Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
Two leading industry groups told Congress that surging commercial and government demand for satellites, launch and in‑orbit services is outpacing U.S. supply‑chain capacity, and urged lawmakers to act to accelerate manufacturing scale‑up, shorten component lead times and shore up critical suppliers.
Canada.ca
By Canada.ca: Investment will support rocket launches from Canadian soil, strengthen national security, and create economic opportunity for Atlantic Canadians.
Space.com
• Daisy Dobrijevic
By Space.com: Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies later this week as an incoming coronal mass ejection could spark favorable conditions for widespread northern lights displays.
SpaceNews.com
• Rihana Bokhari
By SpaceNews.com: An astronaut’s tiny stand-in: tissue chips in space health.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Laura Todd sits down with Adel Haddoud, CEO and Founder of Infinite Orbits, for a conversation that delivers a major breaking announcement.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: South Korean startup Innospace says its inaugural launch failed in December when exhaust leaked from a combustion chamber and caused the rocket to break up.
SpaceWatch Global
By SpaceWatch Global: Analysis of the Second Saudi Space Debris Conference in Riyadh and what it revealed about global efforts to tackle orbital sustainability.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: With the ISS set to retire in 2030, several plans are in place to replace it. These include existing space stations, proposals by rising national space agencies, and commercial space stations.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
