European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
The European Space Agency has published additional details on its Crew Launch Abort Demonstrator, defining project scope and budget while selecting Ariane 6 as the baseline launch vehicle. The update clarifies how ESA plans to validate abort-related capabilities ahead of future crewed missions.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
By SpaceNews.com: Q&A: Building a broadband constellation for a contested space era.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: The Aerospace Corporation mapped Europe's space future. No European body has done the same. Torsten Kriening on the structural gap in European space policy analysis.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: GSOA and Novaspace have announced the inaugural edition of the Space Industry Forum (SIF) taking place on May 19, 2026 in Singapore.
Politico
• Audrey Decker
By Politico: The space agency is preparing to launch its highest-stakes mission in decades, carrying astronauts deeper into space than ever before.
NASA Spaceflight
• Ryan Weber
By NASA Spaceflight: Following the successful return of Orion, attention for the Artemis program has now shifted to….
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg: True Anomaly, a US startup designing military and intelligence space reconnaissance systems, raised $100 million from investors to ramp up output of a satellite that can track national threats in orbit.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Rocket Lab has won a contract from Japanese radar satellite company iQPS for three additional Electron launches.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
