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- Future of Crew Dragon weighs on commercial spaceflight industry SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 While SpaceX says there is a “significant” amount of life left in its Crew Dragon fleet, the company has hedged on how long it will continue flying the spacecraft.
- SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing — perhaps literally.When SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starfall, its commercial reentry capsule, on June 23, the company did not […]
- ESA Astronaut Completes Third Test of EuroSuit Prototype Aboard ISS European Spaceflight · 4 Aug 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed a third and likely final test of EuroSuit, a European intravehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit prototype, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The suit was developed unde...
- Rocketdyne reemerges as standalone space company SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 AE Industrial private-equity firm takes 60% stake as L3Harris retains a noncontrolling interest
- ESA and Pokémon team up to celebrate World Space Week ESA · 4 Aug 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) are teaming up to celebrate World Space Week from 4–10 October 2026. This unique, limited-time collaboration brings together two worlds united...
- APOD: August 4, 2026 – Curious Cometary Knots in the Helix Nebula NASA · 4 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: August 4, 2026 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph...
- Kreios Space to fly VLEO demonstration in NanoAvionics bus SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Spanish startup Kreios Space announced plans Aug. 4 to conduct the first very low Earth orbit (VLEO) demonstration of its air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) in a Kongsberg […]
- Smoke Streams Across Eastern Washington NASA · 4 Aug 2026 Wildland fires in early August 2026 pushed air quality to unhealthy levels, destroyed hundreds of structures, and triggered mandatory evacuations in Spokane.
- NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions SpaceNews · 4 Aug 2026 With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it is working with NASA on ways to prevent similar collisions in the future.
- SpaceX Replacing MRAPs with Cybertrucks Beginning with Crew-13 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 4 Aug 2026 NASA and SpaceX are getting ready to launch Crew-13 to the International Space Station in September. For the first time, if an emergency occurs on the launch pad and the
- Launch Preview: Starlink, AST SpaceMobile, and Chinese missions fill launch manifest NASASpaceflight · 3 Aug 2026 The first full week of August is shaping up to be another busy period for…
- Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas NASA · 3 Aug 2026 Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully enginee...
- Guinea-Bissau Tidal Waters NASA · 3 Aug 2026 Twice each day, tides ebb and flow through a maze of sandy channels, mudflats, and mangrove forests that flank the 88 islands and islets of Guinea-Bissau’s Bijagós Archipelago (Arquipélago dos Bijagós in Portuguese). See...
- Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2026 EchoStar’s Hughes geostationary satellite broadband business has filed for bankruptcy in the United States after years of mounting competition from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.
- A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap NASA · 3 Aug 2026 The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing a network of melt features.
- Starship Soars as SpaceX Looks to AI Space Scout · 3 Aug 2026 SpaceX’s colossal Starship launch vehicle lifted off July 24th from the company’s launch facility in South Texas on its thirteenth integrated flight test.
- Xona secures spectrum approval for 250-satellite navigation network SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2026 The approval allows the startup to transmit stronger signals in spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies
- MaiaSpace Losses Required ArianeGroup to Decide on Company’s Future European Spaceflight · 3 Aug 2026 ArianeGroup has decided against dissolving MaiaSpace after the company posted a €37.5 million loss for 2025, pushing its shareholders’ equity below zero. According to the company’s 2025 annual accounts, filed on 22 July...
- SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana Ars Technica · 3 Aug 2026 A Louisiana launch site would offer several significant advantages.
- NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay NASA · 3 Aug 2026 NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development of future lunar communi...
- Ike Theriot Helps Prepare Astronauts to Work on the Moon NASA · 3 Aug 2026 From serving in the U.S. Army to helping prepare astronauts to explore the lunar surface, Ike Theriot built a path to NASA through discipline and determination. Theriot serves as the Flight Operations Surface Testing lea...
- NASA Brings Space Exploration to the FIFA World Cup NASA · 3 Aug 2026 From June 11 through July 19, NASA’s free interactive exhibit at FIFA Fan Festival™ brought space exploration to soccer fans in East Downtown Houston. More than 500,000 visitors explored the exhibit during the tournament...
- Airbus and Thales win order for SpainSat replacement SpaceNews · 3 Aug 2026 Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space will build a replacement military communications satellite for Spain as they, along with Leonardo, continue efforts on a space joint venture.
- The journey of Sophie Adenot's bonus food ESA · 3 Aug 2026 What does it take to send gourmet food to the International Space Station? Follow ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot's bonus menu from a French kitchen to orbit, where chefs, engineers and food specialists work together to tran...
- APOD: 2026 August 3 – Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula NASA · 3 Aug 2026 APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 August 3 –…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascin...
- APOD: 2026 August 3 – Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula NASA · 3 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 3 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph...
- What’s Happening in Space Policy August 2-8, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 2 Aug 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of August 2-8, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate is in session this week.
- U.S. Air Force expands Blue Origin rocket cargo contract SpaceNews · 2 Aug 2026 The Air Force Research Laboratory increased by $11.7 million Blue Origin’s contract to study the use of space rockets for point-to-point deliveries
- APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia NASA · 2 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or phot...
- APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia NASA · 2 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or phot...
- Boeing’s Starliner set for potential 2026 cargo run to ISS NASASpaceflight · 1 Aug 2026 Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has noted redesign work on the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is…
- Space Force awards K2 Space $22.9 million for orbital laser communications demonstration SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2026 Two K2 satellites will host optical terminals intended to connect military systems in orbit
- China launches secretive TJS-27 pair, orbits next-gen Tianlian relay sat SpaceNews · 1 Aug 2026 HELSINKI — China sent a new pair of secretive satellites into a programmatically new orbit Wednesday, while also upgrading its on-orbit communications relay capabilities. A Long March 6A rocket lifted […]
- APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus NASA · 1 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photog...
- APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus NASA · 1 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photog...
- What’s Up: August 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 31 Jul 2026 A solar eclipse, the Perseids, bright Venus after sunset, and a deep partial lunar eclipse highlight August’s skywatching. Skywatching Highlights Transcript A solar eclipse, one of the year’s best meteor showers, Venus a...
- Starbase Pad 1 Retrofits Progress as Block 3 Flights Start NASASpaceflight · 31 Jul 2026 While SpaceX has now flown two flights out of the newly designed Pad 2, crews…
- NASA to Host Florida Event Celebrating American Air, Space Leadership NASA · 31 Jul 2026 NASA will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 14, live from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and media and digital creators are invited to attend in person. The announcement, held in the XL...
- Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA more than $1 billion, an estimate strongly rejected by the agency’s administrator.
- NASA’s Newest Wind Tunnel Opens at NASA Langley NASA · 31 Jul 2026 On Friday, July 31, 2026, NASA leadership and Virginia government officials opened NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hamp...