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SpaceX advances Starship Flight 13 after Booster 20’s 33-engine static fire; Falcon 9 booster B1067 hits record 36th reuse on St

SpaceX completed a record-duration static fire for Booster 20, finishing the 33-engine test and moving toward Starship Flight 13, with notices indicating a potential launch as soon as next week pending remaining preparations like Ship 40 rollout. Separately, Falcon 9 booster B1067 flew a record 36th mission to launch Starlink 10-42 and SpaceX filed to expand Starlink to 100,000 satellites (4,400 lbs each).

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2026-07-10T09:30:42.950979-07:00

Ars Technica

NASA releases critical planning document for private space stations, clarifying requirements for commercial partners

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2026-07-10T08:30:39.371153-07:00

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TAP Air Portugal to resume Venezuela flights July 13 via Valencia as Caracas airport recovery continues

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2026-07-10T05:46:14.762936-07:00

Bloomberg

China’s Long March 10B completes debut launch and recovers first stage for re-use

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2026-07-09T23:44:57.782646-07:00

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SpaceX advances Starship Flight 13 after Booster 20’s 33-engine static fire; Falcon 9 booster B1067 hits record 36th reuse on St SpaceX completed a record-duration static fire for Booster 20, finishing the 33-engine test and moving toward Starship Flight 13, with notices indicating a potential launch as soon as next week pending remaining preparations like Ship 40 rollout. Separately, Falcon 9 booster B1067 flew a record 36th mission to launch Starlink 10-42 and SpaceX filed to expand Starlink to 100,000 satellites (4,400 lbs each).

2026-07-10T09:30:42.950979-07:00

SpaceX advances Starship Flight 13 after Booster 20’s 33-engine static fire; Falcon 9 booster B1067 hits record 36th reuse on St

Ars Technica

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NASA releases critical planning document for private space stations, clarifying requirements for commercial partners NASA has released a key planning document detailing what it wants from industry for private space-station efforts. The update provides the first consolidated clarity on the planning expectations facing commercial providers, reducing ambiguity for program schedules and downstream engineering decisions.

2026-07-10T08:30:39.371153-07:00

NASA releases critical planning document for private space stations, clarifying requirements for commercial partners

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TAP Air Portugal to resume Venezuela flights July 13 via Valencia as Caracas airport recovery continues TAP Air Portugal will restart weekly services to Venezuela on 13 July, using Valencia’s Arturo Michelena Airport as an alternative to Maiquetía, which remains closed after the 24 June earthquakes. The first flight will carry more than 8 tons of medical humanitarian aid from Portugal.

2026-07-10T05:46:14.762936-07:00

TAP Air Portugal to resume Venezuela flights July 13 via Valencia as Caracas airport recovery continues

Bloomberg

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China’s Long March 10B completes debut launch and recovers first stage for re-use China successfully launched the Long March 10B on July 10, placing a satellite into orbit and then recovering the rocket’s first stage after it returned for a history-making sea-platform landing. The mission makes China the second country to achieve orbital booster recovery, a key step toward reusable launch systems.

2026-07-09T23:44:57.782646-07:00

China’s Long March 10B completes debut launch and recovers first stage for re-use

New York Times

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Wally Funk, last ‘Mercury 13’ and oldest woman to fly to space, dies at 87 Wally Funk, the trailblazing aviator and final living member of NASA’s original “Mercury 13” astronaut trainee class, died at 87 in Texas. She flew into space at 82 after decades of waiting, later recognized as the oldest woman in space, following a Blue Origin invitation.

2026-07-09T09:59:25.062127-07:00

Wally Funk, last ‘Mercury 13’ and oldest woman to fly to space, dies at 87

Payload

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Auxilium Biotechnologies demonstrates scalable bioprinting of multiple organ tissues in orbit via ISS tech demo Auxilium Biotechnologies said it has created multiple types of organ tissues aboard the International Space Station, a milestone toward scalable in-orbit bioprinting. The company positioned the results as enabling future bioprinting use cases in space, building toward broader orbital manufacturing and medical applications.

2026-07-09T05:14:37.806766-07:00

Auxilium Biotechnologies demonstrates scalable bioprinting of multiple organ tissues in orbit via ISS tech demo

Universe Today

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Spaceflight stress may drive “accelerated aging” in the liver—UCF study links deep-space conditions to aging-like molecular chan Researchers at the University of Central Florida report that the combined stresses of spaceflight—radiation and weightlessness—can produce liver changes that resemble accelerated aging. The study also found matching genetic “fingerprints” in real astronaut blood samples, suggesting deep-space biology leaves consistent, measurable signatures.

2026-07-08T22:53:27.928231-07:00

Spaceflight stress may drive “accelerated aging” in the liver—UCF study links deep-space conditions to aging-like molecular chan

Bloomberg

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ispace charts a new “Lunar Access Integrator” role with Starship-based payload transportation ispace says it will launch a new lunar transportation and integration service aboard SpaceX’s Starship, repositioning as a “Lunar Access Integrator” by using a Mobile Cargo System to combine multiple customer payloads. The company tied the plan to Starship capacity and described it as an addition to its existing lunar logistics services using ULTRA landing modules.

2026-07-08T21:16:51.845441-07:00

ispace charts a new “Lunar Access Integrator” role with Starship-based payload transportation

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