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With the aim of expanding its role in space research, Hungary hosted MoonRad Industry Day on Monday. The event, organized by the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network, the Ministry for National Economy, and the European Space Agency (ESA), served to present the MoonRad Lunar Exploration Space Weather Monitoring SmallSat Mission and establish a potential international industrial consortium.

The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), led by Administrator Yoon Youngbin, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), led by Minister Cho Tae-yul, co-hosted the ROK-U.S. New Space Seminar on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 (local time), in Washington, D.C., United States. The seminar was held on the occasion of the 4th ROK-U.S. Civil Space Dialogue, aimed at facilitating exchanges between Korean and U.S. space companies.

DIANA is the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic, an organisation established by NATO to find and accelerate dual-use innovation capacity across the Alliance.

Amazon's satellite internet network, Project Kuiper, aims to bridge the global digital divide by providing fast, reliable broadband to customers and communities around the world. The system is built around a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, and Amazon has tapped hundreds of businesses across the European Union (EU)—including major partners like Arianespace and Beyond Gravity—to deliver on its mission.

Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), a leading small satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has been selected by the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea to build the first CubeSat for the world's first long-term planetary science campaign which will use a series of CubeSats to monitor Venus from low Earth orbit.

The Horizon Europe EU Space Research Call 2025 (HORIZON-CL4-2025-02, SPACE-HADEA) is now open for submissions. With a total budget of €139 million, this call under Cluster 4—Destination 5 (Digital, Industry and Space) funds collaborative projects that advance Europe’s leadership in space research, technology and applications.

Dutch rocket builder T-Minus Engineering has signed an agreement with Canada’s Maritime Launch Services to carry out two rocket launches from Spaceport Nova Scotia in October.

NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:22 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 10, for launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4. This shift allows teams to account for predicted inclement weather during the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft transport in addition to completing final processing of the spacecraft ahead of launch.

Japanese lunar exploration company ispace will attempt to land its RESILIENCE spacecraft on the Moon no earlier than 5 June (CEST) 2025. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) global network of ground stations is facilitating communication between the spacecraft and ispace mission control.

The arrival of the heavy-lift Ariane 6 and return to operations of the medium-lift Vega-C rocket has done little to ease the European Commission’s concerns about Europe’s future access to space. Both vehicles are on track to increasing their launch rates in the next two years. Managers say that with higher-volume production, they can get per-launch costs down to a level that enables them to compete on the global market.

Europe’s quest to reinvigorate its space capabilities received a boost at the start of the year when the Trump administration took office, amplifying the region’s concern about dependence on the U.S. By the end of the year, it should be clear whether Europe can match its ambition with progress

Spain’s Space Agency (AEE) late Sunday urged infrastructure operators to remain vigilant amid an intense wave of solar activity, warning that such events can disrupt power grids, radio communications and satellite navigation systems. A high-speed coronal mass ejection (CME) – a huge burst of charged particles from the sun – struck Earth’s magnetic field early Sunday, triggering a “severe” geomagnetic storm, the AEE said.