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- Pretty in Pink NASA · 1 Jun 2026 This image of Westerlund 2 released on March 19, 2026, features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and infrared data from NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue). Scores of gleaming star...
- Smile: cleanroom to space ESA · 1 Jun 2026 Smile successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 19 May 2026.
- Spaceport facility bonds are now law – and they fundamentally change space infrastructure finance SpaceNews · 1 Jun 2026 After more than three decades in public and project finance, I have learned that real inflection points in infrastructure development rarely announce themselves loudly. They usually arrive embedded in financing […]
- China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight SpaceNews · 1 Jun 2026 China conducted the maiden launch of its reusable Long March 12B rocket Monday, providing no advance warning and delivering operational payloads to orbit.
- Space science for your heart ESA · 1 Jun 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- New Glenn failure worsens constrained launch market SpaceNews · 1 Jun 2026 The explosion of a New Glenn rocket has generated reverberations across the space industry with the rocket out of service for potentially a year or more.
- China launches test direct-to-device satellites for multiple projects SpaceNews · 1 Jun 2026 China capped a busy month of launches by sending four new satellite internet test satellites into orbit with a workhorse hypergolic rocket.
- Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku NASA · 1 Jun 2026 Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.
- Ancient black hole sheds new light on Webb’s Little Red Dots NASASpaceflight · 31 May 2026 Using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, an international team…
- What’s Happening in Space Policy May 31-June 6, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 May 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of May 31-June 6, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate and House are in
- Italy Turns to Tall Ship to Simulate Stresses of Long-Duration Spaceflight European Spaceflight · 31 May 2026 The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has enlisted students from the country’s Naval Academy aboard a tall ship to examine how the human body responds to the stresses of long-duration spaceflight as part of its ICE-Blue initiat...
- FAA documents outline SpaceX plans for Starfall reentry vehicles SpaceNews · 31 May 2026 Federal Aviation Administration documents have provided new details about a SpaceX project to develop and test reentry vehicles that could be used to support in-space manufacturing projects.
- Blue Origin gets national security launch task order hours before New Glenn explosion SpaceNews · 30 May 2026 U.S. Space Force, National Reconnaissance Office ‘remain committed partners with Blue Origin’
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 50th Starlink mission of 2026 Spaceflight Now · 30 May 2026 The Starlink 17-41 mission is SpaceX’s 10th and final launch of May. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:25 a.m. PDT (11:25 a.m. EDT / 1525 UTC).
- Repercussions of New Glenn’s Explosion Still Coming Into Focus SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 May 2026 The repercussions of last night’s explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a pre-launch test will take some time to assess. Among the key questions are not only what
- Live coverage: ULA to launch 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 29 May 2026 The Leo Atlas 07 mission is the second to last flight that Amazon booked on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. Liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during a window that opens at 7:...
- NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure NASA · 29 May 2026 NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract su...
- NASA Hosts SpaceX Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event at Headquarters NASA · 29 May 2026 NASA will host a public event featuring three crew members from the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, June 1. The event, which takes place during the crew’s standard postflight visit, will be held in...
- China’s Shenzhou-21 Crew Returns to Earth SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 May 2026 China’s three-man Shenzhou-21 (SZ-21) crew returned to Earth today after 210 days aboard the Tiangong space station. They landed not in the SZ-21 spacecraft, however, but SZ-22. SZ-22 was launched
- Space Force awards SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking SpaceNews · 29 May 2026 The low-orbit satellite constellation is intended to track aircraft, cruise missiles and other airborne threats
- NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look NASA · 29 May 2026 Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed their final inspection of a key element for the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: the primary mirror. This 7.9-foot (2.4-me...
- Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy NASA · 29 May 2026 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 27, 2026, features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter and some 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Maj...
- This Month at ESA: May 2026 ESA · 29 May 2026 What did space deliver for Europe this month? From asteroid flybys to Mars landing tests, new discoveries from Webb and Hubble, and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot capturing shooting stars from orbit, here’s your monthly rou...
- Space Force’s commercial gatekeeper offers a playbook for startups seeking defense business SpaceNews · 29 May 2026 COMSO chief Col. Tim Trimailo says transparency, patience and a clear military value proposition matter as much as technical innovation
- Bellatrix and TelePIX plan 2028 air-breathing VLEO imaging demonstration SpaceNews · 29 May 2026 South Korean optical payload developer TelePIX and Indian propulsion specialist Bellatrix Aerospace have teamed up on a very low Earth orbit geospatial demonstration mission slated for 2028.
- Week in images: 25-29 May 2026 ESA · 29 May 2026 Week in images: 25-29 May 2026
- ESA and EDF strengthen their partnership for energy efficiency at Europe’s Spaceport ESA · 29 May 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic Ars Technica · 29 May 2026 "I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage."
- Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic Ars Technica · 29 May 2026 "I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage."
- Spatial data has become a weapon of war in the US-Iran war SpaceNews · 29 May 2026 We are in the geospatial era of warfare in which information derived from satellites is as strategically critical as territorial control. The progressive dissolution of the distinction between the civil […]
- Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster NASA · 29 May 2026 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the active spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88), located about 63 million light-years away.
- China’s latest batch of new and reusable rockets are close to launch SpaceNews · 29 May 2026 A number of new Chinese state-led and commercial rockets are set for debuts and fresh first stage recovery attempts in the coming weeks and months.
- Earth from Space: Batagaika Crater ESA · 29 May 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Journey to the centre of a galaxy cluster ESA · 29 May 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- ESA Greenlights Two Budget-Friendly Earth Observation Missions European Spaceflight · 29 May 2026 The European Space Agency has greenlit its HiBiDiS and SOVA-S Scout missions, with development led by SITAEL and OHB Czechspace, respectively. These missions are required to progress from initial approval to launch withi...
- New Glenn rocket explodes on Cape Canaveral pad SpaceNews · 29 May 2026 A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a May 28 hotfire test, destroying the rocket and causing extensive pad damage.
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during prelaunch testing at Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 29 May 2026 The explosion happened at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 UTC) during a static fire test of the rocket at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin was slated to launch a mission for Amazon Leo as soon as Jun...
- Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle NASA · 29 May 2026 Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern Hemisphere’s growing season.
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn explodes during Static Fire test at LC-36 NASASpaceflight · 29 May 2026 Blue Origin experienced a major anomaly during a planned hot-fire test of its New Glenn…
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Pre-Launch Test SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 May 2026 Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a pre-launch test this evening. The company said all personnel are safe and accounted for following the “anomaly.” The company was conducting a