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Saturday, July 11, 2026

Expedition 75 Russian Soyuz Rocket Rollout: Part 3 | International Space Station

Expedition 75 Russian Soyuz Rocket Rollout: Part 3 | International Space Station

Expedition 75 backup crewmembers: Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (Russia), left, NASA astronuaut Deniz Burnham, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin (Russia), pose for a group photograph in the flame trench after the Soyuz rocket was raised into position at the Site 31 launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, July 11, 2026.

Expedition 75 backup crewmembers: NASA astronuaut Deniz Burnham, left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Konstantin Borisov (Russia), and Dmitry Petelin (Russia), along with Head of Gargarin Cosmonaut Training Center Oleg Kononenko, right, watch from the flame trench as the Soyuz rocket is raised into position at the Site 31 launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Saturday, July 11, 2026.

The Russian Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina of Russia are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 p.m. local time) aboard their Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. The trio will spend about eight months aboard the orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth in spring 2027.

During his expedition, Menon will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations intended to help humans prepare for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and to provide benefits on Earth. Among the hundreds of experiments planned during his mission, he will participate in studies to better understand astronaut vein structure, blood flow, and blood composition in microgravity. He also will test producing intravenous fluids using the space station’s potable water.

The Soyuz MS-29 mission will be his first spaceflight after he was selected as part of NASA’s 2021 astronaut class. A native of Minneapolis, Menon is an emergency medicine physician, mechanical engineer, and colonel in the United States Space Force. He also has served as an expedition flight surgeon supporting the agency’s crew members aboard the space station.

NASA astronaut Anil Menon's Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-anil-menon/

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/menon-anil.pdf

For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build on the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, and to Mars.

To learn more about International Space Station research, operations, and its crews, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date: July 11, 2026

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Expedition 75 Russian Soyuz Rocket Rollout: Part 2 | International Space Station

Expedition 75 Russian Soyuz Rocket Rollout: Part 2 | International Space Station

Expedition 75 backup crewmembers: Roscosmos cosmonaut Dmitry Petelin (Russia), left, NASA astronuaut Deniz Burnham, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov (Russia), right, pose for a group photograph.

NASA astronaut Anil Menon's Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-anil-menon/

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/menon-anil.pdf

To learn more about International Space Station research, operations, and its crews, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date: July 11, 2026

Expedition 75 Russian Soyuz Rocket Rollout: Part 1 | International Space Station

Expedition 75 Russian Soyuz Rocket Rollout: Part 1 | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Anil Menon's Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-anil-menon/

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/menon-anil.pdf

To learn more about International Space Station research, operations, and its crews, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date: July 11, 2026

Get Your Boarding Pass for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by July 12

Get Your Boarding Pass for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by July 12

The NASA Artemis II astronauts have their Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope boarding passes, do you?!

Sign up to have your name sent on the Roman space telescope before it travels a million miles away!
http://go.nasa.gov/RomanNames

Submission Deadline: July 12, 2026

The telescope is currently scheduled to launch on August 30, 2026.

The Roman telescope and the discoveries it will support:
https://www.stsci.edu/roman

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/

Dr. Nancy Grace Roman:
https://science.nasa.gov/people/nancy-roman/

Download the free Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope poster here:

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Release Date: July 10, 2026

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Starship Super Heavy V3: Full Duration 33-Engine Static Fire Test | Starbase Texas

Starship's Super Heavy V3: Full Duration 33-Engine Static Fire Test | Starbase Texas

Full-duration, 33-engine static fire of Starship's Super Heavy V3 ahead of the upcoming 13th flight test.

The 12th flight test of SpaceX's Starship lifted off May 22, 2026, from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. Learn about the flight test results and watch a replay of the launch webcast here:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-12

This was the first flight of the "next generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, powered by the next evolution of the Raptor engine."

Read more about the key upgrades designed to enhance performance and unlock Starship's full capabilities here: https://www.spacex.com/updates/starship-v3

NASA plans to use a lunar lander version of Starship to deliver astronauts and cargo to the Moon during the Artemis IV mission and beyond through the Human Landing System (HLS) Program.

