Payload
• Douglas Gorman
With a population of less than six million, Finland has rapidly become a competitive space nation, building an ecosystem that now supports many of Europe’s ambitious space goals. Its concentrated industrial, research and entrepreneurial capacity is increasingly contributing to continental programmes and commercial initiatives.
Bloomberg
• Julie Johnsson, Loren Grush, Sana Pashankar
By Bloomberg: NASA is putting the botched 2024 test flight of Boeing Co.’s Starliner capsule in the same category of disaster as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle accidents, underscoring the dramatic failures that kept a pair of astronauts stuck in space for nine months.
ESA
By ESA: For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the planet.
Space.com
• Tereza Pultarova
By Space.com: "This study represents an important milestone in observing the influence of space sector activities on the atmosphere.".
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: The Goddard Space Science Symposium will be back for its 63rd year of bringing the space community together to discuss the latest in the industry. Join us at the National […].
DefenseNews.com
• Brooke Griswold
By DefenseNews.com: The largest U.S. commercial space companies recently shifted priorities toward lunar development, just as DOD pushes its next-gen missile shield plans.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Airbus Space Systems reported a 16.2% increase in revenue in 2025 compared….
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Small satellite hardware and service provider AAC Clyde Space reported a 16.3%….
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
