Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
NASA is weighing a plan to fly a test version of its Mars rovers to the lunar surface as part of efforts to reuse existing hardware for a moon base. The proposal has drawn criticism from some stakeholders, raising questions about the approach and priorities for lunar exploration.
CNBC
• Annie Palmer
By CNBC: Bezos' Blue Origin is raising outside capital in a round valuing the rocket company at $130 billion, sources told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin.
SpaceNews.com
• Darío Buschiazzo
By SpaceNews.com: AST SpaceMobile recently deployed three more BlueBird satellites into low Earth orbit as it advances plans for a space-based cellular broadband network of 45 to 60 satellites by the end of the year.
Space.com
• Brett Tingley
By Space.com: The U.S. Space Force has acquired one of its first publicly acknowledged offensive weapons, one that can blast adversary satellites with electromagnetic radiation.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
By Space Intel Report: TUPPER LAKE, NY — Thailand’s Thaicom satellite fleet operator said its Thaicom 9 satellite, which had been scheduled for launch this year, has been delayed to March 2027 following a power system anomaly discovered on one of the four other Astranis Space Technologies micro-GEO satellites that were sharing a SpaceX.
AeroTime
• Miquel Ros
By AeroTime: Venus Aerospace has raised $91 million to advance its high-thrust rotating detonation rocket engine for space and military applications.
New York Times
• Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Brian O’Keefe, Ian Mount, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Sarah Kessler
By New York Times: The rocket company founded by Jeff Bezos is set to take on external investors for the first time, at a $130 billion valuation.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The May 28 explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36 did more than destroy a rocket and severely damage a launch pad.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
