SpaceWeekly News Summary May 3 – May 9, 2026

🚀 Starship Test Campaign Continues in Texas SpaceX continued preparations for the next Starship integrated flight…

Stages of Star Formation – NASA

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion…

ESA – Sophie Adenot’s mid-mission highlights

Sophie is halfway through the εpsilon mission onboard the ISS, and she has already accomplished so…

New habitable exoplanets model narrows down search for life

View larger. | Artist’s concept of Kepler-186f, an Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of its…

No crisis? Universe’s expansion is accelerating, study says

This is RCW 86, the remnant of a Type 1a supernova 8,000 light-years away. Studying Type…

Research on Lunar Demonstration Results of the Transformable Lunar Rover “LEV-2” Published in Science Robotics

Research on Lunar Demonstration Results of the Transformable Lunar Rover“LEV-2” Published in Science Robotics— Autonomous Operation…

We may have finally solved cosmology’s chicken-or-the-egg problem

Did the black hole at the centre of this galaxy begin before the galaxy formed? NASA,…

NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science

NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific…

ESA Council appoints two new directors

Agency 17/06/2026 185 views 2 likes The European Space Agency Council has approved the appointment of two new directors:…

Elon Musk’s Next Move May Be a Mega-Merger of SpaceX and Tesla

SpaceX may have held the biggest initial public offering of all time, but Wall Street may…

Ariane 6 launches with more powerful boosters: a new record for Europe

Enabling & Support 17/06/2026 222 views 1 likes In brief Europe’s heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 launched…