SpaceWeekly News Summary May 3 – May 9, 2026

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

Asteroid set to fly very close to Earth

An asteroid in our solar system will come close to Earth, but don’t worry, it won’t…

Skylab – America’s 1st space station – 53 years later

Skylab, America’s first space station, launched on May 14, 1973. Its highly publicized crash back to…

An astrophysicist's take on the government's UAP files: 'Just more fuzzy blob videos'

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with astrophysicist Adam Frank about the government’s release of files related to…

Rise Goes to Washington – NASA

“Rise,” the Artemis II zero gravity indicator, is seen sitting on the dais as the Artemis…

NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1

The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound…

Asteroid to miss Earth by a quarter of the length from us to the moon

An asteroid in our solar system will come close to Earth, but don’t worry, it won’t…

Studying Pneumonia in Space for Heart Health on Earth

Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are uncovering how bacteria that causes pneumonia can…

Will Pluto become a planet again? The ongoing debate

Is Pluto a planet? Scientists and the public have debated this question since its reclassification as…

Asteroid 2026 JH2 to fly past Earth at 0.24 lunar distances

2026 JH2 is one of 73 known asteroids to pass within 1 lunar distance of Earth…

5 Great Stargazing Trains – The New York Times

Stargazing, it turns out, doesn’t have to be a stationary activity. On railway lines around the…