Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
A bipartisan bill, the NASA Talent Exchange Program Act, was introduced to formalize staff exchanges between NASA and commercial space firms. The legislation would permit temporary assignments of agency and industry personnel to one another to deepen skills transfer, operational understanding and public–private collaboration.
NASA Spaceflight
• Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: Although there has been a pause in launch operations as SpaceX transitions Starship to the….
CNN
• Ashley Strickland
By CNN: A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.
Universe Today
• Andy Tomaswick
By Universe Today: The US’s federally funded space program has been struggling of late. With the recent cancellation of the Mars Sample Return mission, and mass layoffs / resignations taking place at NASA, the general sense of a lack of morale at the agency is palpable, even from a distance.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: We have a very strong incentive to send a crew as quickly as we can safely do so.".
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Airbus is facing opposition from unions as it moves to consolidate its satellite business by absorbing Airbus Constellations Satellites.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Canada Rocket Company announced a $6.2M CDN ($4.5M) seed round, and plans to create sovereign light- and medium-lift launch tech for Canada.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew D'Uva
By SpaceNews.com: Free warnings, better catalogs: the real fix for space safety.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Wall Street Journal
• Heather Somerville, Lauren Thomas
