Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
Defense space startup True Anomaly secured $650 million in a fresh funding round, lifting its valuation to $2.2 billion. The company says it will use the capital to hire more employees and scale its satellite business.
The Space Review
• Alan T. Dugger
By The Space Review: The United States is entering a new phase of strategic competition in cislunar space. At present, there is no coherent and actionable plan to monitor, administer, or defend what is becoming one of the most strategically consequential regions beyond Earth.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: A manufacturing issue involving a European company has resulted in corrosion in modules for both the lunar Gateway and a commercial space station.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: Using nothing but a laser beam, scientists at Texas A&M University have demonstrated that tiny engineered devices can be lifted and steered in three dimensions without any physical contact.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Spaceflux has raised £9 million in its seed round, raising £5.5 million and an additional £3.5 million, to accelerate its global expansion.
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
By NASA Spaceflight: Six launches are expected from Florida, California, and French Guiana this week, with SpaceX scheduled to launch its Falcon Heavy vehicle for the first time since October 2024.
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Ars Technica
• Robert Pearlman
By Ars Technica: SpaceX's 13th flight under NASA's Commercial Crew Program will fly as Crew 13, with no pause for triskaidekaphobia (the fear or avoidance of the number 13).
Satellite Evolution
• Satellite Evolution Group
By Satellite Evolution: Gatehouse Satcom has announced a formalized collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz, one of the world's leading providers of electronic test and measurement solutions.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
