Via Satellite
• Helen Weedon
A 2023 U.K. Space Sector Skills Survey (Space Skills Alliance) finds 52% of U.K. space organizations report a skills gap. The cluster focuses on what responses could close the shortfall and sustain growth in the U.K. space ecosystem.
Via Satellite
• Helen Mendonca
By Via Satellite: Opinion The Earth Observation Market and Regulation: Instruments for Growth By Helen Mendonca Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Satellite Earth Observation (EO) is increasingly recognized as a strategic instrument for meeting Europe’s defense needs and for ensuring the green and digital transitions.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: The U.K. government is exploring sending British astronaut John McFall to Vast’s planned Haven-1 space station in a mission it says could make him the first person with a physical disability to live in orbit.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's first-ever employee — just raised $500 million to build out the ultra-mobile spacecraft that it believes will transform the space economy.
SpaceNews.com
SpaceNews.com
• Marshall H. Kaplan
By SpaceNews.com: The rapid expansion of human and robotic activity in low Earth orbit makes critically important the need to implement effective space traffic management (STM).
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Voyager Technologies will acquire Astrobotic, a company developing lunar landers and reusable suborbital vehicles, in a deal worth up to $300 million.
SpaceNews.com
• Leonard David
By SpaceNews.com: BOULDER, Colorado — Researchers are calling for increased attention and better protection against the rising introduction of exotic materials into Earth’s atmosphere from satellite and space hardware re-entry, especially in an era of megaconstellations.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA is withdrawing a proposal to revamp its strategy for transitioning from the International Space Station to commercial stations.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B. de Selding
