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Jul 15, 2026
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Issue 110 | Breaking Space News: July 5 - 11, 2026
Environmental groups want US to halt ‘reckless, irresponsible’ orbital data center licensing. Meanwhile, China has proposed nuclear deflection models for asteroid threats. The week in space: SpaceX has filed for 100,000 more satellites, Reflect Orbital's space mirror has won FCC approval with no environmental review in sight. Plus: China completed its first controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket, the Exploration Company expands US presence, ispace plans a lunar cargo program, Isar Aerospace leases Canadian spaceport, Singaporean space program partners with JAXA, BAE's radiation hardened chips, Parabilis' propulsion system for cubsats and more.
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Jul 8, 2026
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Issue 109 | Breaking Space News: June 28 - July 4, 2026
Oysters as potential life‐support systems in space travel? And more evidence that large satellite constellations will make ground-based astronomy ineffective. The Week in Space News: Boeing Starliner's uncertain future, US satellite licensing overhaul and when it comes to super heavy lift rockets, bigger may not always be better. Plus: Space Force missile‐warning programs face rising costs, delays and workforce losses, another startup wants to deploy 100,000 datacenters in space, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium and more.
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Jun 29, 2026
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Issue 108 | Breaking Space News: June 21 - 27, 2026
$55.5 billion has been approved for the US Space Force as part of a $1.07 trillion defense bill. The Week In Space: A new strategy to terraform Mars and more evidence for ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet. Plus: Aging NASA spaceports cannot support a growing launch cadence and a memo says Artemis hardware overruns reached $5.9 billion before cancellation. China's space station expansion, European space autonomy, White House's quantum space system directive, and more.
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Jun 22, 2026
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Issue 107 | Breaking Space News: June 14 - 20, 2026
China's student-built smallsat will fly within 7 kilometers of asteroid Apophis and Astrobotic has unveiled the Griffin lander for NASA’s Moon Base II mission. The Week In Space News: Google's Ex-CEO plans to send a private orbiter to Mars, CSIS warns US solid rocket motor output lags Pentagon’s expanding missile demand, an automated LEO collision‐avoidance system is in the works and DARPA wants systems that rapidly restore disabled satellite fleets during a conflict. Plus: Switzerland declines participation in EU Earth-Observation Program and more.
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Jun 16, 2026
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Issue 106 | Breaking Space News: June 7 - 13, 2026
Spacesuit updates from Prada, Axiom, and robotic arm on ISS needs a joint replacement. The Week in Space News: White House wants to give political appointees broad control over science funding, and UNOOSA-Italy launch Kenya advisory mission to strengthen African space regulation. Plus: weighing blackholes, chemical shield for Earth against solar storms, the first person with a physical disability in orbit, LeoLabs radar in Indo-Pacific tracking Chinese orbital activities and more.
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Jun 8, 2026
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Issue 105 | Breaking Space News: June 1 - 6, 2026
This edition of the Lagrangian closes out Year Two. ISS Air Leak Spike Forces Crew Into SpaceX Dragon And More Research On Rising Atmospheric Risks Of Launch And Re‐Entry. The Week In Space News: China Establishes Industrial Framework To Drive Space‐Based Computing Build‐Out. SpaceX Sets $135 Share Price As It Targets Record $75 Billion Raise, IPO Valuation Reaches $1.77 Trillion. Plus: Muon Space Unveils Satellite Bus For Orbital Data Center Missions, MAVEN Orbiter Declared Dead And More.
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Jun 2, 2026
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Issue 104 | Breaking Space News: May 25 - 31, 2026
Could Electromagnetic Catapults On The Moon Be Misused As Weapons? The Week In Space News: NASA’s Artemis Moon Base Will Span Hundreds Of Square Miles, Explosion Destroys Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket And Solar Sails Could Reach The Edge Of The Solar System Within Decades? Plus: Northrop Grumman And Apex To Develop Golden Dome’s Space-Based Interceptors, A Colossal Impact May Have Rapidly Deposited Water Ice To Mercury's Polar Craters And More.
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May 26, 2026
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Issue 103 | Breaking Space News: May 18 - 24, 2026
Megaconstellation Launches Are Driving High-Altitude Air-Pollution To Dangerous Levels And The US Space Industry Exhibits Major Dependencies On Chinese Suppliers. The Week In Space: SpaceX Files For IPO, A Solution To The Traveling Salesperson Problem In Deep-Space And A New Route To The Moon That Saves Fuel. Plus: In-Orbit Refueling Test, NASA Re-Org, JPL Shake-Up, European Firms Fill Imagery Gap In Strait Of Hormuz Coverage, NASA Admin Expects A Chinese Circumlunar Flight In 2027 And More.
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May 19, 2026
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Issue 102 | Breaking Space News: May 11 - 17, 2026
A Promising New Method To Detect Alien Life In Deep Space? Meanwhile, Golden Dome Could Cost $1.2 Trillion Over 20 Years, Thanks To Space-Based Interceptors. The Week In Space News: ESA-JAXA Partner On Planetary Defense And China-Europe Join Forces To Study Earth's Magnetosphere. Plus: The Most Detailed Map Of The Universe's Cosmic Web, The First Space‐Based Neutrino Detector, Northrop Grumman's Navigation System For Deep Space, FCC Approval of EchoStar Spectrum Sale To SpaceX And AT&T, Varda's First Commercial, Orbital Pharmaceutical Deal And More.
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May 12, 2026
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Issue 101 | Breaking Space News: May 4 - 10, 2026
Pentagon Publishes UFO Footage Now Available For Public Review, And SpaceX Faces Lawsuit From Texas Residents. Meanwhile, It Turns Out That Solar Activity Accelerates Orbital Debris Decay. The Week In Space: Atmosphere Detected Around A Small Kuiper Belt Object, Rapid Land Subsidence Across Mexico City, NASA Tests A High‐Power Electromagnetic Thruster, And Scientists Unveil One Of The Largest Universe Simulations. Plus: NASA Is Funding a Private Company to Mine the Moon. Is That Legal?
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May 5, 2026
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Issue 100 | Breaking Space News: Apr 27 - May 3, 2026
Meta Datacenters Will Use Solar Power Beamed From Space And SpaceX Debris Will Impact The Moon In August. The Week In Space: Microgravity Helps Study Heart Failure And Tissue Engineering. AI Processing Comes To Vera Rubin Observatory, Corrosion Detected On Lunar Space Station Modules, NASA's MoonFall Drones For Lunar South Pole and Drone Radar For Ice Hunting On Mars. Plus: Quantum Gravity Model Might Rewrite Origin Of Universe's Inflation, US Space Force Accelerates Golden Dome Efforts With Space Based Interceptors And More.
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Apr 28, 2026
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Issue 99 | Breaking Space News: April 20 - 26, 2026
NASA Debuts Its Own ‘NASA Force’ And The $1.45 Trillion US Military Budget Comes With A Major Boost For US Space Force. The Week In Space: Roman Space Telescope Readies For Launch, US FAA Begins Charging User Fees For Commercial Launches, DoW Wants $2.3 Billion To Expand Palantir’s Battlefield AI Tool And Space Force Issues New Awards To SpaceX, Leidos, Maplarge And Twelve Golden Dome Industry Partners. Plus: China Sends Pakistani Satellites To Orbit, Invests In Orbital Data Centers And Looks To Expand Domestic Satellite Production.
