SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
The European Space Agency has issued a new call for proposals in partnership with the UK Space Agency under ESA InCubed, targeting Earth observation (EO)-based concepts. The funding opportunity is aimed at supporting UK-focused innovation and early-stage development tied to EO applications.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: ESA awards ispace-EUROPE the second phase of the MAGPIE (Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration.) contract.
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Karolina Sarna examines why commercial Earth Observation remains trapped in project-based delivery and what is needed to build the institutional layer that enables scalable EO markets.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Voyager renews partnership with Reditus Space to deliver end-to-end microgravity mission services aboard the latter's ENOS reentry vehicle.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: SpaceX flew the 13th test flight of its Starship rocket Friday evening, ending with the first intact Starship put in the water.
Bloomberg
• Yash Roy
By Bloomberg: The Exploration Company Gmbh, a potential European rival to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is in talks to raise at least $300 million, in part from the European Union’s Scaleup Europe Fund, bumping the company’s valuation to more than $2 billion, the Financial Times reported.
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LA Business Journal
Associated Press
• Leer En Español
By Associated Press: A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Key ground stations in Spain operated by NASA and the European Space Agency have avoided serious damage from major wildfires in the country.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
