SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Interlune has secured a NASA contract to build a payload designed to test methods for extracting helium-3 from lunar regolith. The work targets the core technical barrier for turning lunar material into a potential future energy resource, validating extraction approaches through a dedicated payload experiment.
SpaceNews.com
• Emma Gatti
By SpaceNews.com: KRAKOW — Four OroraTech satellites that are part of the Hellenic Fire System launched and deployed on May 3, the Munich-based company announced.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: As SpaceX prepares for the first flight of version 3 of its Starship vehicle, the company is facing a new legal challenge from local residents.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: DENVER — IonQ said it will begin offering a satellite data product that detects subtle changes in the Earth’s surface using radar imaging spacecraft operated by its Capella Space subsidiary.
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
By SpaceWatch Global: The space economy is growing fast, but far from the seamless galaxy imagined in Star Wars. A closer look at infrastructure, investment, and Europe’s position.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Dr. Amanda Fetch applies machine learning to space debris, turning millions of untrackable objects into manageable data for collision risk analysis.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA is considering shifting the launch of its two Harmony satellites from Vega C to a two-booster Ariane 6 rocket.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: ESPI’s Space Venture 2025 report reveals record global investment but growing structural challenges for Europe’s space sector in exits and scale-up funding.
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin, Ryan Weber
