Controversial chairman of US House science committee to retire
Nature News — 6:01 am ET (1001 GMT)

Russian space firm gets order for four military satellites
TASS — 5:59 am ET (0959 GMT)

Friday marks 60 years since first living creature’s flight into orbit
TASS — 5:58 am ET (0958 GMT)

Is anybody out there? What Darwin can teach us about how aliens might look
The Guardian — 5:57 am ET (0957 GMT)

NASA Awards Study Contracts For First Deep Space Gateway Element
Aviation Week — 5:54 am ET (0954 GMT)

Raytheon Delivers First Version of GPS OCX
Aviation Week — 5:54 am ET (0954 GMT)

Contentious Bridenstine Nomination Hearing Splits Along Party Lines
SpacePolicyOnline.com — 5:51 am ET (0951 GMT)

Initial Signals Received From Six Small Satellites Built by SSL for Planet
SSL — 5:49 am ET (0949 GMT)

Shaker Heights students talk live with astronauts on International Space Station
WJW-TV Cleveland — 5:48 am ET (0948 GMT)

Diverting hurricanes with satellites a possibility
Houston Chronicle — 5:47 am ET (0947 GMT)

Trump’s pick for NASA chief gets grilled on climate change
Salon.com — 5:47 am ET (0947 GMT)

Ukraine offers Canada joint projects in aircraft building, space exploration - Groysman
Interfax — 5:46 am ET (0946 GMT)

Space Agencies of Ukraine and Canada sign Memorandum of Understanding
Ukrinform — 5:46 am ET (0946 GMT)

Astronaut Scott Kelly on Working in Space
Harvard Business Review — 5:45 am ET (0945 GMT)

Virgin creates Vox Space for its government-related launches
TechCrunch — 5:44 am ET (0944 GMT)

Squashed in space: Study identifies changes in astronauts’ brains
Stat — 5:42 am ET (0942 GMT)

Long Spaceflights Could Put Pressure on the Brain
HealthDay News — 5:42 am ET (0942 GMT)

The Moon can help reveal our solar system's history
Axios — 5:41 am ET (0941 GMT)

Lunar swirls hold valuable secrets
Axios — 5:41 am ET (0941 GMT)

The moon is one step. Mars is the prize.
Axios — 5:41 am ET (0941 GMT)

Lunar resources ready and waiting
Axios — 5:40 am ET (0940 GMT)

In just a week’s Time, Morocco will have its Earth Observation Satellite
North Africa Post — 5:39 am ET (0939 GMT)

Vostochniy spaceport construction contractor accused of $11 million misappropriation
Crime Russia — 5:38 am ET (0938 GMT)

Gov. Edwards and NASA’s Todd May Highlight Growth at Michoud Assembly Facility
Office of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards — 5:36 am ET (0936 GMT)

Growth apparent at NASA Michoud facility
WVUE-TV New Orleans — 5:34 am ET (0934 GMT)