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- Tracking the next SDA challenge SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 A flurry of commercial innovation has left the U.S. government with no shortage of sensors and AI-driven insights to monitor the increasingly packed and contested space environment. The challenge is […]
- LeoLabs debuts space monitoring tool for military users SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 LeoLabs ‘Delta’ moves beyond collision warnings to identify potential adversarial activity
- A lunar base or a lunar economy? SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 We applaud the lunar base vision laid out by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on March 24. Placing this stake in the lunar regolith is long overdue. What is missing from the mission architecture, however, is a vision fo...
- SpaceX continues refinements at Starbase Pad 2 ahead of Booster 19 return NASASpaceflight · 8 Apr 2026 SpaceX’s Pad 2 at Starbase is continuing to refine its preparations for the return of…
- Industry navigates NASA’s start-and-stop approach to commercial space stations SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 NASA signaled last summer it planned to accelerate efforts to replace the aging International Space Station. Nearly nine months later, that push appears to have slowed.In a directive signed at the end of July, the agency...
- Artemis 2 science gets underway as Orion begins its return trip SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 As Artemis 2 begins its return to Earth, scientists are just starting to review the images and observations taken by the crew as they flew around the moon.
- Capella Space wins $49 million contract for military communications satellite demo SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 The contract was awarded by the Space Development Agency for 2027 demonstrations
- Space security moves to forefront as threats to satellites spread SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 Secure World Foundation report highlights growing reliance on orbiting systems and spread of interference technologies
- Inspection cubesat demo planned as first step toward orbital defense mothership SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 Bulgarian satellite maker EnduroSat and British defense tech startup Shield Space aim to deploy a cubesat next year capable of maneuvering near other satellites for inspection, ahead of plans to develop a mothership that...
- Astroscale passes key design milestone for UK military space-tracking cubesats SpaceNews · 8 Apr 2026 Astroscale has completed the critical design review for two cubesats slated to launch next year to help the British military monitor space weather and track objects in LEO.
- PLD Space Secures €30 Million European Investment Bank Loan European Spaceflight · 8 Apr 2026 Spanish launch services provider PLD Space has secured a €30 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), a month after closing a €180 million Series C funding round. The company is currently preparing for the i...
- A Volcanic Medley Near Mammoth Lakes NASA · 8 Apr 2026 A massive, old caldera and more recently formed craters shape the landscape in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
- Celestial Wonders in Leo NASA · 8 Apr 2026 Leo is a prominent sight for stargazers in April. Its famous sickle, punctuated by the bright star Regulus, draws many a beginning stargazer’s eyes, inviting deeper looks into some of Leo’s celestial delights, including...
- Stunning Images, A Chat with Friends — Another Great Day for Artemis II SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Apr 2026 The Artemis II crew is on their way back to Earth after swinging around the Moon yesterday. Stunning images of both the Moon and the Earth have been downlinked already
- NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth NASA · 7 Apr 2026 The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal some regions no human has seen, including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Released Tuesday, astronauts c...
- Artemis II Flies Around the Moon for All Space Scout · 7 Apr 2026 On April 6th, 2026, humans visited the Moon for the first time in 54 years. Artemis II has completed its lunar flyby, achieving the literal and figurative apex of the mission as four people beheld parts of the surface ne...
- Hungary taps Northrop Grumman for first national geostationary communications satellite SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2026 Hungary’s defense and space tech contractor 4iG also announced deals with L3Harris and Apex for defense systems and satellite manufacturing
- Earthset NASA · 7 Apr 2026 The Artemis II crew captured this view of Earth setting on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. As the astronauts flew over the Moon’s far side, the crew photographed and described terrain features including impa...
- Experience the Rollout of SLS Hardware for Artemis III NASA · 7 Apr 2026 Digital creators and social media users are invited to register to attend the rollout of the third SLS (Space Launch System) core stage as it is prepped to head from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to NASA’s Kennedy Spa...
- NASA to Host Media Call with Artemis II Crew on Way Home from Moon NASA · 7 Apr 2026 Media will have an opportunity at 9:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, to speak with NASA’s Artemis II crew members as they continue their journey toward Earth during their historic mission around the Moon. The 20-minute...
