NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
As Starship Block 3 nears its first flight, SpaceX is progressing with work at Gigabay at Roberts Road and at the launch pads at LC-39A and SLC-37, including preparations tied to the early launch campaign. SpaceX is targeting a Starship launch from LC-39A sometime this year.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Jordan is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords as NASA works to attract more countries to its lunar exploration efforts.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: Gilat Satellite Networks is optimistic that its electronically steerable antenna (ESA) hardware will gain linefit offerability at Airbus.
Space.com
• Andrew Jones
By Space.com: The complex MMX mission aims to shed light on the origins of Mars' two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, bringing Phobos material back to Earth in 2031.
Payload
• Elizabeth Howell
By Payload: The continuous burn of 300 seconds (five minutes) with one of their two Chakram engine prototypes was one of several tests the company conducted at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Space Symposium 2026 made American supremacy explicit: a lunar base by 2030, the Space Force on the Moon, the Outer Space Treaty under stress.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company has signed an MoU with OCCAM Space to develop a clampband separation system for its Nyx capsule.
Skies Magazine
• Transport Canada Press Release
By Skies Magazine: The Canadian Space Launch Act would enable the government to regulate and oversee space launch and re-entry activities conducted from Canadian territory.
New York Times
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Satellite Evolution
• Satellite Evolution Group
