SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on Aeolus-2, the successor wind-monitoring satellite. The decision moves the program into the early development phase, setting the groundwork for continuity of space-based wind observations.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: A new rover prototype is teaching NASA scientists how to design robots that can think for themselves and navigate terrain that would leave old rovers stuck in the lunar or Martian dust.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: Vast Space’s Haven-1 station is on track to launch in Q1 2027, having achieved several key development milestones in recent weeks.
Reuters
• Joey Roulette, Steve Gorman
By Reuters: Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner space company Katalyst to indefinitely postpone a first-of-its-kind mission to tow an aging U.S.
science.nasa.gov
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has earned a reputation inside the Pentagon for moving faster than traditional military acquisition programs. But a new government watchdog report suggests some space procurements continue to confront many of the same problems that have plagued defense acquisitions for decades.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: Starship launches from Cape Canaveral are getting closer and closer as SpaceX and its contractors continue to finish work on LC-39A and the Gigabay at Roberts Road.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: A U.S. Space Force mission pitting two satellites against each other has completed the organization's first tactical intercept of an orbital target.
CNBC
• Justin Papp, Luke Fountain
By CNBC: The SpaceX stock purchases come as Elon Musk’s company deepens its role in federal contracting and remains closely tied to President Donald Trump’s Washington.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