Learn more about Starship:
https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/

Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF):
https://www.spacex.com/media/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
Duration: 31 seconds
Date: July 10, 2026

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Friday, July 10, 2026

The Future of Deep Space Exploration | Lockheed Martin

The Future of Deep Space Exploration | Lockheed Martin

Exploring Mars has been apart of our story for decades, from helping land Viking 1 in 1975 on the Red Planet to supporting NASA's next generation of human spaceflight.

"We're advancing the technologies and capabilities that will push missions farther into deep space. From robotic precursors to crewed missions, each step expands what's possible for the next generation of explorers."

Learn more: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/space/deep-space-exploration.html

Video Credit: Lockheed Martin Space
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: July 10, 2026

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Artemis II Moon Mission Celebrations | Kennedy Space Center

Artemis II Moon Mission Celebrations | Kennedy Space Center

From left, Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen speak to NASA employees at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

From left, Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen speak to employees at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

Artemis II NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks to agency employees inside the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

From left, Artemis II Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman speak to NASA employees at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

From left, Artemis II NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen view the Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

From left, Artemis II NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen speak to employees inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

Artemis II Moon Mission emblem

Between July 7-8, 2026, the Artemis II Moon Mission crew returned to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for their first official visit since the launch of Artemis II on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, to meet with the center’s workforce, to tour facilities, and to view progress on Artemis III prelaunch processing.

NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth.

The Orion spacecraft successfully splashed down on Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean following its journey around the Moon.

The first crewed test flight of NASA’s Artemis Program lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1, 2026, carrying the first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century.

The crew completed a record-setting lunar flyby, taking them 252,756 miles at their farthest distance from Earth and 4,067 miles above the lunar surface at their closest approach.

Under Artemis, NASA will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars.

Learn more about NASA's Artemis II Mission:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/

Image Credit: NASA/Amber Jean Notvest/Kim Shiflett/Cory Huston
Dates: July 7-8, 2026

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Noctilucent Clouds over Poland | Earth Science

Noctilucent Clouds over Poland | Earth Science

Astrophotographer Marek Nikodem: "The noctilucent cloud season is continuing. This morning in Poland, there was quite a display, so good that people on their way to work asked me what those strange clouds were."

At high latitudes in the summer months, iridescent clouds form in a part of the atmosphere roughly 50 to 86 kilometers (30 to 54 miles) above the surface of our planet. Their high altitude allows them to reflect sunlight after the Sun has set. These are called noctilucent or polar mesospheric clouds.

Noctilucent clouds (NLCs), or night shining clouds are tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere. They consist of ice crystals and from the ground are only visible during astronomical twilight. Noctilucent roughly means "night shining" in Latin. They are most often observed during the summer months from latitudes between ±50° and ±70°. Too faint to be seen in daylight, they are visible only when the observer and the lower layers of the atmosphere are in Earth's shadow while these very high clouds are still in sunlight. Recent studies suggest that increased atmospheric methane emissions produce additional water vapor through chemical reactions once the methane molecules reach the mesosphere—creating, or reinforcing existing, noctilucent clouds.

Image Credit: Marek Nikodem

Location: near Szubin, Poland
Marek's website: https://www.instagram.com/marek.nikodem.com
Date: July 8, 2026

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Booster Segments for NASA's Artemis III Mission Transported from Utah to Florida

Booster Segments for NASA's Artemis III Mission Transported from Utah to Florida

This video follows the cross-country journey of eight of the ten solid rocket booster segments that will help power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis III Mission. Transported by rail from Northrop Grumman’s facility in Corinne, Utah, to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the shipment marked the first trip for Union Pacific Railroad’s newest commemorative locomotive, No. 4547. Midway through the journey, the booster segments were transferred to another rail carrier, Norfolk Southern, to complete their trip to Florida. The ten booster motor segments will be assembled into the SLS rocket’s twin solid rocket boosters, providing more than 75% of the vehicle’s thrust at liftoff.

Planned to launch in 2027, the Artemis III Mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit.

