Space.com
• Robert Z. Pearlman
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on June 21, 2026. The deployment continues SpaceX’s high-cadence expansion of its LEO broadband constellation from the West Coast spaceport.
CNBC
• Bob Woods
By CNBC: Following the astronomical success of the SpaceX IPO — raising $85.7 billion, valuing the newly public company in the trillions, and minting Elon Musk as the world's first trillionaire — what many skeptics still view as a pie-in-the-sky idea, building AI data centers in space, is coming into view.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Lunar lander developer Astrobotic decided to sell to Voyager Technologies so it could quickly scale up to meet the demands of NASA’s lunar base initiative.
Bloomberg
• Loren Grush
By Bloomberg: When NASA unveiled the four-person crew of its Artemis III mission last week, it didn’t take long for the general public to notice a common feature of the group: all four astronauts were men.
Space.com
• Leonard David
By Space.com: As NASA pushes to build a sustained human presence on the moon, one expert says what's needed is a lunar building code.
Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Sanjai P R
By Bloomberg: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-controlled Jio Platforms Ltd. is weighing plans to build its own satellite constellation, as it seeks to cement control over the nation’s communications infrastructure while Elon Musk’s Starlink faces hurdles.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA has selected for development a space science mission that will study how space weather interacts with Earth’s atmosphere.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA will reattempt the final full-scale Space Rider drop test no earlier than October 2026, after an anomaly aborted a previously unannounced test.
Bloomberg
• Gian Volpicelli, Paula Doenecke
