Cameron County’s Spaceport Development Corporation awarded $5M
KVEO-TV Rio Grande Valley, TX — 6:18 am ET (1118 GMT)

Space for dreams: On ISRO’s new chief
The Hindu — 6:16 am ET (1116 GMT)

New chief scientist wants NASA to be about climate science, not just space
CNBC — 6:14 am ET (1114 GMT)

NASA begins long process of focusing James Webb space telescope
The Hill — 6:13 am ET (1113 GMT)

NASA’s Spitzer Illuminates Exoplanets in Astronomical Society Briefing
NASA/JPL — 6:13 am ET (1113 GMT)

MDA wins another lunar landing sensor contract
SpaceQ — 6:11 am ET (1111 GMT)

Virgin Orbit launches first satellite mission after SPAC merger
The Verge — 6:11 am ET (1111 GMT)

Falcon 9 completes launch, has now lifted 550 satellites into orbit
Ars Technica — 6:11 am ET (1111 GMT)

Space-focused SPAC brings in $287.5M with former Blue Origin president as CEO
GeekWire — 6:11 am ET (1111 GMT)

NASA begins process of bringing new space telescope into focus
Reuters — 6:10 am ET (1110 GMT)

Solar power, going down
ESA — 6:08 am ET (1108 GMT)

Biden’s space policy nominee backs ban on destructive ASAT testing, pushes norms
Breaking Defense — 6:07 am ET (1107 GMT)

SpaceX launches Transporter-3 rideshare mission and lands booster at LZ-1
NasaSpaceFlight.com — 6:06 am ET (1106 GMT)

Virgin Orbit launches mission STP-27VPB “Above the Clouds”
NasaSpaceFlight.com — 6:06 am ET (1106 GMT)

Organic molecules in an ancient Mars meteorite formed via geology, not alien life
Science News — 6:05 am ET (1105 GMT)

Astronomers identified a second possible exomoon
Science News — 6:05 am ET (1105 GMT)

Scientists think they've found a big, weird moon in a far-off star system
NPR — 6:04 am ET (1104 GMT)

Dark energy survey creates largest 3D map of the universe
Cosmos Magazine — 6:03 am ET (1103 GMT)

Have we spotted the birth of a black hole?
Cosmos Magazine — 6:03 am ET (1103 GMT)

OMEGA Joins ClearSpace to Clean Up Space
ClearSpace — 6:00 am ET (1100 GMT)

SpaceX launches 105 small satellites in low-cost "rideshare" mission
CBS — 6:00 am ET (1100 GMT)

Astrophysicists Release the Biggest Map of the Universe Yet
Wired News — 5:59 am ET (1059 GMT)

NASA holding out hope for first SLS launch in March
Space News — 5:53 am ET (1053 GMT)

SpaceX launches third dedicated smallsat rideshare mission
Space News — 5:53 am ET (1053 GMT)

DoD space policy nominee highlights complex security challenges facing U.S.
Space News — 5:51 am ET (1051 GMT)