Space.com
• Josh Dinner
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V is set to launch 29 Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) satellites to orbit Friday night (May 28). The mission further builds out Amazon’s LEO broadband constellation as the company presses toward operational deployment and sustained in-orbit capacity.
Space.com
• Robert Z. Pearlman
By Space.com: SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday (May 29), about 12 hours after Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on a different pad at the site.
DVIDS / U.S. DoD
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — As investment pours into defense and space startups, the U.S. Space Force is trying to draw more of those companies into the national security market.
Associated Press
• Leer En Español
By Associated Press: Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending seven months in space. They set a record for the longest on-orbit stay by a Chinese crew.
Leonard David
Bloomberg
• Frances Schwartzkopff
By Bloomberg: A $25 billion Danish pension fund that earlier this year made headlines by ditching Treasuries as Donald Trump was threatening to seize Greenland now says it won’t touch SpaceX.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX.
NASA Spaceflight
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: A number of new Chinese state-led and commercial rockets are set for debuts and fresh first stage recovery attempts in the coming weeks and months.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: The European Space Agency has greenlit its HiBiDiS and SOVA-S Scout missions, with development led by SITAEL and OHB Czechspace, respectively.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
