SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
China’s Mega Engine says it has successfully run a long-duration hot-fire of a closed-cycle kerosene–liquid oxygen engine using a reusable staged-combustion architecture. The test adds another data point to China’s engine development push aimed at improving durability and enabling repeatable launch hardware.
Space.com
• Samantha Mathewson
By Space.com: Researchers analyzing crimson auroras over Japan found the glowing displays stretched hundreds of miles higher into Earth's atmosphere than expected, challenging long-held assumptions about the strength of geomagnetic storms.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Orbit Fab and Thales Alenia Space are partnering to design new satellite refueling architecture that enhances space operation resilience.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: ORBITInsure has launched Warren AI™, a purpose-built artificial intelligence underwriting engine for the global space economy.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Earth Observation will not become infrastructure because it is explained better. Markets shift when something makes adoption unavoidable.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Two companies best known for brokering payload space on SpaceX rideshare launches have each purchased Falcon 9 launches to meet growing demand.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: How do you maintain spacecraft 22,000 miles away? DARPA wants to find out with the first launch of the dexterous, deep-space robot program as soon as this summer.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Redwire has delivered a robotic arm prototype to ESA as the agency opens a €68 million call for a similar system for its Argonaut lunar lander.
