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- New Zealand’s Southern Wilderness NASA · 30 Jul 2026 Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand’s third-largest island, is known for its vibrant birdlife, unique forests, wilderness beaches, and views of the night sky.
- Sophia Space and Caltech claim patent for space data centers SpaceNews · 30 Jul 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the award July 30 of a patent, shared with the California Institute of Technology, covering large, modular space-based data centers. The patent, issued July […]
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for National Reconnaissance Office Spaceflight Now · 29 Jul 2026 The NROL-95 mission will be the third payload for the National Reconnaissance Office launched under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 procurement. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is sch...
- Proposed rule would exempt commercial launch licensing from environmental regulations SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 The Department of Transportation is proposing to exempt commercial space launch licensing from many environmental regulations, a move praised by industry but criticized by environmental groups.
- L3Harris delays missile business IPO to 2027 despite surging defense demand SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 CEO says market doesn't reflect value of Pentagon-backed business
- NASA Awards 2026 Innovative Technology Concepts NASA · 29 Jul 2026 The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has created 18 new awards to support visionary ideas to improve aerospace technologies in areas ranging from the exploration of the solar system to understanding the u...
- SpaceX wins $1.6 billion in launch orders for military satellite networks SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 Falcon 9 will launch satellites supporting missile tracking, targeting and military communications
- Space Force awards All Points $250 million to expand satellite processing at Vandenberg SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 All Points Logistics is the third company selected under a Commercial Solutions Opening to add facilities where satellites can be inspected, tested, fueled and prepared for integration with launch vehicles
- Swift Reboost Mission Encounters Setback SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Jul 2026 Katalyst Space’s efforts to reboost NASA’s Swift observatory has encountered a setback. The LINK on-orbit servicing spacecraft is in a multi-axis spin. LINK must attach itself to Swift and raise
- Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year Ars Technica · 29 Jul 2026 "We're feeling pretty good about that," Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said.
- NASA Sets Coverage for August Northern Hemisphere Total Solar Eclipse NASA · 29 Jul 2026 On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. NASA will stream the eclipse live with views across...
- NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this sand-capped butte, nicknamed “Miraflores,” estimated to be about 20 feet (6 meters) tall, with its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on June 11, 2026, the 4,923rd Martian day,...
- NASA’s Curiosity Discovers a Field of Martian Polygons NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree view of an expanse of terrain covered in surface features called polygons on June 19 and 20, 2026, the 4,930th and 4,931st Martian days, or sols, of the mi...
- NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures NASA · 29 Jul 2026 As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission scientists: honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, ea...
- APOD: 2026 July 29 – Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars NASA · 29 Jul 2026 A video of the Psyche spacecraft flying by Mars.
- Understanding How Martian Auroras Are Made NASA · 29 Jul 2026 This July 23, 2026, illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars’ atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere...
- LatConnect 60 Accelerates SWIRSAT Constellation Growth Anchored in Western Australia with Expansion into Malaysia and UAE SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 PERTH, Western Australia — LatConnect 60 (LC60) is executing on a multi-geography industrial plan to accelerate its SWIRSAT constellation, anchoring core technology development and payload manufacturing in Western Austra...
- MaiaSpace Ditches Suborbital Test Flight Plans European Spaceflight · 29 Jul 2026 MaiaSpace has scrapped plans to conduct a suborbital test flight of its Maia rocket, opting instead to proceed straight to a full orbital launch attempt for the vehicle’s inaugural flight in the second half of 2027. Unde...
- NASA Webb Explores Family Tree of Newly Discovered Distant Objects NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Since their discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, little red dots (LRDs) have been the subject of great interest to astronomers. Understanding the nature of these extremely distant, compact red sources...
- Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Ray Williams NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Ray Williams’ progression at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has uniquely prepared him for his new role. As part of NASA’s plan to restore core competencies by converting contractors to civil...
- Fortastra and Hadrian join forces to streamline satellite production SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Fortastra, a Los Angeles startup focused on defending on-orbit infrastructure, is working with manufacturing specialist Hadrian to explore ways to apply precision machining and additive manufacturing to [...
- H3 to launch next ispace lunar lander mission SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 Japanese lunar lander developer ispace has selected the H3 rocket to launch its next mission in 2028, creating what the companies called Japan’s first private lunar transportation system.
- Earth and Proba-3’s Coronagraph play hide and seek ESA · 29 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Sizing Up the Sargassum Belt NASA · 29 Jul 2026 Seaweed composing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt hit near-record levels in June 2026, with the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America both reaching all-time highs.
- DOT Issues Proposed Rule to Waive Environmental Regulations for Space Launches SpacePolicyOnline.com · 29 Jul 2026 The Department of Transportation wants to loosen environmental regulations for space launches and reentries. A proposed rule released today would allow DOT to waive “unnecessary environmental laws and regulations” to
- Boeing still working with NASA to schedule next Starliner flight SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 Boeing is still working with NASA to determine when to fly its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle on a cargo mission to the International Space Station.
- Chinese startup raises funds for space situational awareness constellation, joining commercial SSA rush SpaceNews · 29 Jul 2026 SINGAPORE — A Beijing-based startup has secured around $14 million to build a satellite constellation for tracking orbital objects, adding to China’s growing SSA sector. Xingchen Daohe, also known as […]
- Swift reboost mission encounters attitude control problems SpaceNews · 28 Jul 2026 A spacecraft launched nearly a month ago in a high-risk bid to boost the orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite is suffering attitude control problems that could jeopardize its mission.
- ESA opens call to repurpose Gateway communications module SpaceNews · 28 Jul 2026 JOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency is moving ahead with plans to examine the feasibility of repurposing Lunar Link, a communications system developed for NASA’s now-paused Gateway space station, as […]
- Ship 40’s flawless flight promotes next mission catch potential NASASpaceflight · 28 Jul 2026 SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 demonstrated that the Ship can complete its mission and return intact,…
- APOD: 2026 July 28 – Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes NASA · 28 Jul 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 28 –… 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 o...
- Germany Considers Dedicated Launch Facility for its Armed Forces European Spaceflight · 28 Jul 2026 Germany is considering building a dedicated launch facility for its armed forces to ensure military satellites can be deployed without having to compete for capacity with commercial payloads. German Defence Minister Bori...
- How Sentinel-1 measured movement of Venezuela quakes ESA · 28 Jul 2026 More than one month on from the catastrophic twin earthquakes in northern Venezuela on 24 June 2026, satellite data show the ground displacement was greater than first estimated.
- NASA selects successor to CAPSTONE lunar mission SpaceNews · 28 Jul 2026 NASA has selected Advanced Space to fly a successor to a cislunar smallsat mission that will test rendezvous and proximity operations around the moon.
- Vertical liftoff as Ariane 6 takes flight for the first time ESA · 28 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Liftoff as Ariane 6 takes flight for the first time ESA · 28 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Smoke Blankets Oregon NASA · 28 Jul 2026 Lightning storms have ignited dozens of fires in central and eastern Oregon.
- Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng rockets set to launch this week NASASpaceflight · 27 Jul 2026 Five orbital launches are scheduled worldwide for this week. In China, a Chang Zheng 6A…
- Upper C-band auction offers another lift for GEO industry SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2026 TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite operators have welcomed the prospect of reaping more than $6 billion for quickly clearing upper C-band spectrum the FCC aims to auction next year, with billions […]
- Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software SpaceNews · 27 Jul 2026 Award covers mission planning software for ESS next-generation strategic communications satellites