Space.com
• Mike Wall
NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir are scheduled to conduct a spacewalk on Tuesday (June 30) to repair the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and the remaining crew completed spacesuit configuration, communications, and procedural checks while servicing Roscosmos systems ahead of the EVA.
New York Times
• Kenneth Chang
By New York Times: A rescue mission will soon be underway for NASA’s Swift telescope.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Rocket Lab has completed its 10th consecutive StriX launch for Synspective, whose Earth observation constellation now numbers ten operational satellites, all deployed by Electron.
Wall Street Journal
SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
By SpaceNews.com: MILAN — The European Space Agency will rely on external lunar topographic data during the design phase of its Argonaut lunar lander, and possibly for its first mission, while working toward developing its own lunar mapping capability for later missions.
Reuters
By Reuters: Malaysia has extended by one year its deal with deep-sea exploration firm Ocean Infinity to conduct an underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the transport ministry said on Monday.
Payload
• Elizabeth Howell
By Payload: Time is running out to keep the ISS in orbit, as the chair of a NASA advisory committee warned last week that risk margin for regular operations “is now reduced to an alarming level.”.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a massive and densely packed galaxy cluster at "cosmic noon" before such structures were thought to be possible.
SpaceNews.com
• Eddy Zervigon
By SpaceNews.com: Quantum computing is advancing fast, and nations are racing to field the first machines powerful enough to break modern encryption. This race has direct consequences for the commercial space industry, and for satellite operators in particular.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
SpaceWatch Global
• Technical Readiness
