The Void

2026.06.07 /Issue 6.7.02026

NASA'S X-59 JUST WENT SUPERSONIC FOR THE FIRST TIME — AND BARELY MADE A SOUND

THE STORY On Friday, June 5, NASA's experimental X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft broke the sound barrier for the

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2026.06.07 /Issue 6.7.02026

BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW GLENN EXPLODES — AND IT TOOK THE MOON TIMELINE WITH IT

THE STORY Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy-lift rocket detonated during a routine static fire test at Launch Complex 36

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2026.05.31 /Issue 5.31.02026

MOON BASE IS GO: NASA Awards First Contracts for Humanity's Permanent Lunar Outpost

THE STORY At a press conference at NASA Headquarters on May 26, Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled the first concrete steps toward building

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2026.05.31 /Issue 5.31.02026

THE PENTAGON BETS ITS SPACE FUTURE ON SPACEX

THE STORY In the span of two days, SpaceX secured a combined $6.45 billion in U.S. Space Force contracts that

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2026.05.31 /Issue 5.31.02026

THE SKY JUST EXPLODED OVER NEW ENGLAND: NASA Confirms Meteor Detonation Off Cape Cod

THE STORY At approximately 2:06 PM ET on Saturday, May 31, a meteor streaked over the northeastern United States and detonated

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2026.05.31 /Issue 5.31.02026

THE NIGHT THE SKY TURNED ORANGE: Blue Origin's New Glenn Destroyed in Catastrophic Pad Explosion

THE STORY Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket — the heavy-lift vehicle Jeff Bezos has spent over a decade and billions

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2026.05.31 /Issue 5.31.02026

STARSHIP V3 GROUNDED: FAA Orders Investigation After Flight 12 Booster Failure

THE STORY The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX's Starship megarocket pending a SpaceX-led mishap investigation into the debut

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2026.05.31 /Issue 5.31.02026

STARFALL: SpaceX's Plan to Return Cargo from Orbit Could Ignite the In-Space Manufacturing Era

THE STORY Federal Aviation Administration documents have revealed new details about a SpaceX project called Starfall — a family of reentry vehicles designed

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2026.05.31 /Issue 5.31.02026

WHICH CAME FIRST? WEBB FINDS A BLACK HOLE THAT PREDATES ITS OWN GALAXY

THE STORY The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a supermassive black hole that appears to have formed before the galaxy surrounding

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2026.05.17 /Issue 5.17.02026

GOLDEN DOME'S PRICE TAG JUST HIT $1.2 TRILLION — AND THE SPACE INDUSTRY IS SALIVATING

THE STORY The Congressional Budget Office has released its first formal cost estimate for President Trump's "Golden Dome"

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2026.05.12 /Issue 5.10.02026

NASA FUNDS A STARTUP TO HARVEST HELIUM-3 FROM THE MOON

THE STORY Interlune, a Seattle-based startup founded to extract helium-3 from lunar regolith, has won a $6.9 million Small

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