Spaceflight news

— Awards, awards, awards

— Eta Space - In-orbit cryogenic refueling (spaceref.com)

— JPL - Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (cnet.com) (jpl.nasa.gov)

— Loft Orbital - Edge computing on spacecraft (spacenews.com)

— Northrop - Navigation payloads on Blackjack sats (spacenews.com)

— Raytheon - Update NASA’s EO IT system (govconwire.com) (earthdata.nasa.gov)

— Hughes and OneWeb - LEO-based Arctic internet (spacenews.com)

— Isar Aerospace - Won ESA’s Boost! Award (spacenews.com)

— SN15 lands successfully (spacenews.com) (teslarati.com) (youtu.be) (nasaspaceflight.com)

— There were some unknown vehicle updates (twitter.com/elonmusk)

— It was a safe landing, but the crush core in the legs did activate. (twitter.com/starshipgazer)

— SN15 MAY get reflown! (twitter.com/elonmusk)

Short & Sweet

— Starliner nears its second test flight (spacenews.com)

— European Space Agency to launch orbital debris-tracking telescope (space.com)

— Firefly has a successful funding round (spacenews.com)

— Geyer steps down as Johnson Director (spacenews.com)

Questions, comments, corrections

— Colin in the chat: Ingenuity audio (mars.nasa.gov)

This week in SF history

— 11 May, 1963. Collapse of Atlas Agena D due to a depressurized tank while still on the launchpad (thespacereview.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (HT Colin: youtube.com) (youtube.com)

— Next week (5/18 - 5/24) in 1996: This week we deflated something. Next week, let’s inflate something instead.