Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
Tom Ainsworth has been named the Air Force’s top space acquisition officer, succeeding Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, who will remain as Ainsworth’s military deputy. The move comes as Space Force and Air Force acquisition teams prepare for an anticipated FY27 budget increase and personnel growth.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Florida-based Space Beyond plans to start building its first memorial spacecraft next week after booking a launch on SpaceX’s October 2027 rideshare mission.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: With the fiscal year 2026 appropriations process effectively complete, a key House appropriator says the next spending bill for NASA should build on that.
SpaceNews.com
• Volodymyr Levykin
By SpaceNews.com: Launch operators are the rocket fuel required to galvanize spaceports in Europe.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: "Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the prospects of extraterrestrial life in its ocean.".
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA has issued a call for tender for a study examining the re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage over Poland in early 2025.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies has authorized the financing for the acquisition, launch and operation of the GovSat-2 satellite.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Daniela Jovic sits down with Armelle Frenea Schmidt, Business Development Director for Science Services at SSC – Swedish Space Corporation.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
