SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
Quantum Space says it will build its highly maneuverable spacecraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma, leveraging the city as the location of the company’s new chief executive. The decision ties the next phase of spacecraft development to an updated leadership and operations footprint in the US.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft Psyche is headed for an encounter with Mars on Friday (May 15) to get a boost from the Red Planet.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: GTON — TrustPoint, a Virginia startup developing a low-Earth-orbit navigation system intended to complement or back up GPS, said May 12 it received a $4 million contract from the U.S.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: Star Catcher Industries just raised $65 million to build a constellation of power-beaming satellites, which the Florida company thinks will supercharge the off-Earth economy.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX has stacked and fueled the new version of its Starship megarocket for the first time ever, gearing up for a key test flight that could launch as soon as May 19.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Transcelestial has advanced its work to provide space-to-ground optical communications with a test of lasers from a satellite to ground stations.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Fenix completed a week-long test campaign, validating the ability to take off and land—without using a launch pad.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Lockheed Martin, Seagate Space, and Firefly Aerospace are collaborating on sea-based launch solutions for national security using Seagate's Gateway offshore platform.
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• Jarosław Adamowski
