Bloomberg
• Sana Pashankar
Axiom Space said it secured roughly an additional $175 million from investors, lifting its most recent fundraising round to more than $525 million, with MUFG Bank participating as a new investor. The capital is earmarked for developing a commercial space station.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company has completed an initial drop test to validate the recovery system of its Nyx spacecraft ahead of a planned 2028 demonstration mission.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA is working on a streamlined management approach for a nuclear electric propulsion mission the agency wants to launch in two and a half years.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: HELSINKI — China is establishing an industrial policy framework to support a push to build space-based computing infrastructure, with the emergence of influential coordinating bodies.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: KSAT and the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. have extended their long-term partnership to further accelerate the "QPS-SAR Project".
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Infinite Orbits and Open Cosmos are partnering on a new LEO mission to advance autonomous inspection and operational SSA capabilities.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
By NASA Spaceflight: While there is some uncertainty regarding timelines and landers, the Artemis III mission — currently scheduled for the summer of 2027 — is being prepared for launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: AST SpaceMobile expects Blue Origin’s recent launchpad explosion will delay its direct-to-smartphone constellation by three to six months, investment bank William Blair said in an equity research note, pushing initial commercial services into the first half of 2027.
Bloomberg
• Annie Massa, Bill Allison, Sophie Alexander
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
