Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
A NASA-backed study evaluated Titan’s resource base and its suitability for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). Compared with other candidate sites such as the Moon and Mars, the research concludes Titan offers “unrivaled potential” to support human exploration and eventual settlement.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: With the completion of Flight 12 about three weeks ago, all focus is now on Flight 13 and its vehicles, Booster 20 and Ship 40. To date, both have completed cryogenic proof testing and are now set up to complete static fire testing next.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has provided more details about the revised approaches that Blue Origin and SpaceX are taking to accelerate work on Artemis lunar landers.
Bloomberg
• Yasutaka Tamura
By Bloomberg: SpaceX raised $2.2 billion from Japanese investors, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, as part of the world’s largest-ever initial public offering.
Wall Street Journal
time.com
• Jeffrey Kluger
By time.com: The pressure is on the company—and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk—to deliver.
Wall Street Journal
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit.
Reuters
• Laura Matthews, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed
By Reuters: Investors will soon get a new way to bet on SpaceX's trajectory: options on the stock are set to begin trading as soon as Tuesday, with early activity expected to be heavy, volatile, and likely expensive.
Associated Press
NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
By NASA Spaceflight: China kicked off a busy month with three missions for a single internet constellation in the span of nearly four days. Another maiden launch saw the nation’s tallest rocket successfully reach orbit, though the debut raised eyebrows with the absence of airspace notices ahead of the mission.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
SpaceWatch Global
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Via Satellite
• Christina Patsioura
