Payload
• Douglas Gorman
The funding will support development of Oasis Beta, an in-orbit research vehicle that Tumbleweed says it is building with reentry capability. The €6.9 million ($7.7 million) seed round gives the company capital to advance the vehicle’s development.
Via Satellite
• Leandra Bernstein
By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — United Airlines is deploying defensive artificial intelligence and operationalizing cybersecurity as it rolls out in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity across the fleet by the end of 2027, according to Deneen DeFiore, vice president and chief information security officer (CISO), at United.
Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
By Ars Technica: "At Home in Space" displays artifacts from the space shuttle-era, as we learned how to go from visiting to living on orbit.
Via Satellite
• Shaun Waterman
By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Space Force sees space not just as a physical domain, with thermodynamic laws and orbital mechanics, but as a digital domain, too.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: Hardware for a crucial first flight test of a launch vehicle and spacecraft for China’s crewed lunar program appears to have arrived at Wenchang spaceport.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A computer glitch and a faulty gyro likely caused the loss of a NASA Mars orbiter nearly a year ago, an agency investigation concluded.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Parsonson
By SpaceNews.com: European Space Agency member states will meet in Rome Dec. 15 to decide the future of Europe’s human and robotic exploration program.
CNBC
• Jessica Dickler, Kate Dore
By CNBC: Eligible Trump Account holders will begin receiving donated shares of SpaceX stock in December, President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said in a post on X.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
Washington Post
• Faiz Siddiqui, Patience Haggin
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
SpaceWatch Global
• Nicolaus Hanowski
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti