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NASA Spaceflight • Ryan Weber

SpaceX Advances Starbase Pad 1 Retrofit as Block 3 Flights Begin

SpaceX has begun flying Block 3 missions from its newly redesigned Starbase Pad 2 while crews continue retrofitting Pad 1. The work is intended to bring Pad 1 to the same configuration as Pad 2, Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A and the SLC-37 pad still under construction.

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2026-07-31T14:20:16.744989-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion

By SpaceNews.com: Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA more than $1 billion, an estimate NASA's leader rejects.

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2026-07-31T14:18:05.047921-07:00

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Bloomberg • Arvelisse Bonilla Ramos

SpaceX Short Interest Soars Ahead of Big Share Unlock, Earnings

By Bloomberg: Short sellers have piled into SpaceX at a rapid pace ahead of two major milestones next week: the company’s first earnings report as a public company and the release of hundreds of millions of locked-up shares.

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Yahoo Finance

SpaceX stock hits new closing low in rocky week ahead of earnings

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2026-07-31T11:13:51.056737-07:00

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Space.com • Elizabeth Howell

Watch SpaceX's Starship land at sea in these stunning new videos

By Space.com: SpaceX used drones and a special 'buoy cam' to capture incredible footage of its Starship upper stage making a soft ocean landing after its 13th test flight on July 24.

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2026-07-31T08:23:48.943004-07:00

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NASA Spaceflight • Sean Yoder

Blue Origin continues rebuilding LC-36, prepares testing alternatives for New Glenn second stage

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.

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2026-07-31T05:18:51.460395-07:00

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European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

Spain Offers €1 Billion in Bid to Host Thirty Meter Telescope

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.

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2026-07-31T06:05:45.130494-07:00

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Flying Magazine • John Barry

Triumph to Tragedy: Columbia’s Silent Warning

By Flying Magazine: Failures that doomed Columbia space shuttle are same ones lurking in every hangar and cockpit.

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2026-07-31T05:05:00.466231-07:00

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