SpaceWeekly News Summary May 3 – May 9, 2026

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

Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar…

ESA – Europe faces the heat

Europe is facing an intense heatwave, with record temperatures and several cities under red alert. On…

Peanut-shaped asteroid wobbles in 2 directions

This is asteroid Donaldjohanson, as seen by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during a flyby on April 20,…

NASA to save Swift spacecraft from plunging back to Earth

NASA plans to save the Swift spacecraft with a rescue mission that will boost the spacecraft…

ESA – Smile reaches science orbit

The European-Chinese Smile mission reached its designated science orbit on 20 June 2026. The team is…

European Flight Ticket Initiative opens to more launch service providers

Enabling & Support 25/06/2026 38 views 0 likes In brief The Flight Ticket Initiative is opening…

A first: EarthCARE cloud data sharpen weather forecasts

Applications 25/06/2026 129 views 1 likes The European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite was developed to make…

A Turquoise Tint for the Black Sea

The Black Sea sits at the boundary between Europe and Asia and connects to the Mediterranean…

NASA’s TESS Mission Reveals the “Puffiest” Planets Ever Found

Data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has revealed two new “super-puff” planets, giant…

[release] EarthCARE Satellite("Hakuryu") Data Enters Operational Use at ECMWF (Japanese Only)

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