Isar Aerospace has raised approximately €800 million in total, including €150 million through a convertible bond agreement in June 2025.

Isar Aerospace scrubbed an attempted Spectrum launch on 9 April after discovering a leak in a composite overwrapped pressure vessel.

Isar Aerospace launched its first Spectrum rocket in March 2025, and the flight failed less than a minute after liftoff.

Isar Aerospace expects Spectrum’s second flight to take place between 15 and 21 June.

Isar Aerospace signed a May 2026 Letter of Intent with Maritime Launch Services to launch Spectrum rockets from Spaceport Nova Scotia.

Norwegian participation in Italy includes 245 companies that employ more than 3,200 workers and generate about 1.7 billion euros in total revenue.

Italy and Norway signed a letter of intent at the Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy to strengthen their economic and industrial partnership.

Norway is considered by Italy a strategic partner for energy security and new industrial supply chains.

The Italy-Norway letter of intent extends the joint declaration signed in 2025 and builds on the joint working group on critical raw materials.

The ZQ-2E Y6 launch vehicle removed the outer COPVs.

The ZQ-2E Y6 launch vehicle includes multiple upgrades over the previous version.

The ZQ-2E Y6 launch vehicle has adapted piston stage separation.

Roshanak Nilchiani is a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Link arrived at Wallops, Virginia, on 5 June for integration with a Pegasus XL rocket.

NASA spent $98.8 million on the Hubble Space Telescope in fiscal year 2025.

NASA launched the Astra initiative in March 2026 to reduce the cost and development time of future strategic missions through industry and commercial collaboration.

The Pegasus XL launch carrying Link is scheduled for later in June.

The Hubble Space Telescope has six original gyroscopes, of which only two currently function and only one is in use.

NASA estimates that Hubble operating costs are the main obstacle to any Hubble reboost mission.

The Hubble Space Telescope was built in a different era and is more expensive to maintain than newer observatories.

The STScI planning documents project Hubble funding of about $64.7 million for 2029 and 2030.

NASA’s 2026 budget request would reduce Hubble funding to about $87.5 million.

Shawn Domagal-Goldman is the director of NASA’s astrophysics division.

NASA plans to place the Habitable Worlds Observatory into orbit in the 2040s.

NASA is open to a mission to reboost the Hubble Space Telescope’s orbit if it first reduces Hubble’s operating costs.

An STScI report says the reduced Hubble budget would end the telescope as it is currently known and block significant areas of Hubble science.

The NASA Swift reboost effort is intended to extend Swift for a fraction of the cost of replacing it.

Katalyst Space built the Link spacecraft service vehicle.

NASA awarded Katalyst Space a $30 million contract in September to develop and launch Link for the Swift Observatory reboost mission.

The projected 2029-2030 Hubble budget would not include funding for new research grants.

The projected 2029-2030 Hubble budget would halt scientific operations for multiple instruments.

ESA is continuing to contribute to the Artemis program through the European Service Module.

Teams at Kennedy Space Center are assembling the solid rocket booster segments for SLS.

NASA is continuing tests on Orion’s heat shield and on the new docking system that will fly for the first time on Artemis III.

Bob Hines was selected as the backup member for Artemis III.

Orion will interact with commercial lunar landing systems developed by the U.S. private sector for the first time during Artemis III.

NASA engineers are completing integration between Orion’s crew module and service module.

Artemis III will use the Space Launch System to launch Orion.

Artemis IV is planned for 2028 and is expected to send astronauts to the lunar south pole.

The Artemis III crew will participate in development and operational preparation activities for the vehicles used on the mission.

NASA technicians are preparing to install the four RS-25 engines on the SLS core stage.

The Artemis III mission will use the lunar version of SpaceX’s Starship for a second phase of tests.

The Artemis III crew will train on Orion systems immediately after assignment.

Artemis III is scheduled to support test operations in 2027.

NASA technicians are completing integration of the SLS core stage.

Blue Moon will be the first vehicle launched for the 2027 Artemis III test campaign and will remain in orbit awaiting the crew.

NASA assigned Randy Bresnik as commander, Luca Parmitano as pilot, and Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio as mission specialists for Artemis III.

Artemis III will involve rendezvous and docking operations in Earth orbit.

Luca Parmitano became the first European astronaut assigned to an Artemis mission.

The Artemis III crew will spend about two days docked to Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander.