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NASA

• Fire’s Footprint on Santa Rosa Island
  June 2, 2026
  A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the Channel Islands.
• NASA Awards Modification Contract for Reduced Gravity Test Aircraft
  June 1, 2026 by Dede Dinius
  NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance, and testing services to the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and Johnson Space Center in Houston. The award is a firm-fixed-price contract and will be time and material for any over and above and unforeseen […]
• NASA Invites Media to See Roman Space Telescope Arrive at Kennedy
  June 1, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the coming weeks. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where teams completed its construction, assembly, and testing. Credentialed media […]
• NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Near Houston 
  June 1, 2026 by Sumer Loggins
  Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, June 13. During the mission, select maneuvers will be conducted at low altitudes over the Houston area.  Pilots will fly remote sensing payloads in raster patterns, or parallel back-and-forth lines. The instruments flown could help […]
• What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
  June 1, 2026
  Venus and Jupiter meet after sunset, the Moon passes in front of Venus, summer begins, and deep-sky treasures rise into view.

SpaceNews

• NASA abandons ‘core module’ concept for commercial space station development
  June 2, 2026
• France to fly two astronauts on Vast missions
  June 2, 2026
• Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome
  June 1, 2026
• Spaceport facility bonds are now law – and they fundamentally change space infrastructure finance
  June 1, 2026
• China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight
  June 1, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
  by Kai Williams
• They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains
  by Marta Zaraska
• Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
  by Diana Gitig
• Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
  by John Timmer