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Space
SpaceNewsJul 13
SpaceX gears up for Starship Flight 13
SpaceX plans to conduct its next Starship launch as soon as July 16 to test fixes to issues from the previous flight and deploy functioning Starlink satellites.
SpaceNewsJul 11
Parabilis tests propulsion system for maneuverable cubesats
The Space Force is backing the development of the company’s hybrid engine technology for small satellites
SpaceNewsJul 11
FCC approves first Reflect Orbital satellite
The Federal Communications Commission has given its approval for a satellite that will test the ability to reflect sunlight into nighttime regions, a project sharply criticized by astronomers and environmentalists.
Ars Technica SpaceJul 10
China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it
"Clearly, they admire the work that's being done by SpaceX and are trying to replicate it."
Spaceflight NowJul 10
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
The Starlink 17-48 mission added another 24 satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 8:01 p.m. PDT (11:01 p.m. EDT / 0301 UTC).
NASA NewsJul 10
Early Career Faculty (ECF) 2025 Awards
Back to ECF Home Advanced Diagnostics for High-Enthalpy Test Facilities Simulating Spacecraft Atmospheric Entry Planning for Autonomous Spacecraft Using Machine Learning Methods to Enable Onboard Guidance, Navigation, and Control
NASA NewsJul 10
NASA Volunteers Help Zooniverse Reach 1 Billion Classifications
The Zooniverse, a NASA grantee that runs the world’s largest platform for online people-powered research, has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 billion classifications contributed by volunteers around the world. This milestone is a celebration of everyone who has marked a dip in a light curve, confirmed the presence of a moving object in a short […]
SpaceNewsJul 10
Earth observation satellites pass telecom in European space industry sales
MILAN European space industry sales rebounded in 2025 after a contraction in 2024, Eurospace reported in its latest Facts and Figures report, presented July 7. The growth is driven []
SpaceNewsJul 10
China unveils members of state-backed commercial space consortium
HELSINKI — A Chinese government body has published a national commercial space consortium membership list, offering a rare indication of which companies the state considers established players. The list was []
NASA NewsJul 10
NASA Photographer Captures Images from F-18 Over Washington
NASA flight photographers capture history from a perspective few ever experience, getting a rare bird’s-eye view of the agency’s missions in action. Their photos document key NASA research and give the public a front-row seat to the work happening behind the scenes. Jim Ross, a photographer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, []
Ars Technica SpaceJul 10
NASA sure seems to be asking an awful lot of private space stations
"Industry finally knows what NASA is asking of them."
NASA NewsJul 10
Waxing Gibbous Moon
The waxing gibbous moon is nestled in the darkness of space in this June 26, 2026, image from the International Space Station. The space station was 264 miles above the Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar at the time. The waxing gibbous phase comes before the full moon phase. During this time, the Moon appears brighter []
SpaceNewsJul 10
The space industry is weighing ambitious hiring against heritage
Space is hard, as the decades-old adage goes. For much of the industry’s history, “rocket science” was as much a barrier to entry as a byword for difficulty. But now []
SpaceNewsJul 10
Startup testing nuclear battery technology in orbit
A City Labs mission aims to validate a tritium-powered electrical source for satellites and lunar systems that could operate where solar power falls short
SpaceNewsJul 10
Space capitalism needs more than a bull market
By most measures, commercial space is thriving. Washington produced a flurry of activity over the past year: two major executive orders, a raft of directives, and space superiority elevated to []
Ars Technica SpaceJul 10
Wally Funk, last of Mercury 13 and oldest woman in space, dies at 87
"I have been waiting a long time to finally get up there..."
SpaceNewsJul 10
ElevationSpace advances work on commercial reentry vehicle
A Japanese startup developing reentry vehicles is signing up customers and preparing for its first mission while keeping a watchful eye on SpaceX’s entry into the market.
Ars Technica SpaceJul 10
Rocket Report: "Panic" over Transporter availability; Isar to launch from Canada
"We are delighted to actively help shape the ramp-up of the Ariane 6."
SpaceNewsJul 10
China becomes second country to recover orbital booster with Long March 10B
HELSINKI — China launched its Long March 10B rocket early Friday and successfully recovered the first stage, marking a huge step for the country’s reusable rocket efforts. The first Long []
NASA NewsJul 10
Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground
Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.
SpaceNewsJul 9
Interior Department requests information on offshore launch options
An office of the U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking information on concepts for performing offshore orbital launches, part of a broader effort to reduce congestion at existing spaceports.
SpaceNewsJul 9
SDA TAP Lab Evolves Into BMC3I TAP Lab And In Partnership With Catalyst Campus Launches A New Multi-Phased Program To Accelerate Mission-Focused Technology Development
Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation (CCTI) and the BMC3I TAP Lab Colorado are excited to announce a new multi-phased program designed to strengthen collaboration between commercial innovators and government []
NASA NewsJul 9
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station
NASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, accompanied by cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, where they will join the Expedition 74 crew advancing scientific research. Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina will lift off at 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 p.m. Baikonur time) []
SpaceNewsJul 9
The Exploration Company establishes US entity to pursue government contracts
JOHANNESBURG — The Exploration Company, a space transportation company based in Germany, established TEC Federal, a United States-based entity that will enable it to compete for government programs and contracts. []
NASA NewsJul 9
NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar
For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. The results provide new insight into the structure of some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos, as NASA […]
SpaceNewsJul 9
Environmental groups urge FCC to pause orbital data center applications
Environmental and scientific groups are calling for a halt to processing orbital data center applications, arguing the rush to move computing infrastructure into space has raised the stakes in a broader push for more megaconstellation oversight.
NASA NewsJul 9
Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
The reports add to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.
NASA NewsJul 9
Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over a rock and crush it on May 30, 2024. Several days later, Curiosity used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to take []
NASA NewsJul 9
NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice
This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And while that instrument won’t launch for another year, scientists started preparing for its use during a recent field campaign in the Canadian wilderness. Researchers spent two weeks []
SpaceNewsJul 9
Volatility is often the price of ambition
For the growing number of constellations being designed around Starship, the wild ups and downs in the early days of SpaceX’s historic IPO have a familiar rhythm. While some of []
