Space Exploration & Science Missions News

Space.com • Mike Wall

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 test flight recap highlights on the megarocket’s progress

SpaceX’s Starship completed its 13th test flight, described as going “pretty well,” with an accompanying set of highlights from the mission. A separate weekly recap also points to broader momentum around moon-lander/rover concepts, AI-enabled engineering, and large-scale launch and communications funding.

2 Sources

2026-07-27T15:06:24.692742-07:00

Via Satellite

New Space’s LEO scaling stress-tests satellite architecture and shifts bandwidth from RF to laser—and toward lunar connectivity

3 Sources

2026-07-27T06:38:43.510663-07:00

Universe Today

NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory: from concept to detailed “Great Observatory” plan for characterizing potentially habitable

2 Sources

2026-07-27T09:36:45.852099-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Intel debuts Starfire chip for onboard space computing and AI workloads

1 Source

2026-07-27T06:22:47.389042-07:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions News Timeline

Space.com

2 sources

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 test flight recap highlights on the megarocket’s progress SpaceX’s Starship completed its 13th test flight, described as going “pretty well,” with an accompanying set of highlights from the mission. A separate weekly recap also points to broader momentum around moon-lander/rover concepts, AI-enabled engineering, and large-scale launch and communications funding.

2026-07-27T15:06:24.692742-07:00

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 test flight recap highlights on the megarocket’s progress

Universe Today

2 sources

NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory: from concept to detailed “Great Observatory” plan for characterizing potentially habitable NASA outlines the development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory as the next “Great Observatory,” moving from earlier proposal stage to a more defined mission plan. The focus: observing and characterizing potentially habitable exoplanets, building on multi-year work to define objectives and approach.

2026-07-27T09:36:45.852099-07:00

NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory: from concept to detailed “Great Observatory” plan for characterizing potentially habitable

Via Satellite

3 sources

New Space’s LEO scaling stress-tests satellite architecture and shifts bandwidth from RF to laser—and toward lunar connectivity As LEO megaconstellations and in-orbit computing projects accelerate data generation, the brief highlights how subsystem design and payload integration determine platform scalability. Separately, Astrolight positions end-to-end lasercom to relieve RF spectrum congestion and throughput limits, while NASA/ESA work to establish communications “connectivity backbones” for lunar and cislunar ecosystems.

2026-07-27T06:38:43.510663-07:00

New Space’s LEO scaling stress-tests satellite architecture and shifts bandwidth from RF to laser—and toward lunar connectivity

Via Satellite

None source

Building the Connectivity Backbone for the Next Era of Lunar Exploration

2026-07-27T06:38:43.510663-07:00

Building the Connectivity Back

SpaceNews.com

1 source

Intel debuts Starfire chip for onboard space computing and AI workloads Intel has introduced Starfire, a new processor designed to handle onboard data processing for space missions, with an emphasis on accelerating AI workloads. The chip targets the growing need for more capable on-board computing to reduce reliance on downlink and improve real-time mission performance.

2026-07-27T06:22:47.389042-07:00

Intel debuts Starfire chip for onboard space computing and AI workloads

SpaceWatch Global

1 source

Voyager renews partnership with Reditus Space to provide end-to-end commercial microgravity via ENOS reentry vehicle Voyager has renewed its partnership with Reditus Space to deliver end-to-end microgravity mission services aboard Reditus’ ENOS reentry vehicle. The renewed deal expands reliable commercial access to microgravity experimentation using a dedicated reentry-vehicle platform for customer missions.

2026-07-27T01:15:35.208917-07:00

Voyager renews partnership with Reditus Space to provide end-to-end commercial microgravity via ENOS reentry vehicle

SpaceWatch Global

1 source

❗️

ESA awards ispace-EUROPE execution contract for MAGPIE lunar polar ice exploration mission phase ESA has awarded ispace-EUROPE an execution contract for the second phase of the MAGPIE (Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration) program. The agreement advances ESA’s lunar polar ice exploration efforts through the next development and delivery step under the broader MAGPIE contract structure.

2026-07-27T01:15:21.065703-07:00

ESA awards ispace-EUROPE execution contract for MAGPIE lunar polar ice exploration mission phase

Payload

3 sources

SpaceX completes Starship Flight 13 with first intact Starship water landing SpaceX flew the 13th Starship test flight, culminating in the first time an intact Starship was put in the water. The milestone follows earlier flight attempts as SpaceX works through iterative Starship test objectives toward reusable operations.

2026-07-26T18:36:46.983428-07:00

SpaceX completes Starship Flight 13 with first intact Starship water landing

Create a free account to see more recent Space Exploration & Science Missions clusters.