SpaceWeekly News Summary May 3 – May 9, 2026

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

Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans the biggest IPO in history : NPR

A SpaceX rocket is getting prepared for another attempt to liftoff at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…

NASA Announces Winners in University Aeronautics Competition – NASA

The South Dakota State University team took first place at NASA’s fifth annual Gateways to Blue…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Pulls Back the Curtain on Its Finances

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s privately held rocket and satellite maker, has long been something of a financial…

Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions

Applications 20/05/2026 129 views 2 likes The European Space Agency is expanding its growing fleet of…

Target Date and Time for HTV-X1 Re-entry to the Atmosphere

Target Date and Time for HTV-X1 Re-entry to the Atmosphere Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The Japan…

TRAPPIST-1e: The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

TRAPPIST-1e: The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life | New Scientist…

Moon-Venus Conjunction – NASA

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18,…

Interstellar turbulence in the Milky Way distorts light

Radio light from quasar TXS 2005+403 travels roughly 10 billion light-years to reach Earth. It passes…

ESA – Smile launch highlights

ESA’s Smile satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket…

Smile lifts off on quest to reveal Earth’s invisible shield against the solar wind

Science & Exploration 19/05/2026 64 views 1 likes The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega-C…