SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
OroraTech says its Hellenic Fire System has achieved “first light” over Greece less than a month after launch, validating early operations for the country’s first national wildfire satellite capability. The system is intended for wildfire detection and tracking, forming a dedicated national space monitoring layer.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: NATO Allies have opened a new chapter in Allied space operations, with multinational initiatives to develop new space-based capabilities.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: The bankrupt International Space University (ISU) Central Campus in Strasbourg, France has been liquidated by court order, following cuts in funding from CNES, ESA and the local government earlier this year.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Scientists at UCF have found that the harsh conditions of spaceflight, radiation and weightlessness combined, can trigger changes in the liver that closely resemble accelerated ageing, and remarkably, the same genetic fingerprints show up in real astronaut blood samples.
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg: Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO at Ispace, discusses the company's plans to to create a lunar payload service to be launched aboard a SpaceX Starship rocket.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch for a record-breaking 36th time early Thursday morning (July 9), and you can watch the action live.
NASA Spaceflight
• Sean Yoder
By NASA Spaceflight: Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket has had a record stretch through the first half of 2026, driving a sharp rise in launch contracts and revenue, even as the company’s larger Neutron vehicle continues working through a delayed path to its debut.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Scientists in Japan have built a low power device that pulls nitrogen straight from the air and turns it into fertiliser, then used it to successfully grow rice in simulated lunar soil.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
