SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
NASA has released a draft request for proposal (RFP) to solicit feedback from U.S. industry on the next phase of its commercial space stations strategy. The input process is intended to shape the follow-on procurement approach for developing and operating commercial space station capabilities.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Governments around the world invested €119 billion in 2025 in the space industry, according to ESA's Space Economy Report.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: After chasing a small asteroid across a billion kilometres of space, China's Tianwen-2 probe has finally caught up, closing to within twenty kilometres of its target and beginning detailed scientific study.
Bloomberg
• Bailey Lipschultz, Carmen Reinicke
By Bloomberg: Three days of losses have brought SpaceX shares to the brink of falling below their initial public offering price, a key level that traders and investors watch to assess the health of new issues.
Space.com
• Robert Z. Pearlman
By Space.com: SpaceX launched Starlink satellites on a pair of Falcon 9 rockets eight hours apart from opposite coasts on July 13-14, 2026. The second launch was the 600th use of a flight-proven booster.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: Honeywell Aerospace will lead a consortium to develop a compact quantum space magnetometer to advance research into Earth’s magnetic field.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Trump administration nominees for two influential U.S. national security space posts endorsed closer coordination between the Space Force and intelligence agencies while calling for wider use of commercial technology and faster action on acquisition programs.
Space.com
• Keith Cooper
By Space.com: A portable X-ray device has been used successfully in orbit for the first time, promising X-ray diagnosis of everything from broken bones to ripped spacesuits and damaged satellites.
