SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
NASA intends to add missions to SpaceX’s Commercial Crew contract, explicitly protecting the program against a scenario in which Boeing’s spacecraft is never certified. The move underscores NASA’s need for schedule assurance as certification outcomes drive downstream crew-transport planning.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
By NASA Spaceflight: The Chinese space station Tiangong, permanently occupied since June 5, 2022, is set to receive a new set of crew members. Shenzhou 23 is scheduled to launch atop a Chang Zheng 2F (CZ-2F) from Site 91 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia province of northwest China.
CNBC
• Lora Kolodny
By CNBC: SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket on Friday, a day after the company scrubbed plans before takeoff.
Bloomberg
• Pui Gwen Yeung
By Bloomberg: Hong Kong’s first astronaut, a former police officer with a doctorate in computer forensics, will join a Chinese mission to its space station on Sunday, in what the city’s Chief Executive John Lee described as a “historic moment.”.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded satellite operators Viasat and SES contracts worth a combined $437.6 million to build communications satellites for a new military network designed to withstand jamming and cyber attacks.
defence-blog.com
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Blue Origin has completed the investigation into the failure on the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, clearing launches of the vehicle to resume.
Bloomberg
• Anna J Kaiser
By Bloomberg: Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, will invest $600 million to expand its Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to a statement from Governor Ron DeSantis.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: It is imperative to concentrate resources towards the highest priority objectives.".
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes Friday, Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
