Space industry developments focus on Starship flight testing and concerns over orbital data centers.

SpaceX successfully completed its 13th Starship test flight, which concluded with a successful landing and provides significant momentum for NASA's lunar exploration program.

Following the 13th flight, SpaceX is reportedly preparing to attempt a 'tower catch' maneuver for the next iteration of the Starship design.

Environmental and scientific experts have issued a formal petition to the U.S. government, expressing concerns that proposed orbital data centers by companies like SpaceX could be 'catastrophic' for the planet.

A wildfire in Spain forced the emergency evacuation of a NASA Deep Space Network complex, highlighting the vulnerability of critical ground-based infrastructure to climate-driven disasters.

Predictions for 2026 suggest ongoing global monitoring requirements, with space-related threats like potential asteroid impacts remaining a topic of long-term scientific discussion.