Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
The Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO) is assessing how to expand its Working Capital Fund to cover additional commercial capabilities, and is working through the approach it will use to budget the Commercial Space Augmentation Reserve (CASR). The effort builds on existing funding mechanisms to scale commercial enablement.
By keeptrack.space: · x report · 5 min read Starship V3 All-33 Static Fire Clears Path to Flight 12 | KeepTrack X Report SpaceX fired all 33 Raptor 3 engines on Starship V3, while a 1,000th Starlink launch of 2026 and Apple's $11.6B Amazon satellite deal reshape the industry.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA seeks proposals for commercial TDRSS replacement.
Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
By Universe Today: After achieving their record-breaking 10-day flight around the Moon, the crew of the Artemis II mission returned home on Friday, April 10th, 2026.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA robotic Mars exploration, fearing “irreversible harm” if funding is not restored.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — The head of the German Space Command, whose resources will see an….
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
By Via Satellite: Lonestar gave a launch date for “the world's first commercially operational space-based sovereign data storage platform,” dubbed StarVault, in a statement on Wednesday.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
By Universe Today: European researchers tested four-legged semi-autonomous rovers that carry only two instruments. These capable and agile robots could be part of the future exploration of Mars and the Moon.
SpaceNews.com
• Hayley Blyth, Roxane Olivier
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
