SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
KP Labs and NaviGate are exploring how advanced onboard navigation software can use edge-processing capabilities directly on satellites. The work targets greater autonomy for navigation and reduces reliance on ground-based computation and communications during operations.
By Spaceflight Now: NASA’s next great observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center aboard the agency’s massive Pegasus barge late Sunday morning.
Space.com
• Robert Z. Pearlman
By Space.com: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
CNBC
• Bob Woods
By CNBC: Following the astronomical success of the SpaceX IPO — raising $85.7 billion, valuing the newly public company in the trillions, and minting Elon Musk as the world's first trillionaire — what many skeptics still view as a pie-in-the-sky idea, building AI data centers in space, is coming into view.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Lunar lander developer Astrobotic decided to sell to Voyager Technologies so it could quickly scale up to meet the demands of NASA’s lunar base initiative.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: When NASA unveiled the four-person crew of its Artemis III mission last week, it didn’t take long for the general public to notice a common feature of the group: all four astronauts were men.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: As NASA pushes to build a sustained human presence on the moon, one expert says what's needed is a lunar building code.
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Sanjai P R
By Bloomberg: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-controlled Jio Platforms Ltd. is weighing plans to build its own satellite constellation, as it seeks to cement control over the nation’s communications infrastructure while Elon Musk’s Starlink faces hurdles.
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
SpaceNews.com
• Tony Morrin