SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA says Brian Hughes will return as senior director of launch operations, based at Kennedy Space Center. The move places a former NASA chief of staff in charge of launch operations and has drawn attention on Capitol Hill. Hughes’ assignment takes immediate effect within NASA’s launch organization.
SpaceNews.com
• Jarosław Adamowski
By SpaceNews.com: Instruments. WARSAW, Poland — Polish space technology company Creotech Instruments has announced plans for a $118 million fundraise that will allow the company to open a new satellite production facility in Poland by 2029 as part of a new long term development strategy.
Ars Technica
• Jeremy Hsu
By Ars Technica: Shutdown of Starlink location feature won’t dampen interest in GPS alternatives.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: The astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission that flew around the moon had to learn to describe their observations using language that would help lunar scientists gain a deeper understanding of the lunar environment.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX will launch a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government this evening (May 11), and you can watch the action live.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: We wanted to get to an orbital launch vehicle in a few years.".
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Motiv, to be branded Rocket Lab Robotics, is renowned for its advanced multi-degree of freedom robotic arms, actuators, and drive electronics that have enabled numerous space missions, including NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, the CADRE lunar rovers, and precision mechanisms supporting scientific instruments and.
SpaceNews.com
• Thomas Taverney
By SpaceNews.com: If you want to undermine our ability to fight and win in space, don’t pass a budget — just crush progress through a Continuing Resolution.