On future missions, including Artemis IV in 2028, landers will bring astronauts to the lunar surface. While Artemis III will not land on the Moon, it will test the complex capabilities NASA needs to return—this time to stay.

For more information about SLS, visit https://www.nasa.gov/sls

Learn more about NASA’s Artemis program:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis

Video Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: July 10, 2026

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How Does China's Sea-Based Reusable Rocket Booster Recovery System Work?

How Does China's Sea-Based Reusable Rocket Booster Recovery System Work?

China succeeded in recovering part of its Long March 10B reusable rocket on its maiden launch on Friday, July 10, 2026, marking China's first successful controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage and representing a major breakthrough in the country's reusable rocket technology. This makes China the second country after the United States to have demonstrated such a capability.

The Long March 10B has a low Earth orbit (LEO) payload capacity of 16 tonnes in reusable mode, offering a highly cost-effective solution for deploying large commercial satellites and LEO Internet constellations.

The Long March-10B carrier rocket was launched at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province. After the separation of the rocket's first and second stages, the first stage returned and was successfully captured on a seaborne platform via a net-capture system. Both the launch and the first-stage recovery were successfully completed.

The platform, serving as a critical piece of infrastructure for the country's reusable rocket launch, is named "Linghangzhe" or Pathfinder. It has been certified by the China Classification Society, making it the first sea-based rocket recovery platform in the country to receive the required class and statutory certifications, according to Xu Xuelei, an engineer at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

"First, it (the platform) is equipped with a remote-controlled dynamic positioning system, which allows the vessel to navigate to a specific location by inputting coordinates from up to 10 to 20 kilometers away. Second, the tower structure stands 67 meters high and has a self-weight of 3,500 tonnes. When combined with its internal equipment, the total weight reaches 5,400 tonnes. The entire tower structure is supported by four large bearing units connected to the ship, posing a significant challenge to the overall design of the vessel," he said.

During an interview with China Central Television, Xu also gave a detailed introduction to the process of recovering a rocket on the offshore platform.

"First, the vessel is navigated to the designated recovery area. Then, after quality inspection, all related personnel will evacuate because it’s pretty dangerous throughout the recovery process, therefore, it must be unoccupied. Next, a rocket launches from the launch pad. After liftoff, its first and second stages separate, followed by their descent. At each corner of our tower structure, we have a set of laser radars to measure in real time the position and attitude of a descending rocket, controlling the cables to absorb both the rocket's kinetic energy and the potential energy generated during its fall. Upon the completion of this step, the rocket comes to a relative standstill, suspended at the center of the net. The entire process is completely unmanned, fully automated," Xu explained.

Developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the Long March-10B is a large, two-stage liquid-fueled carrier rocket featuring a 5-meter diameter core. Standing approximately 63 meters tall with a takeoff thrust of 890 tons, the rocket utilizes liquid oxygen and kerosene for its first stage and liquid oxygen and methane for its second.

The July 10 mission successfully validated several core technologies, including combined configuration optimization, methane autogenous pressurization, and propellant management using baffled tanks. Notably, it demonstrated critical first-stage reuse technologies such as multiple engine restarts, high-altitude ignition, adaptability to complex aerothermal environments, high-precision navigation and control, and a sea-based net-capture recovery system.

This mission was the first for the Long March 10B vehicle, the first full flight of the Long March 10 series, and the 657th launch of the Long March launch vehicle series. This was also the 48th launch from China in 2026.

Credit: CCTV
Duration: 1 minute
Date: July 10, 2026

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China Long March 10B Reusable Rocket Booster Captured with Sea-based Net System

China Long March 10B Reusable Rocket Booster Captured with Sea-based Net System

China has recovered the first stage of a Long March-10B carrier rocket using a unique net system at sea—a world first for reusable rocket technology. This eliminates the need for landing legs, saving weight and fuel for a larger rocket payload capacity. On its first flight, a China Long March 10B Y1 launch vehicle lifted off from Commercial Launch Pad 2 at the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site on July 10, 2026, at 12:15 pm China Standard Time (04:15 Universal Coordinated Time). Aside from the successful recovery of the first stage booster at sea using its unique cable net recovery system, the rocket's second stage successfully delivered an experimental satellite payload, built by China Satellite Network Group, designated ‘CX-26’, into its predetermined 800-kilometer low Earth orbit. This is another step toward cheaper launches and faster deployment of China's satellite Internet constellations. The Long March 10B has officially become China's first operational reusable rocket by achieving its first-ever controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage.

