SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Jordan has signed the US-led Artemis Accords, joining five other Middle East states in NASA’s framework for peaceful, transparent lunar exploration. The move expands participation in the Artemis coalition as NASA seeks more partners ahead of its ongoing crewed lunar flight campaign.
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.
SpaceWatch Global
• Judith Delany
By SpaceWatch Global: Switzerland’s new space command focuses on dual-use capabilities, European cooperation, and maintaining stability in an increasingly contested orbital environment.
Satellite Evolution
• Satellite Evolution Group
