Associated Press
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NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud–Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev closed the hatch on Soyuz MS-28 on July 26 to begin their trip home. The trio concluded a 241-day mission aboard the ISS and landed safely in Kazakhstan after the return to Earth.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Key ground stations in Spain operated by NASA and the European Space Agency have avoided serious damage from major wildfires in the country.
Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: NASA astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts will return to Earth from the International Space Station early Sunday morning (July 26), and you can watch their homecoming live.
NASA
• Lauren E. Low
By NASA: NASA and Blue Origin announced Friday they recently agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the company’s New Glenn rocket on the B-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.
Payload
• Victoria Woodburn
By Payload: ispace-Europe is heading to the Moon following a €65M commitment from ESA for Europe’s first lunar polar ice exploration rover mission.
European Spaceflight
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: United Launch Alliance’s corporate parents have guaranteed a loan to the company as it addresses “financial challenges” caused by the Vulcan grounding.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Parsonson
By SpaceNews.com: JOHANNESBURG — The European Union has ordered a 24-hour delay in the release of some Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery following a request from the United States based on concerns that the Earth observation satellites’ output could pose a security risk.
Ars Technica
• Credit: European Union
By Ars Technica: New delay on Copernicus satellite pics comes as US ramps up war with Iran again.
Bloomberg
• Edward Ludlow, Sana Pashankar