Ascent away from the launch site was as expected with the seven YF-100K engines providing the thrust needed. Those burned for about two and a half minutes before shutting down for stage separation. Then, the second-stage’s YF-219 ignited to continue flight into orbit.

About six minutes after stage separation, the first stage returned vertically and was caught on an offshore drone ship platform named 'Linghangzhe'. The Long March 10B’s first-stage booster ignited three YF-100K engines for the last time, then swapped to one to slow and position itself onto the tensioned steel wires of ‘Linghangzhe’, where it was successfully caught. The catch took place 430 kilometers downrange and makes the launch vehicle China’s first proven partially reusable rocket.

Designed with reusability in mind, it boasts a low Earth orbit (LEO) payload capacity of 16 tonnes in reusable mode, offering a highly cost-effective solution for deploying large commercial satellites and LEO internet constellations.

Credit: CGTN
Duration: 1 minute
Date: July 10, 2026

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China Long March 10B Reusable Rocket Launch and First Stage Recovery Success

China Long March 10B Reusable Rocket Launch and First Stage Recovery Success

On its first flight, a China Long March 10B Y1 launch vehicle lifted off from Commercial Launch Pad 2 at the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site on July 10, 2026, at 12:15 pm China Standard Time (04:15 Universal Coordinated Time). Aside from the successful recovery of the first stage booster at sea using its unique cable net recovery system, the rocket's second stage successfully delivered an experimental satellite payload, built by China Satellite Network Group, designated ‘CX-26’, into its predetermined 800-kilometer low Earth orbit. This is another step toward cheaper launches and faster deployment of China's satellite Internet constellations. The Long March 10B has officially become China's first operational reusable rocket by achieving its first-ever controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage.

Today’s mission was the first for the Long March 10B vehicle, the first full flight of the Long March 10 series, and the 657th launch of the Long March launch vehicle series. This was also the 48th launch from China in 2026.

Image Credit: CGTN
Date: July 10, 2026

China Long March 10B Reusable Rocket Launch and First Stage Recovery Success

China Long March 10B Reusable Rocket Launch and First Stage Recovery Success

Credit: CCTV
Duration: 37 seconds
Date: July 10, 2026

Thursday, July 09, 2026

China Long March 10B Reusable Medium-lift Rocket Test: Pre-launch in Hainan

China Long March 10B Reusable Medium-lift Rocket Test: Pre-launch in Hainan

A China Long March 10B rocket is being prepared for launch and for its first test flight at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan. The Long March 10 rocket series is China’s next-generation launch vehicle, specifically engineered to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030. Long March 10B is a cargo variant. It will attempt to recover its first stage booster with a sea-based net system. The Long March 10B launch will be the first orbital mission for the series, and is considered a crucial early orbital flight test for the program.

The first stage of the Long March 10B rocket, like its 10A human-rated variant, will be recoverable via a "wire recovery apparatus" located on a recovery vessel after launch. The first-stage of the rocket is equipped with hooks that will catch the wire-network on the recovery ship. The tensioned wires are carried by rail-mounted dollies that automatically position themselves to optimize the likelihood that the rocket will successfully "catch" the wires.

The Long March 10B is an under-development, two-stage, medium-lift partially reusable 5.0-meter-diameter launch vehicle with a first-stage powered by kerosene and liquid oxygen and a second-stage powered by liquid methane and liquid oxygen. It is the third in the Long March 10 series of rockets and is derived using technologies developed for the Long March 10A. It will be operated by Chinarocket Co, Ltd., the commercial arm of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)—the key rocket-making institute of State-owned space contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

On February 11, 2026, China achieved an important milestone with the first low-altitude flight test of a prototype Long March 10A rocket at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan.

Image Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Dates: April 8-July 9, 2026

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