NASA Spaceflight
• Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Chris Bergin
SpaceX is making visible progress on infrastructure and site preparations for Starship at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral. Launch operations have paused temporarily while the company transitions Starship–Super Heavy into Florida launch sites, reflecting a shift in ground activity and campaign focus.
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: The NASA Talent Exchange Program Act would boost collaboration between the space agency and industry—by letting staff from each side walk a mile in the other’s shoes.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: NS-38 will be Blue Origin's 17th crewed spaceflight to date.
CNN
• Ashley Strickland
By CNN: A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: The US’s federally funded space program has been struggling of late. With the recent cancellation of the Mars Sample Return mission, and mass layoffs / resignations taking place at NASA, the general sense of a lack of morale at the agency is palpable, even from a distance.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: We have a very strong incentive to send a crew as quickly as we can safely do so.".
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Airbus is facing opposition from unions as it moves to consolidate its satellite business by absorbing Airbus Constellations Satellites.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Canada Rocket Company announced a $6.2M CDN ($4.5M) seed round, and plans to create sovereign light- and medium-lift launch tech for Canada.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Wall Street Journal
• Heather Somerville, Lauren Thomas
