Space.com
• Mike Wall
SpaceX is set to launch a classified batch of U.S. government reconnaissance satellites this evening (May 11) from California. The liftoff is live-streamed, underscoring ongoing refresh and expansion of U.S. space-based intelligence capability alongside a busy launch cadence.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: NASA’s former chief of staff has returned to the agency in a new role overseeing launch operations, a move that raised some concerns on Capitol Hill.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: The astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission that flew around the moon had to learn to describe their observations using language that would help lunar scientists gain a deeper understanding of the lunar environment.
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: We wanted to get to an orbital launch vehicle in a few years.".
SpaceNews.com
• Thomas Taverney
By SpaceNews.com: If you want to undermine our ability to fight and win in space, don’t pass a budget — just crush progress through a Continuing Resolution.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Motiv, to be branded Rocket Lab Robotics, is renowned for its advanced multi-degree of freedom robotic arms, actuators, and drive electronics that have enabled numerous space missions, including NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover, the CADRE lunar rovers, and precision mechanisms supporting scientific instruments and.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Africa has expanded access to satellite data through initiatives like GMES & Africa and Digital Earth Africa, but climate resilience depends on turning data into coordinated government action, technical capacity, and scalable national implementation.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China launched the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft late Sunday, docking with the Tiangong space station hours later to deliver supplies, equipment, experiments and propellant.