Space.com
• Josh Dinner
NASA has run tests of an advanced Mars rover prototype in California’s desert, using the field environment to validate designs aimed at avoiding entrapment in fine lunar or Martian dust. The prototype is intended to help scientists develop robots that can reason about conditions and navigate challenging terrain more reliably.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: Vast Space’s Haven-1 station is on track to launch in Q1 2027, having achieved several key development milestones in recent weeks.
Reuters
• Joey Roulette, Steve Gorman
By Reuters: Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner space company Katalyst to indefinitely postpone a first-of-its-kind mission to tow an aging U.S.
science.nasa.gov
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has earned a reputation inside the Pentagon for moving faster than traditional military acquisition programs. But a new government watchdog report suggests some space procurements continue to confront many of the same problems that have plagued defense acquisitions for decades.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: Starship launches from Cape Canaveral are getting closer and closer as SpaceX and its contractors continue to finish work on LC-39A and the Gigabay at Roberts Road.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: A U.S. Space Force mission pitting two satellites against each other has completed the organization's first tactical intercept of an orbital target.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company's Electron rocket.
CNBC
• Justin Papp, Luke Fountain
By CNBC: The SpaceX stock purchases come as Elon Musk’s company deepens its role in federal contracting and remains closely tied to President Donald Trump’s Washington.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
