SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA has selected Advanced Space to build and fly a successor mission to CAPSTONE, targeting cislunar smallsats. The effort will test rendezvous and proximity operations around the Moon, validating mission techniques needed for future lunar logistics and more complex spacecraft interactions.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: Africa's first space exploration mission aims to send a trio of spherical probes to the lunar south pole aboard China's Chang'e 8 lander in 2029.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: Amazon is entering the D2D game after filing a request with the FCC to launch over 5,000 LEO satellites.
CNBC
• Justin Papp, Luke Fountain
By CNBC: Five of the Congress members serve on committees whose work touches SpaceX's federal contracts, defense programs, AI, telecommunications or securities markets.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: The samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission from the far side of the Moon reveal that the two hemispheres have had rather different experiences when it comes to space weather.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: The 13th test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket went pretty well — and provided some amazing visuals, too. See the highlights here.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
Wall Street Journal
• Adriano Marchese
By Wall Street Journal: Rocket Lab RKLB received a $266 million U.S. Space Force contract, its largest agreement to date, for up to 18 suborbital launches that will support missile defense capabilities.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Associated Press
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