Universe Today
• Evan Gough
The Vera Rubin Observatory is beginning observations with the largest digital camera ever built — a 3.2 gigapixel imager that will record a time-lapse of the southern night sky over ten years. The continuous, wide-field survey is expected to produce a massive dataset and numerous discoveries.
NASA Spaceflight
• Justin Davenport
By NASA Spaceflight: Firefly Aerospace is returning its Alpha launch vehicle to flight after a nearly 10-month stand….
CNBC
• Laya Neelakandan
By CNBC: NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to the moon in over 50 years.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: Launching SLS every three and a half years or so is not a recipe for success.".
Bloomberg
• Bailey Lipschultz, Eric Johnson, Kiel Porter, Ryan Gould
By Bloomberg: SpaceX is targeting filing confidentially for an initial public offering as soon as next month, according to people familiar with the matter, as billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company moves forward with plans for the biggest-ever listing.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: As the Startup Space pitch competition turns 10 in 2026, it has become a true on-ramp to the commercial space economy for founders.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Viasat and Rohde & Schwarz are coming up with a new narrowband non-terrestrial networks (NB-NTN) IoT test plan for connectivity via satellite.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LUXEMBOURG — Four years after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s use of SpaceX Starlink satellite broadband for fixed….
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
New York Times
• Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
