Payload
• Austin Corona
Surging demand for on‑orbit compute is reshaping space‑based solar power (SBSP): developers are repositioning solar arrays and beaming concepts to power orbital data centers and in‑space industry rather than terrestrial grids. Some companies continue to pursue Earth‑power missions while others chase nearer‑term commercial customers in LEO.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: Daniela Jovic sits down with Alexandre Najjar, Manager within the Space Infrastructure team at Novaspace in Paris, for a sharp look.
By actualidadaeroespacial.com: La séptima edición del Small Satellites & Services International Forum (SSSIF) cerró en Málaga con una mirada clara hacia el futuro: la exploración humana del espacio y las misiones de retorno de muestras de Marte como ejes estratégicos de la próxima década.
Bloomberg
• Julie Johnsson, Loren Grush, Sana Pashankar
By Bloomberg: NASA is putting the botched 2024 test flight of Boeing Co.’s Starliner capsule in the same category of disaster as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle accidents, underscoring the dramatic failures that kept a pair of astronauts stuck in space for nine months.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: With a population of less than 6M people, Finland has stood up a competitive space sector that will support many of Europe’s ambitious goals.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: "This study represents an important milestone in observing the influence of space sector activities on the atmosphere.".
ESA
By ESA: For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the planet.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: The Goddard Space Science Symposium will be back for its 63rd year of bringing the space community together to discuss the latest in the industry. Join us at the National […].
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
