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- TB 26-05 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments NASA · 31 Jul 2026 Flammability test results for commercial-off-the-shelf webbings that meet NASA flammability requirements are reported for use in elevated oxygen environments anticipated for future lunar and Martian missions. Testing dem...
- TB 26-04 Webbings for Use in Elevated Oxygen Environments NASA · 31 Jul 2026 Flammability test results for commercial-off-the-shelf webbings that meet NASA flammability requirements are reported for use in elevated oxygen environments anticipated for future lunar and Martian missions. Testing dem...
- NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship Rocket NASA · 31 Jul 2026 NASA and its industry partners are preparing for next year’s Artemis III demonstration mission by completing new wind tunnel tests on SpaceX’s Super Heavy Version 3 rocket booster. The tests, conducted at NASA’s Ames Res...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 31 Jul 2026 The Starlink 17-52 mission is SpaceX’s 90th orbital launch of the year so far. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:59 p.m. PDT (10:59 p.m. EDT / 0259 UTC).
- NASA Opens New Flight Dynamics Research Facility in Virginia NASA · 31 Jul 2026 NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility, Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its partners to test the safety and performance of future generations of aircraft, rocke...
- Spain commits up to $2.3 billion for national military communications for IRIS² SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 WARSAW, Poland — The Spanish government announced it will allocate between 1.6 billion and 2 billion euros ($1.8 to $2.3 billion) to develop a national military satellite communications constellation that […]
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4961-4967: Approaching a Break in the Rock Record? NASA · 31 Jul 2026 Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Earth planning date: Friday, July 24, 2026 Curiosity spent the week continuing to climb her way up throu...
- NASA’s Roman Telescope to Carry 1.35 Million Names to Deep Space NASA · 31 Jul 2026 On July 27, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida installed a memory card containing 1,350,144 names as part of a commemorative plaque on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The names were submitted by...
- Inside the effort to show Congress what war in space looks like SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 The Space Force Association’s National Spacepower Center is building an unclassified environment for demonstrating threats to satellites and their consequences on Earth
- Space Force picks 15 companies for $981 million training range contract SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 Vendors will compete for orders to build satellites, sensors and systems for more realistic military space exercises
- Week in images: 27-31 July 2026 ESA · 31 Jul 2026 Week in images: 27-31 July 2026
- Spain Offers €1 Billion in Bid to Host Thirty Meter Telescope European Spaceflight · 31 Jul 2026 Spain has offered a package worth up to €1 billion to support the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on La Palma in the Canary Islands. The Spanish site is currently the project’s designated alternative, wi...
- Blue Origin continues rebuilding LC-36, prepares testing alternatives for New Glenn second stage NASASpaceflight · 31 Jul 2026 Two months after losing a New Glenn rocket to a pad explosion during a static…
- NASA still assessing Starliner-1 flight opportunities SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 A NASA official says that work with Boeing on the company’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle is making “good progress” but declined to offer a date when the spacecraft could fly again.
- The new space wars: lessons from Ukraine and the Middle East SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 In March 2021, while serving as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, I hosted a discussion with General Chance Saltzman, now Chief of Space Operations for the United States […]
- This Month at ESA: July 2026 ESA · 31 Jul 2026 What did space have in store for Europe this July?
- Rocket Report: Big deals for US launch firms, RFA One debut is delayed Ars Technica · 31 Jul 2026 "America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again."
- How to safely watch a solar eclipse ESA · 31 Jul 2026 [English]: A solar eclipse is an unforgettable sight, but only if you watch it safely!
- HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s water ESA · 31 Jul 2026 The European Space Agency's two-satellite HydroGNSS Scout mission has completed commissioning and is now in full scientific operations.
- Earth from Space: New Orleans and the mighty Mississippi ESA · 31 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad NASA · 31 Jul 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC… 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 photogra...
- APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad NASA · 31 Jul 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC… 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 photogra...
- Destructive Fires Char Western Europe NASA · 31 Jul 2026 Raging wildfires disrupted summer in Spain and France amid sweltering heat waves and prolonged drought.
- Still No Date for Starliner’s Next Flight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 31 Jul 2026 NASA declined again today to indicate when the next Starliner flight will take place. The agency and Boeing agreed after problems encountered with the 2024 Crewed Flight Test that the
- Rules of the road needed for orbital data center constellations SpaceNews · 31 Jul 2026 As companies develop large constellations of orbital data center satellites, experts say now is the time to start thinking about some critical space safety topics and rules of the road.
- Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA NASA · 30 Jul 2026 The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released into the atmosphere above the Texas Gulf Coast by students from...
- K2 Space raises $500 million for commercial, defense satellite expansion SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2026 The Series D more than doubles the satellite manufacturer’s valuation in seven months and will fund a production ramp to as many as 100 large spacecraft a year
- Roman Space Telescope on track for late August launch SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2026 NASA’s next flagship space telescope is set to launch in late August, nine months ahead of schedule.
- Jim Bridenstine on his new role at Quantum Space SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2026 In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who is now the CEO of Quantum Space. Bridenstine talks about the strategic shift to proliferation in low […]
- NASA Assigns Astronaut Deniz Burnham to First Space Station Mission NASA · 30 Jul 2026 NASA astronaut Deniz Burnham will embark on her first mission to the International Space Station, serving as an Expedition 76 flight engineer. Burnham will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft with cosmonau...
- Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A NASA · 30 Jul 2026 In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system. Cen...
- Summer school builds future GNSS talent ESA · 30 Jul 2026 From 13-24 July, the 17th annual European Space Agency (ESA)/Joint Research Centre (JRC) International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) brought together a record 102 students, early-stage resea...
- Rocket Lab wins another launch contract from Japan’s iQPS SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2026 Rocket Lab has won another contract from Japanese radar imaging company iQPS for multiple launches of its Electron rocket.
- ArianeGroup Completes Themis Wet Dress Rehearsal European Spaceflight · 30 Jul 2026 ArianeGroup has completed a wet dress rehearsal of the Themis reusable booster demonstrator at the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden, providing the first substantive update on the vehicle’s test campaign in more than ten mo...
- From drone flight to sounding rocket ESA · 30 Jul 2026 A drone carrying an unusual payload recently took to the skies above ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s technical centre in the Netherlands, marking the first test flight of a student-developed radar retroreflector techn...
- NASA Johnson Interns Shaping the Future of Exploration NASA · 30 Jul 2026 NASA interns at Johnson Space Center are applying their talents to real-world projects while working alongside the engineers, scientists, communicators, and innovators advancing human spaceflight. Learn how these student...
- Major rehearsal takes Themis one step closer to flight ESA · 30 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- SMOS salinity could offer early indicator of El Niño ESA · 30 Jul 2026 As the Pacific Ocean moves into an El Niño phase, scientists are monitoring changes in sea-surface temperature, but also sea-surface salinity – which is another key indicator of this phenomenon.
- APOD: 2026 July 30 – Red Sun trough Wildfire Smoke NASA · 30 Jul 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 30 – Red Sun… 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: July 30 – Red Sun trough Wildfire Smoke NASA · 30 Jul 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: July 30 – Red Sun… 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 photograp...