European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
Italy has successfully completed a suborbital demonstration of its Aviolancio air-launched rocket using a T4i HAX25 sounding rocket. The test underscores progress toward an air-launched approach for fast, flexible suborbital flight campaigns tied to Europe’s growing launch activity.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China launched the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft late Sunday, docking with the Tiangong space station hours later to deliver supplies, equipment, experiments and propellant.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: ESA and JAXA have finalized an agreement to collaborate on a mission to study the asteroid Apophis during its close flyby of Earth in 2029.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: MDA Space is continuing work on a robotic arm for the lunar Gateway while it discusses the future of the project with the Canadian Space Agency.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: Following Booster 19’s successful full-duration, full-thrust 33-engine static fire on May 7, 2026, its partner Ship 39 rolled out to join the booster and form the Flight 12 stack ahead of this weekend’s Wet Dress Rehearsal.
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: Voyager, the iconic twin spacecraft that NASA launched in 1977, are still flying in interstellar space. But their power is dwindling, and it's unclear how much longer they can last.
CNBC
• Samantha Subin
By CNBC: Enthusiasm for space stocks has skyrocketed ahead of SpaceX's anticipated IPO.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A spacecraft designed to raise the decaying orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite has passed environmental tests ahead of a launch as soon as June.
