SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
China has put four direct-to-device (D2D) test satellites into orbit on Long March-2D missions to validate upgrades and new connectivity technologies. The payloads support research into phone-to-satellite broadband and integrated space-ground network concepts ahead of future communications constellations.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Rocket Lab USA has successfully passed System Requirements Review for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 3 constellation.
Universe Today
• Laurence Tognetti
By Universe Today: It’s June 2027, and you’re fresh off defending your PhD studying the direct imaging of exoplanets while starting your postdoctoral journey at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA Spaceflight
• Martijn Luinstra
By NASA Spaceflight: Using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has performed the first direct measurement of a supermassive black hole in the early universe.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: We are closer than ever to detecting signs of life on another world. The James Webb Space Telescope is already ‘sniffing’ alien atmospheres, and the Habitable Worlds Observatory is being built specifically to find biology beyond Earth.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ASI is using the Italian Navy's 95-year-old tall ship to study how the human body could respond to the stresses of long-duration spaceflight.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: FAA documents have provided new details about a SpaceX project for reentry vehicles that could be used to support in-space manufacturing projects.
Flying Magazine
• Jack Daleo
By Flying Magazine: After an initial series of lower speed test flights, NASA and Lockheed Martin's X-59 is nearly ready to go supersonic.
Wall Street Journal
• Aylin Woodward