- The Artemis II mission sends back stunning images of the far side of the Moon Ars Technica · 7 Apr 2026 The Moon, the Earth, and the Sun; oh what fun!
- NASA’s new moon base project requires operational technology systems in space, but they are vulnerable. SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2026 Newly anointed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman made a $20 billion announcement on March 24, 2026. To the delight of space enthusiasts everywhere, Isaacman said NASA was cancelling its project to deploy a space station...
- Starfish Space raises more than $100 million SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2026 WASHINGTON — Starfish Space has raised more than $100 million to scale up production of its satellite servicing spacecraft. Seattle-based Starfish announced April 7 it closed a Series B round led by Point72 Ventures, rai...
- Nominate space industry leaders for the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2026 Tell us about the innovators, collaborators and change-makers whose contributions have left a lasting mark on the sector
- Earth observation operators push to deliver satellite images within minutes SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2026 Vantor employees were gathered for a sales kickoff in January, when an executive announced that a WorldView Legion satellite passing overhead would snap a photo of the California venue. Later, a buzzer sounded to alert t...
- Walk in the footsteps of Artemis ESA · 7 Apr 2026 On 6 April 2026, NASA’s Artemis II Mission, powered by ESA’s European Service Module (ESM), launched humans further than ever before.
- Graphene and lasers for space propulsion ESA · 7 Apr 2026 An international research team boarded ESA’s 86th parabolic flight campaign in May 2025 with ultralight graphene aerogels, then hit them with light during zero gravity phases to observe their reaction under space-like co...
- Graphene and lasers for space propulsion ESA · 7 Apr 2026 Lasers could one day steer solar sails and adjust a satellite’s position in outer space, thanks to graphene. An experiment on a gravity rollercoaster ride showed how this innovative material has the potential to revoluti...
- Galileo goes to the Moon ESA · 7 Apr 2026 Last year, history was made as a navigation receiver on the Moon determined its position in real time using signals from approximately 410 000 km away. The receiver, called the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), acq...
- Doubling ESA’s deep space capabilities at New Norcia with deep space antenna 4 ESA · 7 Apr 2026 ESA’s newest deep space antenna, DSA 4 (also called NNO-3), is now fully online – representing a powerful new addition that strengthens the Agency’s reach across the Solar System and boosts the capacity and resilience of...
- The Exploration Company Completes Nyx Test Model Pressure Tests European Spaceflight · 7 Apr 2026 The Exploration Company has completed initial testing of the pressurised structure for its Nyx Structural Test Model (STM). The structure was manufactured by CNIM Systèmes Industriels in France and delivered to the compa...
- Drought Parches Florida NASA · 7 Apr 2026 The state was unusually dry for much of 2025, but the intensity of the drought has ratcheted up since January 2026.
- Artemis II Swings Around the Moon, Begins Trip Home with White House Congratulations SpacePolicyOnline.com · 7 Apr 2026 The four Artemis II astronauts set a new record today for the furthest any humans have traveled from Earth, swinging around the Moon and then heading back towards Earth. Their
- Artemis II breaks record, conducts lunar flyby NASASpaceflight · 7 Apr 2026 Orion spacecraft Integrity, carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, successfully…
- Artemis 2 swings around the moon SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2026 Four astronauts from the United States and Canada became the humans to travel the furthest from the Earth April 6 as they went around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission.
- Up Close with the Orion Crew Survival System Space Scout · 6 Apr 2026 Space Scout gets up close and personal with the Orion Crew Survival System suit at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to loft Cygnus to ISS, Minotaur IV to launch from California NASASpaceflight · 6 Apr 2026 As NASA’s Artemis II mission reaches its halfway point, the launch manifest on Earth continues…
- NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight NASA · 6 Apr 2026 Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight around the Moon made history at 12:56 p.m. CDT on Monday, traveling 248,655 miles from Earth, surpassing the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance previousl...
- NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview NASA · 6 Apr 2026 NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be the s...
- Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full‑Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium SpaceNews · 6 Apr 2026 East Aurora, NY — Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems will highlight its […]