for muscle / bone studies, bioprinted liver tissue and bio-monitor headbands, as well as ~3,000 kg of cargo from SpaceX Dragon; preparing for the arrival of Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo craft early next week.

☆ Sep 8 — Tiangong Space Station, ~390-km LEO: Shenzhou 20 three-member crew, Commander Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, performing life sciences, human research, microgravity physics, and new space tech demos; expecting arrival of Shenzhou 21 crew in about 6 weeks.

☾ Sep 8 — Moon Enterprise News: Weekly lunar advisories coming soon….

★ Sep 8 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Nusantara Lima, SLC 40, Cape Canaveral SFS FL: Nusantara Lima is a geostationary communications satellite with capacity of more than 160 Gbps, built by Boeing for Indonesia as complement to SATRIA-1.

● Sep 8-10 — American Astronautical Society, NASA, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio Space Week, Cleveland OH: 2025 AAS Glenn Space Technology Symposium: Accelerating Aerospace Innovation; at Case Western and online; US$20-875.

● Sep 8-14 — Great Lakes Science Center, American Astronautical Society, NASA, Cleveland OH: Ohio Space Week & NASA Discovery Days with special guest Sunita “Suni” Williams; also, Happy Hour and Space Forum.

● Sep 8-14 — Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, KSC FL: Meet Astronauts: Kathy Thornton or Woody Spring.

☾ Sep 8 — Moon: 3.5° NNW of Saturn and within circle of diameter 3.52° also with Neptune, 08:00.

☆ Sep 8 — Apollo Asteroid 2025 QB12: Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)

TUESDAY

● Sep 9-11 — xFoundry, Amazon, SpaceCom, NASA, Arlington VA: NEXPLORE 2040 Summit; visionaries across Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts & Athletics, Marketing and Science (TEAMS) to pioneer solutions for sustainable space habitats and the future of long-duration human spaceflight.

☆ Sep 9 — Apollo Asteroid 2019 JG1: Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)

WEDNESDAY

★ Sep 10 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer B, SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB CA: Space Development Agency mission to polar orbit for increased connectivity.

● Sep 10 — NASA, Online / Houston TX: RSVP Due: Briefings for media representatives on Artemis II mission; to be held Sep 23-24.

☾ Sep 10 — Moon: At perigee, distance 364,767 km, 02:14.

☆ Sep 10 — Apollo Asteroid 2025 QV9: Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)

THURSDAY

☆ Sep 11 — Roscosmos, Launch Soyuz 2.1a / Progress MS-32 (93P), Baikonur Cosmodrome 31/6, Kazakhstan: Resupply mission to the International Space Station from spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan.

☆ Sep 11 — Apollo Asteroid 2009 FF: Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)

FRIDAY

● Sep 12 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Rocky Mountain Section, Colorado Springs CO: Annual Technical Symposium.

☾ Sep 12 — Moon: 0.99° N of Pleiades, 13:00; within circle of diameter 5.27° with Uranus and the Pleiades, 14:00; 5.3° N of Uranus, 15:00.

☆ Sep 12 — Apollo Asteroid 2025 QL11: Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)

SATURDAY

★ Sep 13 — SpaceX, Launch Falcon 9 / Starlink Group 17-10, SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB CA: Satellites for mega-constellation.

☆ Sep 13 — Mars: 2.17° NNE of Spica, 07:00.

☆ Sep 13 — Apollo Asteroid 2022 SS2: Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)

SUNDAY

● Sep 14-16 — Space Generation Advisory Council, AMOS, Maui, Hawai’i: 8th annual EMER-GEN® Program; mentoring and networking on space careers for young professionals and students; US$345-445.

o Sep 14-19 — Imperial College London, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, London, United Kingdom: 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC): Electric Propulsion, a Gateway to the Cosmos; topics include Lessons from BepiColombo and On-Orbit Operations.

☾ Sep 14 — Moon: At last quarter, 00:34; 4.2° N of M35 cluster, 20:00.

☆ Sep 14 — Amor Asteroid 2025 QV6: Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)