Tiangong Space Station returned to a permanent occupancy state of three taikonauts after the Shenzhou-21 crew left.

The Shenzhou-21 crew returned to Earth on May 29 after a seven-month stay on Tiangong Space Station.

Shenzhou-23 taikonauts Zhu Yangzhu, Li Jiaying, and Zhang Zhiyuan boarded the Tiangong Space Station in low Earth orbit.

Zhang Hongzhang was born in 1986 and is from Binzhou in Shandong province.

Zhu Yangzhu was selected as part of China's third taikonaut group in 2020.

The Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment is the critical high-performance inner layer of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit.

On June 7, 2026, Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment for the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit.

The Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit is designed to provide increased flexibility, performance, and safety for a wide range of crewmembers.

Axiom Space and Prada previously worked on the outer layer of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit before developing the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment.

The Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment is intended to be worn repeatedly during long-term lunar missions.

The Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit is designed to operate in low Earth orbit and aboard Axiom Space’s planned commercial space station.

The Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment is designed to maintain optimal cooling and ventilation and to enhance astronaut comfort during spacewalks lasting up to eight hours.

Prada contributed engineered knitting, innovative design concepts, advanced product development, three-dimensional modeling, and specialized fiber sourcing to the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment.

The Voyager Technologies acquisition of Astrobotic Technology requires customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close by early July 2026.

The FCC estimated that FCC Order 26-26 could deliver up to seven times more usable spectrum capacity and more than $2 billion in economic benefits.

Apogee has been awarded a five-year, $103.6 million task order to provide positioning, navigation, and timing contractor support services for the Department of War.

The spectrum SpaceX acquired from EchoStar Corporation includes AWS-4, AWS H-Block, and unpaired AWS-3 licenses.

The FCC issued a one-year waiver allowing a broader range of end-user devices to connect to Supplemental Coverage from Space services while equipment certification requirements are finalized.

NASA has not yet reflected the strategy change in acquisition actions, and the Phase 2 contract remains on hold with no RFP issued.

The Future Operating Environment 2040 report describes targeted micro-supply chain disruptions framed as product recalls as a tool that China could use to weaken adversary capability below the threshold of open conflict.

SpaceX filed a confidential S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Department of War is refining its GPS acquisition strategy with an emphasis on delivering capabilities more rapidly to operational users.

The United States Space Force’s Future Operating Environment 2040 report identifies supply chain disruption as a named gray-zone instrument alongside jamming, spoofing, and cyber intrusion.

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have formed a joint venture to build a technology-neutral satellite D2D platform targeting unserved and underserved areas.

K2 Space raised $120 million to advance large-format satellite manufacturing.

Under the Apogee agreement, the company will support modernization, acquisition, and sustainment planning for GPS-based technologies.

NASA will work with stakeholders and industry over the coming weeks to refine flexible requirements and acquisition plans for the commercial space station effort.

NASA is pulling back from the CLD Core Module approach for developing an International Space Station replacement.

Voyager Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology for up to approximately $300 million in cash and stock, including contingent consideration.

The Apogee contract targets modernization of Global Positioning System capabilities for U.S. military operations, allied forces, and critical infrastructure worldwide.

Amazon acquired Globalstar for $11.57 billion in April 2026.

Venturi Astrolab received a $219 million task order under Phase 1 High Achievability Mission task orders of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract.

The FCC replaced mandatory Equivalent Power Flux Density limits with voluntary coordination agreements between non-geostationary orbit and geostationary operators.

The Voyager Technologies and Astrobotic Technology combination will span mission management, communications, propulsion, surface delivery via the Peregrine and Griffin landers, surface power through LunaGrid, and habitation through Max Space.

Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover is a lighter evolution of its Eagle platform built to meet NASA’s updated requirements.

Final consummation of the SpaceX and EchoStar Corporation spectrum transaction is expected by November 30, 2027.

The joint venture involving AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon is intended to set technical interface standards for hardware suppliers.

NASA expects to issue a draft RFP later this month for the commercial space station effort.

Russia’s Sfera constellation was cut from 600 to 360 satellites because of component shortages.

Astrobotic Technology holds contracts under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

The Future Operating Environment 2040 report identifies radiation-hardened microelectronics, rare-earth magnets, and ammonium perchlorate as supply chain categories with elevated exposure.

NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens posted that NASA will re-think its strategy for replacing the International Space Station.

Lunar Outpost received a $220 million task order under Phase 1 High Achievability Mission task orders of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract.

AST SpaceMobile must place 124 satellites in orbit by August 2030 under its commercial authorization.

Venturi Astrolab’s crewed lunar vehicle entry, the Crewed Lunar Vehicle-1, is adapted from the company’s FLEX rover architecture.

Astrobotic Technology operates from facilities in Pittsburgh and Mojave, California.

The FCC granted AST SpaceMobile commercial authorization in April 2026 to deploy 248 satellites providing Supplemental Coverage from Space using low-band 700 and 800 MHz spectrum in coordination with Verizon, AT&T, and FirstNet.

Amazon acquired Globalstar’s licensed spectrum bands and global network infrastructure in the transaction.

The FCC approved SpaceX’s acquisition of approximately 65 megahertz of mid-band spectrum from EchoStar Corporation in a $17 billion transaction.

NASA has awarded contracts to Venturi Astrolab and Lunar Outpost to build and deliver crewed lunar rovers to the Moon’s south pole by 2028.