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Archive for July, 2025

Senegal becomes 56th country to sign Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration

July 26th, 2025 by me

Senegal has officially joined the Artemis Accords, becoming the 56th nation — and the fourth African country — to commit to a shared vision for peaceful and transparent space exploration.

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Blue Origin to fly AI-powered space surveillance sensor on 1st flight of Blue Ring spacecraft

July 26th, 2025 by me

Blue Origin has announced the payload for the first-ever flight of its Blue Ring spacecraft —Scout Space’s Owl space domain awareness sensor.

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Meet the SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts launching to the ISS on July 31

July 26th, 2025 by me

Crew-11 will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 31 atop a Falcon 9 rocket, if all goes to plan.

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Not so fantastic: the less than glorious history of the Fantastic Four on the big screen

July 26th, 2025 by me

Unlike other superhero superstars, the Fanastic Four have traditionally struggled with the transition to the big screen.

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Astronaut makes ‘space kimchi fried rice’ in orbit as crew starts packing for trip home | On the ISS this week July 21-25, 2025

July 26th, 2025 by me

The four members of SpaceX’s Crew-10 mission on the Expedition 73 crew began packing for home, while also calling down to Earth to share their ongoing work aboard the ISS.

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Russia launches satellite for Iran toward orbit alongside 2 space weather probes (photos)

July 25th, 2025 by me

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the Ionosfera-M 3 and 4 satellites, along with an Iranian spacecraft and 17 cubesats, toward orbit early Friday morning (July 25).

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Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago – our unusual scientific collaboration explores how

July 25th, 2025 by me

Thanks to auroras and other space weather, humans have adapted techniques to overcome these issues.

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Wild new ‘Skyfall’ Mars mission would drop 6 scout helicopters onto the Red Planet from the air

July 25th, 2025 by me

“With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, and the scientific research we would conduct.”

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