Latest · May 29, 2026
Was this the Most Consequential Week in Commercial Spaceflight?
A mitigated success for SpaceX and an unmitigated disaster for Blue Origin have shifted the vibes once more. Who'd have guessed SLS would be the reliable piece of Artemis?
Read the column →The J Mission Index · Flagship
How far are we to a self-sustaining cislunar economy?
12/ 10011/38 milestones · data 2025
Earth-to-Orbit Access 16.7%28
LEO Commercialization & Habitation 16.7%8
In-Space Logistics & Refueling 11.1%7
Cislunar Transport 16.7%15
Lunar Surface Infrastructure 11.1%6
ISRU & Resource Use 11.1%3
Economic Self-Sufficiency 16.7%13
0–100 distance to a self-sustaining cislunar economy · 6 pillars, weighted · continuous indicators (GCAT) normalized distance-to-target + cited milestone checklists (OECD/JRC) · methodology →
The Indexes
All indexes + methodology →Launch Cadence Index
135orbital YTD 2026
~314 proj · 2025: 324Method · LL2 (live) + SpaceNews / McDowell GCATSpaceX Dominance
49% of launches
2025: 50.9%Method · LL2 (live) + SpaceNewsSpace-Economy Growth
65/100 · activity 2025
+24.3 vs 2024 · +25.3% YoYMethod · GCAT (McDowell) + Space-Track · computed in code; YoY min-max normalized, equal-weight (OECD/JRC)Space News Heat
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hayp...SpacePolicyOnline@spacepolicyonline.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 21:08Five ISS Crew Members Temporarily Take Shelter Due to Russian Segment Air Leak spacepolicyonline.com/news/five-is...NASAWATCH@nasawatch.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 20:32Second contractor insourcing at #NASA has started at JSC. MCC staff contractors were recently insourced. Now many more JSC contractors are going to be converted in flight ops, exploration, and engineering. Job postings in July will be ope…Kevin M. Gill@kevinmgill.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 19:55Sol 4915 MastCam view of the butte Miraflores, taken this week by the Mars Curiosity Rover.
flic.kr/p/2sh9XszLoren Grush@lorengrush.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 18:45Look I'm just a lowly rocket reporter but I just have a simple question: what the heck? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 18:12Leaf Space partners with D-Orbit and EnduroSat to test connectivity service
MILAN – Italian ground segment operator Leaf Space unveiled a new space connectivity service May 27. The technology, named TreeNet, aims to make space communicat…NASASpaceflight.com@nasaspaceflight.comJUN 5 · 17:56Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 today, June 6th, at 5:00 p.m. EDT / 21:00 UTC in The Flame Trench, our weekly show, where we discuss all the recent space news, and developments in the space industry!
www.youtube.com/live/P7CHakB...NASAWATCH@nasawatch.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 17:28The editor of NASAWatch.bsky.social - KeithCowing.bsky.social - will be on Deutsche Welle just after 4:00 pm EDT today to talk about the air leak issue on board the International Space StationSpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 16:29Astronauts briefly shelter in Dragon during ISS leak repair
NASA instructed astronauts on the International Space Station to briefly shelter in a Dragon spacecraft June 5 as cosmonauts attempted to repair an air leak in a Russian module.…Jonathan McDowell@planet4589.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 16:02Russian astronauts on ISS today began another series of attempts to investigate and fix small but persistent air leaks in the Zvezda module.Jonathan McDowell@planet4589.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 15:41More shenanigans aimed at my former institutionSpacePolicyOnline@spacepolicyonline.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 15:14Cosmonauts on ISS were preparing to do extensive repairs re the leaks in the PrK transfer tunnel. NASA had all 4 Crew-12 astronauts + Chris Williams take safe haven in Dragon, but the cosmonauts decided to do measurements only for now, so…Andrew Parsonson@andrewparsonson.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 15:07Arianespace has announced that the launch of its most powerful Ariane 6 to date is scheduled for 17 June between 13:53 and 14:22 CET.
europeanspaceflight.com/launch-of-mo...Loren Grush@lorengrush.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 15:00It appears that they have been cleared to leave Dragon alreadyEuropean Space Agency@esa.intJUN 5 · 14:49Next Ariane 6 launch set for 17 June, in its most powerful configuration yet.
Flight #VA269 will deploy 36 satellites for Amazon LES's constellation.
More info 👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
@transport.esa.intJ Mission@jmission.bsky.socialJUN 5 · 14:45SpaceX is a launch company in the same way Amazon is a bookseller.