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Varda is officially 3 for 3 This shows that our performance is a pattern, not a fluke Regular, low cost, re-entry is critical infrastructure for a variety of our customers' needs From hypersonic test, to orbital delivery, to space drug formulation Up next? W-4!

First in Morning Transpo: Congressman Troy E. Nehls and Sen Budd are introducing legislation today that would repeal supersonic flight over the U.S. IF there’s no audible sonic boom (which Boom Supersonic has been testing and has shown it can do): Plus Blake Scholl 🛫 weighs in: subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/202…

In my Manhattan Institute Space Policy report I advocated NASA retire SLS after 1st crewed lunar landing. That idea is backed many space experts—including Jared Isaacman. Will Congress go along? Eric Berger says they probably will. But what comes next?

Venus Aerospace takes flight for the first time. arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/…

Berger's Law now officially applies to Virgin Galactic resuming human space tourism flights in 2026.

Worth noting that if they don't get off next Friday, SpaceX will likely have to stand down over the three-day Memorial Day weekend.

I’ve heard these satellites are already at the Cape. If that’s the case, Amazon might be growing its constellation rather quickly.

FAA statement re Starship IFT-8 and IFT-9.

LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME LOOK AT THAT SHOT

Today’s Giro d’Italia stage was the best race of the year so far! Fascinating on so many levels. What a tour this is going to be.

Dragonfly is a nuclear-powered rotorcraft that will explore the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, to characterize habitability. Stay tuned for our audit of this ambitious mission, coming fall 2025. ☑️ Sign up to receive the report when it’s issued: go.nasa.gov/4h3h82P

Insane headline - on Friday, SpaceX launched its 1000th satellite of the *year*. I remember back when there were only about 1000 active satellites TOTAL, as in for the whole world spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/16/liv…

The Space Force's era of faster, better, cheaper has arrived. arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/…

Green light go.

SES The first mission, currently planned for 2027, will feature a dedicated deployment from a medium-lift launcher in LEO, followed by Helios transferring the 4-ton-class payload directly to GEO within eight hours of launch. The agreement provides opportunity for additional

Alas no one need eat this, since Vulcan did not launch a national security payload before 2023.

This would set up a vote on the nomination the first week of June, as the Senate is not in session next week.

The senior military official responsible for buying launch says ULA has to "repair trust" after Vulcan delays. arstechnica.com/space/2025/05/…

I’m told that ~30% of all photos ever taken from the ISS were from Expedition 72 alone.

Flight 9 of the Starship program is its most consequential to date: • Reflying a booster for the first time • Two previous upper stage failures raise concerns about viability of design • New NASA admin and an imminent revamping of Artemis