Ars Technica
SpaceX is dialing back Florida launches to just two a month until Starship shows up, because Falcon 9 has been doing all the heavy lifting for a decade.
NASA
SpaceX's Falcon 9 left a 60-foot-wide mark on the Moon, and NASA's lunar orbiter, with some global help, managed to measure it before anyone could blame the Moon for the crater.
SpaceNews
In a launch market tighter than a hipster's jeans, satellite operators are reassuring investors they've got rockets lined up - even if those rockets are grounded, delayed, or hypothetical.
Ars Technica
SpaceX has turned the launch market into a one-company show, leaving Europe to choose between pricey domestic rockets or hitching a ride on American tech.
The Guardian Europe
A SpaceX rocket stage is about to give the moon a surprise 5,400mph crater, and scientists are oddly excited about the mess.
Ars Technica
Northrop Grumman's new robotic servicing satellite is basically a tow truck with two arms, headed to geosynchronous orbit to fix satellites that weren't designed to be fixed - because why launch a new one when you can just send a robot?
Ars Technica
Russia’s Amur rocket was supposed to fly in 2026; now it’s looking at 2031, proving that imitation is the sincerest form of procrastination.
Ukraine’s Stetman aims to launch 360 satellites by 2030 with SpaceX, because nothing says 'communication independence' like a billion-euro space project during an active war.
SpaceNews
Apolink's cubesat finally says hello, proving that space-based data relay is real and that FCC licenses can indeed be 'first-of-its-kind'.
SpaceNews
SpaceX launches 81 satellites on Transporter-17 as industry execs panic over the rideshare program's looming end, with Rocket Lab's CFO warning the 'tip of the iceberg' is just the beginning of launch scarcity.
SpaceNews
Private equity discovers space is the new growth industry, buys the company that helps satellites carpool to orbit.
SpaceNews
AstroForge completes a new spacecraft for asteroid mining, after its first one failed. CEO says they've learned to test things, and Elon Musk might be joining the crazy train.
SpaceNews
Starcloud buys Starlink lasers to turn space into a data center, because ground-based internet was just too reliable.
SpaceNews
SpaceX sends another Dragon to the ISS with science, snacks, and a side of existential dread about the station's impending retirement.
Ars Technica
SpaceX's Falcon 9 is getting a gentle nudge toward the exit as Starship demands center stage, with Florida launch rates slowing and California stepping up.
SpaceNews
SpaceX crams a South Korean satellite, 45 other payloads, and zero dignity into one Falcon 9 launch.
SpaceNews
A Falcon 9 upper stage, having spent months aimlessly orbiting Earth, has booked a one-way ticket to the moon's Einstein crater for August 5 - because even rocket parts need closure.
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