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- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4893-4899: Drilling at Campo Marte and a Visit From the Psyche Spacecraft NASA · 19 May 2026 Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, May 15, 2026 After freeing the rover’s arm from the “Atacama” block, we are ready to drill again! The new drill ta...
- Vega C set to launch SMILE to study Earth’s magnetosphere NASASpaceflight · 18 May 2026 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) latest science mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE),…
- Johnson Photographers Honored for Award-Winning Portraits NASA · 18 May 2026 Three photographers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center who inspire the world through visual storytelling earned top honors in the portrait category at the 2025 NASA Imagery Experts Program Annual Awards. “Congratulations to...
- One Mars spacecraft, two Senators, and a cloud of questions Ars Technica · 18 May 2026 "I think there's plenty of fire lit under them already."
- European imaging companies step in to fill warzone gap SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 MILAN – As U.S. satellite imagery companies have pulled back from sharing visuals of Iran and the broader area around the Gulf conflict, European Earth-observation firms are moving to fill the vacuum. The new business is...
- Super Heavy Block 3 the Booster of the Future NASASpaceflight · 18 May 2026 The first stage of Starship, the Super Heavy booster, has already undergone many changes during…
- Four NASA payloads to fly on Astrolab’s first lunar rover SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 Astrolab’s first lunar rover will carry four NASA payloads on a mission planned to launch later this year.
- NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars NASA · 18 May 2026 In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Using instruments aboard NASA’s...
- NASA Selects Next Class of Space Health Postdoctoral Fellows NASA · 18 May 2026 The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) has selected two early‑career scientists for its next class of postdoctoral fellows. The new fellows will begin their projects in May, focusing on...
- Beacon of Light NASA · 18 May 2026 The heart of galaxy M77 shines brightly in this May 7, 2026, image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The intense glow is due to gas being pulled by the strong gravity of the central black hole into a tight and rapi...
- French Spacesuit Prototype Delivered to the International Space Station European Spaceflight · 18 May 2026 A European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit prototype developed under a CNES-initiated programme was transported to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The spacesuit will be te...
- Inside Golden Dome’s push to court commercial tech firms and investors SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 Behind the classified architecture is a struggle over affordability, industrial scale and whether commercial space economics can work for national defense
- Did Artemis II break through? Registrations at Space Camp double afterward. Ars Technica · 18 May 2026 Isaacman's $25 million donation leads to impressive new facilities.
- ESA and CNES renew their commitment to Europe’s Spaceport ESA · 18 May 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Tomorrow.io adds $35 million to DeepSky funding round SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 Weather intelligence provider Tomorrow.io has added $35 million to its latest funding round, bringing the total to $210 million to accelerate development of a next-generation constellation for gathering atmospheric data.
- House bill restores funding for TraCSS SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil space traffic management system.
- New CSF Report Sees Up To 7,000+ Satellites Launched Annually By Mid 2030’s, Highlights The Challenges With US Launch Infrastructure SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2026 — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF), in partnership with Rational Futures (RF), announced the release of SCRUBBED: America’s Launch Capacity Challenge, a data-driven assessment of poten...
- The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver? Ars Technica · 18 May 2026 "This is such a wild ride. The highs are high. The lows are low."
- The next war will be won — or lost — in orbit SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 We in the West have learned many things from the conflict in Ukraine. Four years on from its full-scale invasion — the war in fact having started in 2014 — we find ourselves, or should find ourselves, with a far better g...
- Inspector Smile, chapter 3: the countdown begins ESA · 18 May 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Landing sideways ESA · 18 May 2026 A large boulder, a treacherous crater or a gust of wind could jeopardise a smooth landing on Mars. Before the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission launches for the Red Planet in 2028, a replica of the landing platform...
- Zenk Space raises $26 million, targets June debut launch SpaceNews · 18 May 2026 China’s Zenk Space has secured 180 million yuan ahead of the planned June debut of its Zhihang-1 kerolox rocket, the company’s first orbital launch attempt.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy May 17-23, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 May 2026 Here is SpacepolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of May 17-23, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
- CRS-34 Takes Flight Space Scout · 17 May 2026 SpaceX’s 34th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA is underway, carrying 6,500 pounds of cargo to support the Expedition 74 crew.
- Artemis III deep into processing and planning for key HLS test NASASpaceflight · 17 May 2026 NASA is deep into planning for Artemis III, a pivotal crewed mission in low Earth…
- NASA releases final RFP for Mars communications orbiter SpaceNews · 16 May 2026 NASA has released the final request for proposals for a Mars telecommunications system, confirming requirements that limit the companies that can bid on it.
- York Space defends growth strategy as SDA programs are reshaped SpaceNews · 16 May 2026 Company executives acknowledge ‘investor confusion’ as Space Force reorganizes York’s primary customer, the Space Development Agency
- Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract SpaceNews · 16 May 2026 The company will build a communications satellite to test protected communications technologies for contested environments
- SpaceX launches CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS SpaceNews · 15 May 2026 A Falcon 9 launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft May 15 carrying nearly 3,000 kilograms of cargo to the International Space Station.
- NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station NASA · 15 May 2026 The 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission under contract with NASA is headed to the International Space Station with new scientific experiments after lifting off at 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space...
- Starlink Mobile challengers back proposed telco-led D2D joint venture SpaceNews · 15 May 2026 A planned direct-to-device joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon has divided operators behind the satellites needed to connect ordinary smartphones from space.
- Joint ESA-China SMILE mission set for launch to study Earth’s magnetic shield SpaceNews · 15 May 2026 A pioneering joint ESA-China science mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere is set to launch May 19, after a decade of preparations.
- Live Coverage: SpaceX makes another attempt to launch space station cargo mission Spaceflight Now · 15 May 2026 Liftoff of the resupply mission, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. EDT (2205 UTC). The Cargo Dragon is loaded with 6,500 pounds of scienc...
- Flight 12 readies for the debut SpaceX’s next Ship evolution NASASpaceflight · 15 May 2026 Starship’s second stage has evolved through numerous iterations since the early test flights of SN8…
- Curiosity Shakes Loose a Pesky Rock NASA · 15 May 2026 After NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled a sample from this rock on April 25, 2026, it withdrew its robotic arm and pulled the entire rock off the surface with it. Engineers spent several days repositioning the arm and...
- Preparing Smile for space ESA · 15 May 2026 Before Smile can begin studying how Earth responds to the streams of particles and bursts of radiation from the Sun, the spacecraft had to complete an extraordinary journey here on Earth.
- Week in images: 11-15 May 2026 ESA · 15 May 2026 Week in images: 11-15 May 2026
- Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition NASA · 15 May 2026 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms. Reddish-brown clumps and filaments of dust partially...
- Virgin Galactic reaffirms plans to begin commercial service this year SpaceNews · 15 May 2026 Virgin Galactic said May 14 it remains on track, technically and financially, to start commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane before the end of the year.
- Chinese satellite maker MinoSpace seeks $736 million in IPO SpaceNews · 15 May 2026 Chinese satellite maker MinoSpace has seen its initial public offering application accepted, seeking $736 million for constellation and product expansion plans.