Space.com
• Andrew Jones
Innospace will attempt the maiden orbital flight of its HANBIT‑Nano rocket — the SPACEWARD mission — with liftoff targeted at 1:45 p.m. ET on Dec. 19. The flight marks the company’s first commercial orbital launch after receiving regulatory clearance and lining up telemetry and range support.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop three new reusable suborbital vehicles.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: Getting close to things is one way for scientists to collect better data about them. But that's been hard to do for the Sun, since getting close to it typically entails getting burnt to a crisp.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Torsten Kriening wraps up the event with Joerg Kreisel, Founder & Chairman of iBOSS and President of CONFERS.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Companies and investors are betting big on the future of the European space industry, and now the challenge will be to keep up the momentum.
Bloomberg
• Sana Pashankar; Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to return astronauts to the moon through NASA’s Artemis space program with an eye toward building a permanent lunar presence.
New York Times
• Jonathan O’Callaghan
By New York Times: An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman, said the agency will pick whichever company builds its moon lander the fastest — whether that be Elon Musk’s SpaceX or Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin — to put humans on the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
