Universe Today
• Matthew Williams
Aviation pioneer Wally Funk died at 87. The final living member of NASA’s original “Mercury 13” astronaut trainee class, she eventually flew into space at 82 and became the oldest woman to travel to space.
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
By SpaceWatch Global: ISU France liquidated by court order on 7 July 2026. SpaceWatch.Global Publisher and ISU alumnus Torsten Kriening traces the 127-day timeline from crisis to collapse and asks what went wrong.
Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
By Runway Girl: Viasat is in the home stretch to offering inflight connectivity over its new ultra-high-capacity Ka-band GEO satellites, ViaSat-3 F2 and F3.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Small satellites have become a staple of military space programs because they are relatively inexpensive and quick to build.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA has awarded EMXYS a contract to build the Don Quijote lander, which will take measurements from the surface of an asteroid during its close encounter with Earth.
Bloomberg
• Bloomberg News
By Bloomberg: China successfully landed an orbital-class reusable booster at sea for the first time, making it the second nation to achieve the technological milestone following the US.
Space.com
• Josh Dinner
By Space.com: SpaceX completed an engine test of the next Super Heavy booster slated to launch Starship's next mission, which could lift off as soon as next week.
NASA Spaceflight
New York Times
• Richard Goldstein
By New York Times: As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.
SpaceWatch Global
• Abreu Advogados, Atlantic Spaceport Consortium
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
SpaceWatch Global
• Torsten Kriening
