SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
The UK government is preparing to release a new space strategy framed as a “whole-of-government” approach to space. The plan is intended to coordinate space policy and activities across departments, aligning national objectives and implementation under one overarching framework.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: Spinifex Space will provide end-to-end suborbital launch campaigns, private range access, and test and evaluation (T&E) infrastructure.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Lunar Outpost's European subsidiary, will be contributing to Moonraker, the lunar LiDAR mapping mission being led by NUVIEW GmbH.
Associated Press
• Vladimir Isachenkov
By Associated Press: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is visiting Russia's space launchpad for a scheduled launch of a U.S.-Russian crew to the International Space Station.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two cosmonauts will launch toward the International Space Station atop a Russian rocket on Tuesday (July 14), and you can watch it live.
SpaceNews.com
• Flexell Space
By SpaceNews.com: UIWANG, South Korea, July 14 — FLEXELL SPACE, a developer of next-generation space solar solutions, announced that it has completed a $20 million Series A funding round.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: European government space spending jumped 12% to 13.5 billion euros in 2025, according to a July 13 European Space Agency report, bucking a 3% global decline on the back of rising national defense budgets.
Via Satellite
• Chiara Manfletti
By Via Satellite: For many years Europe organized space around clear distinctions. Civil programs were separated from defense. Commercial companies served institutional customers.
