SpaceX tests upcoming Starfall reentry vehicle with demonstration mission on Tuesday

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of June 28-July 4, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House is in session for part of the week. The Senate is in recess except for pro forma sessions. During the Week Saturday is July 4, America’s 250th birthday. Happy…

Scientists have gained new insight into the dramatic event that created the Moon’s largest and oldest known impact crater, a discovery that could help future Artemis astronauts investigate some of the Moon’s deepest secrets. The findings come from two companion studies led in part by researchers from the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution (CLOE),…

On social media today, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman defended yesterday’s selection of four men for the Artemis III crew even though almost half of the astronaut corps is female. Stressing the process does not involve any political appointees, he asked that those who were chosen — three from NASA and one from the European Space…

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, are seen as they make the 4.2 mile journey toward Launch Pad 39B, on January 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Almost as tall as a football field, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and…

NASA may be preparing to give one of its most recognizable rover designs an entirely new destination. During a recent Artemis update, the agency revealed that it is studying the possibility of sending PROMISE, a spare engineering model based on the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers, to the Moon’s south pole. The concept could transform…

America’s 250th Anniversary A Smithsonian magazine special report The document, printed in a gothic typeface, was translated in Philadelphia. One of two surviving copies is going on display in Berlin ahead of America’s 250th birthday Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent June 29, 2026 6:19 p.m. A first printing of the Declaration of Independence of the…