Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX is targeting May 19 for the debut of Starship Version 3, with the first flight of the Block 3 configuration. The move refines the company’s near-term Starship orbital test campaign following earlier scheduling shifts into May.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
By NASA Spaceflight: Just over two weeks after Progress MS-34 docked to the Station, the ISS is set to receive a new visiting vehicle loaded with cargo.
Via Satellite
• Mark Holmes
By Via Satellite: SES’s latest results are broadly in line with analyst expectations and show the business in good shape with the Networks side of SES’s business.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: AST SpaceMobile still expects to have 45 BlueBird satellites in orbit this year despite the recent failure on a Blue Origin launch. CEO Abel Avellan told investors on Monday that it is preparing to launch with SpaceX in mid-June, in mission that will launch three BlueBird satellites.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Quantum Space announced May 12 it will build the company’s highly maneuverable spacecraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home to the company’s new chief executive.
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.
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.
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.
SpaceNews.com
• Jarosław Adamowski
