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Last Updated: Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 1:16 PM PDT
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Rep. Stevens’ Bill Would Invest in US Rare Earths Supply Chain
By Payload: The commercial space economy runs on rare Earth minerals, but the rare Earths in space today have one thing in common: the vast majority come from China. .

Houston, we have a problem: Scrapping the space station harms the US
By The Hill: President Trump’s budget effectively decommissions the ISS despite years of potential usefulness still ahead. .

Ax-4 private astronaut mission returns to Earth
By SpaceNews.com: A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down off the California coast early July 15, wrapping up a nearly three-week private astronaut mission.

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Funds Artemis Moon Landings but Slashes NASA Science Budget
By Space.com: Nearly $10 billion has been made available in part to fund two further moon-landing missions after Artemis 3.

SpaceX will launch next Starship flight in 'about 3 weeks,' Elon Musk says
By Space.com: It will be the 10th launch to date of a fully stacked Starship vehicle.

SpaceX to launch Amazon’s Project Kuiper-01 on Tuesday from the Cape
By satnews: SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 16 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF–01 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Amazon Project Kuiper’s next LEO mission set for 16 July

‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected
By Ars Technica: Space artist Paul Calle thought he had represented the overall mission for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). NASA disapproved.