Space.com
• Elizabeth Howell
SpaceX released drone and “buoy cam” footage showing Starship’s upper stage making a soft landing in the ocean after its 13th test flight on July 24. The imagery offers a detailed view of the vehicle’s post-flight recovery and landing performance.
NASA Spaceflight
• Sean Yoder
By NASA Spaceflight: Two months after losing a New Glenn rocket to a pad explosion during a static fire test, Blue Origin is racing to return the vehicle to flight before 2026 ends.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: Spain has offered up to €1 billion in support if the Thirty Meter Telescope is moved from its planned home in Hawaii to La Palma.
Flying Magazine
• John Barry
By Flying Magazine: Failures that doomed Columbia space shuttle are same ones lurking in every hangar and cockpit.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: 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 launch date.
SpaceNews.com
• Frank A. Rose
By SpaceNews.com: In March 2021, while serving as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, I hosted a discussion with General Chance Saltzman, now Chief of Space Operations for the United States Space Force.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: OHB Italia contracts Thales Alenia Space for the development of the PRISMA Second Generation EO satellite for the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
SpaceWatch Global
• Guest Author
By SpaceWatch Global: Why buying access to space is not the same as building space power. An analysis of strategic autonomy, dependency and the Five Pillars of Space Power.
The Daily Debrief
One concise daily briefing across aviation, defense and space—key developments, corroborating sources, and the context leaders need to act.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
Via Satellite
• Jeffrey Hill
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
