SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
China’s Tianwen-2 sample-return spacecraft has arrived at near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, with its first image revealing a small, elongated rocky body. The spacecraft’s arrival at the target asteroid marks the initial characterization phase ahead of mission sampling activities.
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
By SpaceWatch Global: As Apophis approaches Earth in 2029, DART, Hera and RAMSES reveal how science, technology and global cooperation are transforming planetary defence.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: The Africa-Europe Space Partnership Program (AESPP) has announced a New Space Partnership for EO Mission, a new Africa-Europe initiative to develop a scalable Earth Observation mission with the potential to deliver tangible socio-economic benefits across the African continent.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration on an effort to attract capital to invest in companies producing critical space components.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on the successor to a wind-monitoring satellite.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: A new rover prototype is teaching NASA scientists how to design robots that can think for themselves and navigate terrain that would leave old rovers stuck in the lunar or Martian dust.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: Vast Space’s Haven-1 station is on track to launch in Q1 2027, having achieved several key development milestones in recent weeks.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has earned a reputation inside the Pentagon for moving faster than traditional military acquisition programs. But a new government watchdog report suggests some space procurements continue to confront many of the same problems that have plagued defense acquisitions for decades.
