SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA has outlined updated approaches from both Blue Origin and SpaceX aimed at accelerating work on Artemis lunar landers. The updates signal a renewed push to tighten execution timelines as the agency continues shaping a viable commercial lander path for the Artemis campaign.
time.com
• Jeffrey Kluger
By time.com: The pressure is on the company—and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk—to deliver.
NASA Spaceflight
• Martin Smith
By NASA Spaceflight: China kicked off a busy month with three missions for a single internet constellation in the span of nearly four days. Another maiden launch saw the nation’s tallest rocket successfully reach orbit, though the debut raised eyebrows with the absence of airspace notices ahead of the mission.
Bloomberg
• Yasutaka Tamura
By Bloomberg: SpaceX raised $2.2 billion from Japanese investors, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, as part of the world’s largest-ever initial public offering.
Wall Street Journal
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit.
Reuters
• Laura Matthews, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed
By Reuters: Investors will soon get a new way to bet on SpaceX's trajectory: options on the stock are set to begin trading as soon as Tuesday, with early activity expected to be heavy, volatile, and likely expensive.
Associated Press
Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
By Space.com: As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure.
Bloomberg
• Will Daley
By Bloomberg: S&P 500 Index futures rise 0.6% as of 7:36 a.m. in New York following fresh evidence that the US and Iran are nearing a provisional agreement to end their war.
Bloomberg
• Frances Schwartzkopff
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
SpaceWatch Global
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