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NASA

• Tropical Storm Arthur
  June 19, 2026
  The first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season brought intense rainfall and the threat of flash flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
• Curiosity Blog, Sols 4920-4926: Surveying the Bands
  June 19, 2026
  Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, June 12, 2026 Rather than going from stage to stage at a music festival to hear different bands playing different varieties of music, Curiosity has been ascending up Mount Sharp through physical bands of exposed rocks with textural and tonal differences. […]
• NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere
  June 18, 2026 by Lauren E. Low
  NASA selected a mission concept to research how space weather and dynamics within Earth’s atmosphere influence the space environment and help improve prediction capabilities for impacts on crucial technology, such as GPS and low Earth orbit satellites, as well as astronauts in space. The DAPHNE (Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer) mission will enter Phase B of development, […]
• NASA Awards Contract for Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition
  June 18, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA has selected eight new companies and will acquire new data products from six existing Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract holders to expand the range of commercial satellite data available to researchers, civil agencies, and decision-makers. Such measurements supplement NASA’s Earth satellites by contributing high-resolution and frequent observations to enhance the agency’s set of data. […]
• From Suriname to Space: Rohit Goeptar Shares His Journey to NASA
  June 18, 2026 by Jason Costa
  Rohit Goeptar was born into a poor family in Suriname, South America, the kind where both parents work three jobs and they still can only provide food and shelter for their family. At around age six, his family moved to California to start a new life. Only two years later, he moved back to South America […]

SpaceNews

• MDA Space to buy Blue Canyon Technologies to gain foothold in U.S. market
  June 19, 2026
• ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million
  June 19, 2026
• Northrop Grumman says industry ready to scale solid rocket production, with longer contracts
  June 19, 2026
• The MEO durability crisis: why LEO hardware will fail the new orbital economy 
  June 19, 2026
• NASA selects mission to study space weather interaction with Earth’s atmosphere
  June 19, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars
  by Stephen Clark
• As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat
  by Teresa Tomassoni, Inside Climate News
• A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
  by Stephen Clark
• After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring
  by John Timmer
• Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago
  by Kiona N. Smith