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From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red PlanetNASA3.2h ago
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, Virginia, whose steady leadership and technical expertise helped turn an ambitious i
Our First View of the Surface of MarsNASA3.3h ago
“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 thin Martian atmosphere. Forty minutes later, the lander’s first image began to app
UK Misses Deadline to Award Contract for Space Debris Removal MissionEuropean Spaceflight4.9h ago
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 published in July 2025, with the contract initially expected to be awarded by 30
Pipelines to payloads: risk management lessons for the space economySpaceNews5.9h ago
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 […]
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Plato's electronics ready for spaceESA6.4h ago
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 roundSpaceNews7.6h ago
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) […]
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Artemis II crew at ESTECESA10.4h ago
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 CourseESA12.0h ago
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 satellite systems (GNSS). The course prepared the next generation of navigation profess
Shaping the Emerald CityNASA14.9h ago
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, 2026SpacePolicyOnline.com21.7h ago
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 AccordsSpaceNews2d ago
The island nation of Mauritius signed the Artemis Accords July 17, becoming the 70th nation to do so in less than six years.
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Skyroot Aerospace reaches orbit on first Vikram-1 launchSpaceNews2d ago
Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket successfully lifted off on its inaugural flight July 18, becoming the first commercial Indian rocket to reach orbit.
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