Reuters
• Joey Roulette
Firefly Aerospace is expected to secure a $110 million U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) loan, according to a Reuters-reviewed document, aimed at funding expansion of the company’s spacecraft production facilities in Texas. The financing is intended to scale output as Firefly ramps manufacturing.
Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
By Ars Technica: The purpose of Starfall is to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space.".
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Bloomberg
• Mihir Mishra, Rajesh Roy
By Bloomberg: India said it plans to share its technology involving the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the country’s most reliable rocket, to help speed up development of the local space industry.
Universe Today
• Alan Boyle
By Universe Today: A proposal to create a new network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year's Schweickart Prize, which recognizes bright ideas for planetary defense.
Universe Today
• Alan Boyle
By Universe Today: A proposal to create a new network for monitoring cosmic threats to off-world infrastructure has won this year's Schweickart Prize, which recognizes bright ideas for planetary defense.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA’s safety advisers say that while progress continues in addressing problems with the CST-100 Starliner, it could be up to a year before it flies again.
NASA Spaceflight
• Bastiaan Vellekoop, Haygen Warren
By NASA Spaceflight: SpaceX is set to launch a demonstration mission for its Starfall reentry vehicle early on Tuesday morning. Falcon 9 is scheduled to liftoff at 6:43 AM EDT (10:43 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy.
Bloomberg
• Brian W Smith, Gerson Freitas Jr.
Bloomberg
• Carmen Arroyo, Rachel Metz
