Payload
• Austin Corona
At an industry seminar, experts said commercial space nuclear missions face many technical, regulatory and supply‑chain hurdles but singled out insurance as the only potential “show‑stopper.” The assessment highlights unresolved questions around underwriter risk appetite, liability frameworks and reactor insurability.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: We’re getting closer and closer to finding a real Earth-like exoplanet. But finding one is only half the battle. To truly know if we’re looking at an Earth analog somewhere else in the galaxy, we have to directly image it too.
Space.com
• Tariq Malik
By Space.com: After an action-packed first two days, Flight Day 3 may bring a more relaxed pace for the Artemis 2 moon astronauts.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Amazon will revise deployment plans for its broadband constellation while denying SpaceX claims that its current approach represents a space safety risk.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China’s commercial Tianlong-3 rocket fails on debut launch The first launch of the Tianlong-3 rocket from Chinese commercial firm Space Pioneer failed Friday after suffering an anomaly in its ascent phase.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Astroscale U.S. expands into El Paso with a UTEP partnership focused on flight dynamics, autonomy, and space domain awareness capabilities.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: CONTEC and Cailabs deploy optical ground station at South Korea's Asian Space Park for next-generation satellite communications.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: NASA’s Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium 2026 Spring Meeting will take place on April 28 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC; and on April 29-30 at the […].
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
