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Schweickart Prize: New network proposal to monitor cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure

A proposal to build a dedicated network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year’s Schweickart Prize for planetary-defense innovation. The award spotlights new ways to treat sensing, tracking, and protection as a connected capability supporting space infrastructure.

2026-06-22T21:06:36.580197-07:00

European Spaceflight

ESA astronauts validate European spacesuit prototype on the ISS; water survival trials complete for a second suit variant

2026-06-22T04:24:13.960443-07:00

SpaceWatch Global

ESA picks NUVIEW’s Moonraker LiDAR mission for Phase A lunar terrain mapping under Small Missions for Exploration – Destination

2026-06-22T01:12:07.422292-07:00

SpaceWatch Global

OeWF selects six analog astronauts to train for its Mars mission simulation

2026-06-22T00:29:00.404791-07:00

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Universe Today

Schweickart Prize awarded to concept for off-world infrastructure threat-monitoring network A proposal to build a new network to monitor cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year’s Schweickart Prize for planetary defense. The recognition spotlights fresh approaches to tracking and managing hazards affecting space-based assets and systems.

2026-06-22T21:27:36.435774-07:00

Schweickart Prize awarded to concept for off-world infrastructure threat-monitoring network

Universe Today

Schweickart Prize: New network proposal to monitor cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure A proposal to build a dedicated network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year’s Schweickart Prize for planetary-defense innovation. The award spotlights new ways to treat sensing, tracking, and protection as a connected capability supporting space infrastructure.

2026-06-22T21:06:36.580197-07:00

Schweickart Prize: New network proposal to monitor cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure

Payload

Hosted payloads shorten the path to orbit by shifting from end-to-end spacecraft building to standardized integration with missi New approaches to hosted payloads are changing how companies access space by reducing the time, capital, and technical burden traditionally required to build spacecraft, integrate payloads, and stand up ground and mission operations. The model effectively turns “space access” into a more modular service.

2026-06-22T10:41:43.248829-07:00

Hosted payloads shorten the path to orbit by shifting from end-to-end spacecraft building to standardized integration with missi

European Spaceflight

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ESA astronauts validate European spacesuit prototype on the ISS; water survival trials complete for a second suit variant ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot tested a European spacesuit prototype aboard the International Space Station, completing ISS-based evaluation of the new suit design. A second European suit variant has finished water survival trials in Marseille, reducing risk ahead of broader suit qualification and operational use.

2026-06-22T04:24:13.960443-07:00

ESA astronauts validate European spacesuit prototype on the ISS; water survival trials complete for a second suit variant

SpaceWatch Global

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ESA picks NUVIEW’s Moonraker LiDAR mission for Phase A lunar terrain mapping under Small Missions for Exploration – Destination The European Space Agency has selected NUVIEW GmbH’s Moonraker mission for a Phase A study under its Small Missions for Exploration – Destination the Moon program. Moonraker is positioned to perform lunar terrain mapping using LiDAR, advancing concept definition toward later program phases.

2026-06-22T01:12:07.422292-07:00

ESA picks NUVIEW’s Moonraker LiDAR mission for Phase A lunar terrain mapping under Small Missions for Exploration – Destination

SpaceWatch Global

OeWF selects six analog astronauts to train for its Mars mission simulation The Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) has introduced six new analog astronauts for a Mars mission simulation training program designed to be globally unique. The cohort expands OeWF’s long-duration, operationally relevant training pipeline for future Mars-analog mission execution and readiness-building.

2026-06-22T00:29:00.404791-07:00

OeWF selects six analog astronauts to train for its Mars mission simulation

Spaceflight Now

Roman Space Telescope arrives at Kennedy for ~70 days of prelaunch processing before Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy liftoff NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at Kennedy Space Center on a Pegasus barge to begin final prelaunch preparations. The observatory is set for an Aug. 30 launch aboard a Falcon Heavy, with roughly 70 days of processing ahead of liftoff later this summer.

2026-06-21T17:54:09.397656-07:00

Roman Space Telescope arrives at Kennedy for ~70 days of prelaunch processing before Aug. 30 Falcon Heavy liftoff

SpaceNews.com

Astrobotic to sell to Voyager Technologies to accelerate scale-up for NASA Moon-base efforts Lunar lander developer Astrobotic says it will be sold to Voyager Technologies to “quickly scale up” in response to demand tied to NASA’s lunar base initiative. The move positions Voyager to deepen its role in lunar lander capability and delivery capacity.

2026-06-20T13:17:39.094941-07:00

Astrobotic to sell to Voyager Technologies to accelerate scale-up for NASA Moon-base efforts

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Schweickart Prize: New network proposal to monitor cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure

ESA astronauts validate European spacesuit prototype on the ISS; water survival trials complete for a second suit variant

ESA picks NUVIEW’s Moonraker LiDAR mission for Phase A lunar terrain mapping under Small Missions for Exploration – Destination

OeWF selects six analog astronauts to train for its Mars mission simulation

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