SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
SpaceX says its Crew Dragon fleet has a “significant” amount of life remaining, but the company has not committed to how long the spacecraft will stay in service. The uncertainty puts the future of a central platform in commercial human spaceflight under renewed scrutiny.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Demand for microgravity research and manufacturing is brewing — perhaps literally.
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• Debra Werner
By SpaceNews.com: SAN FRANCISCO – Spanish startup Kreios Space announced plans Aug. 4 to conduct the first very low Earth orbit (VLEO) demonstration of its air-breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) in a Kongsberg NanoAvionics microsatellite bus.
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
By European Spaceflight: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has completed a third test of the EuroSuit intravehicular activity spacesuit prototype aboard the ISS.
Associated Press
• Bernard Conodn
By Associated Press: SpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.
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• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: 3D printed RL10 rocket engine combustion chambers shown in the manufacturing area at L3Harris’ facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.
SpaceWatch Global
• Joshua Faleti
By SpaceWatch Global: NASA has selected Lunar Outpost's proposal to advance Starweave under the agency's Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO).
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• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: With a Falcon 9 upper stage set to hit the moon this week, SpaceX says it is working with NASA on ways to prevent similar collisions in the future.
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Ars Technica
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