Artemis III RS-25s installed as Long March 6C debris marks a busy week in space

Artemis III advances with four RS-25 engines installed on the core stage at Kennedy Space Center, while a Long March 6C upper stage fragments in orbit after a rideshare mission. The week also features European startup funding (PLD Space, HyImpulse) and Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum launch window, NASA weighing bulk launch buys via a new Commercial Access to Space office, Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 maiden flight, Ariane 6’s first GTO mission with Meteosat-14, India’s EOS-05, NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launch, and SpaceX preparing Starship for a Starlink V3 deployment after a Super Heavy static fire.