Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
A new NASA audit projects the agency will need to purchase additional astronaut flights to the ISS by 2030, citing shortcomings tied to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The review raises fresh questions about how NASA will maintain the station’s crew rotation timeline after 2030 and manage procurement risk.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Latitude plans to conduct the inaugural flight of its unnamed rocket from Oman’s Etlaq Spaceport in late 2027.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: EU's Henna Virkkunen sets out the 2 GHz MSS spectrum split and plans a post-summer consortium call for sovereign European satellite connectivity.
Space.com
• Daisy Dobrijevic
By Space.com: A powerful X1.1 solar flare triggered radio blackouts across parts of North America on June 3. Will the accompanying CME bring northern lights?.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: In the heart of Toulouse, a city long synonymous with aviation and aerospace excellence, a new chapter in transatlantic security is being written.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Southern Launch closes a $25 million Series A round to scale its spaceport infrastructure, grow its workforce and accelerate its services.
Reuters
• Joey Roulette
By Reuters: NASA on Tuesday awarded $590 million worth of contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines for more uncrewed lunar lander missions in late 2028 as the agency seeks to ramp up commercial moon activities under its Artemis program.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
By NASA Spaceflight: Several orbital launches are scheduled worldwide this week. A mission to rescue the Swift observatory spacecraft is planned along with the first full flight of a South Korean military launcher.
SpaceNews.com
• Commercial Space Federation
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
