SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
California-based Apolink has partnered with Canadian startup Galaxia on a study to evaluate using Galaxia's satellite, slated for launch in 2027, to validate and improve Apolink's proposed in‑orbit data‑relay services. The study will examine payload integration, link performance and operational concepts for the relay service.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: As NASA prepares to launch a new crew to the space station, the agency has yet to decide which spacecraft it will use for the next crew rotation mission.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: The Munich Security Report 2026 paints a grim picture of a fracturing world order. For the global space sector, the implications are profound.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: Two rookies ready for their first launch to space.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Constellr has closed a €37 million Series A funding round to advance its thermal Earth observation data offering to “defence-grade status.".
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: The Moon has a long history of being smacked by large rocks. Its pock-marked, cratered surface is evidence of that. Scientists expect that, as part of those impacts, some debris would be scattered into space - and that we should be able to track it down.
Payload
• Tereza Pultarova
By Payload: UKSA awarded contracts to three companies worth a combined $1.1M+ to advance in-orbit manufacturing.
Reuters
• Will Dunham
By Reuters: A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a large underground cavity created by a lava flow, the first subsurface feature ever detected on Earth's planetary neighbor.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
