(Tip of the) Chapeau to CHAPEA

Firefly’s standing down Alpha 5. ESA taps TESAT for a 6G lab in orbit. CHAPEA’s first mission set to complete. A bunch of NASA updates came over the wire late yesterday. And more.

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T-Minus Guests

Today’s guests are Sunjum Mehta and Michael Mallamaci, two members of the Terrapin Rocket Team, which is the University of Maryland rocketry team that won this year’s Spaceport America Cup.

Selected Reading

Firefly Space on X (Formerly Twitter) (Firefly/X)

ESA SELECTS TESAT FOR 6G SATELLITE PRECURSOR TO BOOST EUROPEAN DIGITAL LEADERSHIP (TESAT)

Las Vegas Spaceport project takes ‘monumental step’ forward (Review Journal)

Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million - SpaceNews (Space News)

The Spaceport Company Wins U.S. Air Force R&D contract (LinkedIn)

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission (NASA)

Volunteer Crew to Exit NASA’s Simulated Mars Habitat After 378 Days (NASA)

Set your calendars: NASA’s Boeing Test Flight Crew to Discuss Starliner Mission from Space (NASA)

Carnarvon anniversary marks remote WA tracking station's 60-year NASA lunar history milestone (ABC News)

NASA administrator weighs in on China’s historic lunar far side samples — and potential US access (CNN)

Fourth of July Holidays in Space (NASA)

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