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- NASA, GE Aerospace Work Enables Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstration NASA · 20 Jul 2026 An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated flight of an innovation that can inform new generations of fuel-saving aircraft...
- New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights NASA · 20 Jul 2026 The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.
- From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet NASA · 20 Jul 2026 Fifty years ago, NASA’s Viking 1 and 2 landers made the first successful landings on Mars, opening a new era in planetary exploration. Behind that achievement was a team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virg...
- Our First View of the Surface of Mars NASA · 20 Jul 2026 “Touchdown, we have touchdown!” At 5:12 a.m. PDT, July 20, 1976, mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers as they learned that the Viking 1 lander had survived its descent through the thi...
- UK Misses Deadline to Award Contract for Space Debris Removal Mission European Spaceflight · 20 Jul 2026 The UK Space Agency has missed a deadline to award a £75.6 million contract for the country’s first mission to capture and remove dead satellites from low Earth orbit. A call for Phase 3 of the mission’s development was...
- Pipelines to payloads: risk management lessons for the space economy SpaceNews · 20 Jul 2026 The energy sector has spent decades learning how to manage complex disputes that touch on sovereign power, geopolitics, regulation and private capital. Those same dynamics are at play in the […]
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Spaceflight Now · 20 Jul 2026 The Starlink 17-39 mission is SpaceX’s 85th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:36 a.m. PDT (10:36 a.m. EDT / 1436 UTC).
- Plato's electronics ready for space ESA · 20 Jul 2026 The European Space Agency’s terrestrial planet hunter Plato has recently completed a series of key tests inside the Maxwell Test Chamber at ESTEC, demonstrating that its electronic equipment is fit to work in space.
- AI rocket engine startup LegendSpace raises $29.5 million angel round SpaceNews · 20 Jul 2026 HELSINKI — A six-month-old Chinese startup aiming to use artificial intelligence to compress rocket engine development cycles has raised $29.5 million in angel funding. LegendSpace, full name Linjie Hangtian (Beijing) […...
- Artemis II crew at ESTEC ESA · 20 Jul 2026 The four Artemis II astronauts visited ESTEC, ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands, on 13 July as the first stop in a series of post-flight visits to the European teams that made their mission possible.
- From system to signal at ESA’s Navigation Training Course ESA · 20 Jul 2026 From 22-26 June, 30 university students from Europe and Canada came together at the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in Belgium to explore the fundamentals of global navigation satelli...
- Shaping the Emerald City NASA · 20 Jul 2026 The hills and basins of Seattle, Washington, have been sculpted by glaciers and modified by humans.
- What’s Happening in Space Policy July 19-26, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Jul 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of July 19-26, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate
- Mauritius becomes 70th nation to sign the Artemis Accords SpaceNews · 18 Jul 2026 The island nation of Mauritius signed the Artemis Accords July 17, becoming the 70th nation to do so in less than six years.
- Space Force triples launch contract ceiling amid rising demand SpaceNews · 18 Jul 2026 The maximum value of the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract was raised from $5.6 billion to $17 billion
- Pentagon awards $7.1 million to expand U.S. production of cover glass for satellites SpaceNews · 18 Jul 2026 Defense Production Act funding was awarded to Martin Materials Solutions, a small business that makes radiation-resistant cover glass used on spacecraft solar arrays and thermal-control systems
- Skyroot Aerospace reaches orbit on first Vikram-1 launch SpaceNews · 18 Jul 2026 Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket successfully lifted off on its inaugural flight July 18, becoming the first commercial Indian rocket to reach orbit.
- NASA terminates Draper lunar lander mission SpaceNews · 18 Jul 2026 NASA and Draper have terminated plans for a lunar lander mission after significant delays in development of the spacecraft.
- NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits NASA · 17 Jul 2026 NASA researchers recently put a new wing design, appearing long and thin with a lightweight structural design, through a series of grueling tests to find its structural limits. What they found left them encouraged about...
- The Growing Crescent of Mars as NASA’s Psyche Mission Approaches NASA · 17 Jul 2026 Description This composite of images taken by NASA’s Psyche mission shows the crescent of Mars grow as the spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist from May 2 to May 15, 2026. The series begins with the smal...
- Serbia, Mauritius Bring Artemis Accords to 70 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Jul 2026 Serbia and Mauritius have joined the Artemis Accords in the past two days, bringing the number of signatories to 70. Governments of any country are welcome to join the U.S.-led
- Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts Algorithm NASA · 17 Jul 2026 In April 2026, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review updated VTE case information, additional data gathered revealing altered blood flow status within a cohort...
- NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research Center NASA · 17 Jul 2026 CONTRACT RELEASE NASA has selected Chugach Intelligence Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive operations, maintenance, and repair services for NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Ames Facilit...
- NASA’s Chandra and IXPE Study Pulsar in Lighthouse Nebula NASA · 17 Jul 2026 This composite image, released on July 9, 2026, shows the region around a pulsar – a neutron star with a strong magnetic field that spins incredibly fast – within the Lighthouse nebula. The image contains X-ray data from...
- NASA Invites Media to Roman Space Telescope, Crew-13 Launches NASA · 17 Jul 2026 Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no...
- NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During Flyby NASA · 17 Jul 2026 Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on May 15, 2026, during the spacecraft’s flyby of Mars....
- Will Russia's answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight? Ars Technica · 17 Jul 2026 Grasshopper-like tests could begin in 2028.
- ESA’s Mars Express meets NASA’s Psyche ESA · 17 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- ESA Academy’s Navigation Training Course ESA · 17 Jul 2026 From 22-26 June 2026, 30 university students from Europe and Canada came together at the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in Belgium to explore the fundamentals of global navigation sa...
- NASA Welcomes Mauritius as 70th Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 17 Jul 2026 The Republic of Mauritius has officially joined the global coalition committed to responsible space exploration, becoming the newest signatory and seventh African country to join the Artemis Accords. NASA’s Deputy Admini...
- Arianespace CEO Urges the EU to Procure Large Blocks of Ariane 6 Flights European Spaceflight · 17 Jul 2026 Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès has called on either the European Commission or the German government to place block orders for 10 to 20 Ariane 6 launches, arguing that such a commitment would transform how the company...
- Week in images: 13-17 July 2026 ESA · 17 Jul 2026 Week in images: 13-17 July 2026
- SpaceX’s only problem is finding more space to work with SpaceNews · 17 Jul 2026 SpaceX’s IPO marks the moment the space dream became a mainstream capital markets story. For decades, it has sold a vision of interplanetary civilization on behalf of the wider space […]
- Rocket Report: India's Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company? Ars Technica · 17 Jul 2026 "We have done everything that could be done to test Vikram-1 on ground."
- Serbia signs the Artemis Accords SpaceNews · 17 Jul 2026 Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base project.
- European Service Module team meets Artemis II crew ESA · 17 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Earth from Space: Guinea-Bissau ESA · 17 Jul 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- A Tide-Fueled Trove of Biodiversity in Guinea-Bissau NASA · 17 Jul 2026 The expansive mudflats, sandy beaches, and mangrove forests of the Bijagós archipelago support an array of migratory shorebirds and large numbers of sea turtles.
- No-Go For Starship Today, Next Try Maybe Next Week SpacePolicyOnline.com · 17 Jul 2026 SpaceX’s first attempt to launch Starship on its 13th test flight today didn’t go as planned. At the moment of startup, some of the 33 engines on Starship’s first stage
- SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt SpaceNews · 17 Jul 2026 SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite.