Space News reports, “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.”
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New Major Space Telescope Deploying Next Month
As reported by Space.com, NASA announced on Tuesday (July 28) that it has officially fueled-up the Roman Space Telescope — a magnificent new observatory expected to generate over 500 terabytes of cosmic data per year. By comparison, the Hubble Space Telescope, in its 35 years of service, has created over 400 terabytes in total.
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NASA Issues Draft Solicitation for Commercial ISS Replacement
Aviation Week reports, “NASA released a long-awaited draft solicitation July 6 for industry partners to design, build and operate a commercial space station in low Earth orbit (LEO) to succeed the International Space Station”
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NASA Launches Mission to Boost Swift Space Telescope Into Higher Orbit
The New York Times reports a rescue attempt for the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope was to commence on Tuesday, with the launch of a refrigerator-sized spacecraft from Kwajalein…
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NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to Boom-Free Supersonic Travel
Ars Technica reports, “More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent to a car door slamming shut 20 feet away.”
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Canadarm2 Malfunction Prompts Upcoming ISS Spacewalk
SPACE reports a part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the…
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NASA X-59 Reaches Mach 1.4 at Mission Altitude
Aviation Week reports, “NASA’s X-59 Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator achieved Mach 1.4 at 55,000 ft. on June 12, representing the speed and altitude planned for flights over U.S. communities to measure the public response to reduced sonic booms.”
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NASA Advances Quiet Supersonic Travel as X-59 Exceeds Mach 1
Aviation News reports, “NASA’s X-59 QueSST experimental aircraft has successfully completed its first supersonic flight, marking a significant step forward in the development of quieter high-speed air travel. The aircraft exceeded the speed of sound on June 5, 2026, as part of its ongoing flight-test program in the United States.”
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NASA Retires MAVEN After More Than a Decade Studying Mars’ Atmosphere
The New York Times reports, “On Wednesday, NASA announced the end of a more than 11-year mission aimed at solving a key mystery about Mars: What happened to the air that once made the planet habitable? The NASA spacecraft MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, had been orbiting around the Red Planet since 2014. NASA last received a signal from MAVEN on Dec. 6, shortly before the spacecraft passed behind Mars.”
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NASA’s X-59 Prepares for First Supersonic Flight This Month
SPACE reports, “NASA’s X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft’s first supersonic flight this month.”
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