SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
Space Pioneer’s 71‑metre Tianlong‑3, China’s newest commercial orbital launcher, failed to reach orbit on its maiden flight from Jiuquan after an ascent‑phase anomaly within the first minutes of flight, aborting the debut attempt and preventing orbital insertion. The loss raises questions over vehicle readiness and near‑term commercial launch cadence.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: Astroscale U.S. expands into El Paso with a UTEP partnership focused on flight dynamics, autonomy, and space domain awareness capabilities.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: CONTEC and Cailabs deploy optical ground station at South Korea's Asian Space Park for next-generation satellite communications.
SpaceNews.com
By SpaceNews.com: NASA’s Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium 2026 Spring Meeting will take place on April 28 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC; and on April 29-30 at the […].
Space.com
• Monisha Ravisetti
By Space.com: "This is something you want to tell to your grandkids.".
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: Last week, NASA laid out a vision for a lunar base that’s built and supplied through monthly uncrewed lunar landings, with launches beginning as soon as next year.It’s no surprise that CLPS companies are raring to go.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Amazon Leo on rejected SpaceX Starlink’s claims that Amazon’s choice of a….
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: NASA has struggled to deal with the widespread sentiment that NASA has “been there, done that.".
Wall Street Journal
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Via Satellite
• Ben Ackman
