Los Angeles Times
• Marcia Dunn
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is descending toward Earth after a failed attempt to save it, with only a short time remaining in orbit. A few fragments are expected to survive atmospheric reentry and fall into the ocean on or about Friday.
Washington Post
• Meghan Bartels
By Washington Post: The rock is so old it was on the surface of Mars when there was still liquid water on there.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: MDA Space has secured a €64 million agreement to develop antennas for the EU’s IRIS2 constellation as Canada explores participation in the programme.
NASA Spaceflight
• Chris Bergin
By NASA Spaceflight: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has spoken on the planned architecture and contingencies for the Artemis III multi-vehicle campaign.
Universe Today
• Laurence Tognetti
By Universe Today: The planet Mars shares many landforms and weather patterns with the Earth, including changing seasons, volcanoes, canyons, dust storms and dust devils, and water ice.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China will fly a standalone Lanyue lunar lander mission and a full-scale uncrewed landing rehearsal before attempting to land astronauts on the moon before 2030.
SpaceWatch Global
• Daniela Jovic
By SpaceWatch Global: Spaceit COO Mari Allik on the ESA Space Cyber Range for testing threats before launch, and a 16U CubeSat offering others the chance to fly their code in orbit.
SpaceWatch Global
• Daniela Jovic
By SpaceWatch Global: ETH Zurich’s Clémence Poirier on tracking cyber attacks against space systems, the real threat landscape, and why the sector needs better implementation not more frameworks.
The Daily Debrief
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Space.com
• Mike Wall
