SpaceWeekly News Summary May 3 – May 9, 2026

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

Look Up! – NASA

ESA/Sophie Adenot Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both…

Look Up! – NASA

Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74…

The black hole or galaxy: Which came 1st?

This is a gravitationally lensed image of QSO1, an ancient Little Red Dot galaxy. It contains…

A new buzz at ESA’s astronaut centre

Around 160 000 new little colleagues arrived at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, today.…

Installing MatISS-4, designed to trap atmospheric contaminants

This timelapse was published by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on social media with the following caption:…

Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has collected its first chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object…

Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has collected its first chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object…

Pretty in Pink – NASA

This image of Westerlund 2 features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and James Webb infrared data…

ESA – Smile: cleanroom to space

Smile successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 19 May 2026. This timelapse captures…

ESA – Smile: cleanroom to space

Smile was successfully launched from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana on May 19, 2026. This timelapse…