SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
The Africa–Europe Space Partnership Programme (AESPP) has announced a new Africa–Europe Earth Observation initiative aimed at developing a scalable EO mission. The program says it is designed 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.
Reuters
• Joey Roulette, Steve Gorman
By Reuters: Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner space company Katalyst to indefinitely postpone a first-of-its-kind mission to tow an aging U.S.
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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.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: Starship launches from Cape Canaveral are getting closer and closer as SpaceX and its contractors continue to finish work on LC-39A and the Gigabay at Roberts Road.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
