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Last Updated: Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, 7:49 PM PDT
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clickorlando.com
• Associated Press
Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
By clickorlando.com: Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died.
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Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut, dies at 97
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• William Harwood
NASA Crew-10 undocks from ISS, set for first Pacific Ocean splashdown
By CBS News: Crew 10 is the first NASA-sponsored crew that will land in the Pacific Ocean. All previous NASA Crew Dragon flights ended with splashdowns off the Florida Gulf coast or the Atlantic Ocean.
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Space.com
• Jun Wang
Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale
By Space.com: For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional.
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• Jeff Foust
Industry supports NASA plans to accelerate work on lunar nuclear reactors
By SpaceNews.com: A new NASA directive to accelerate development of a nuclear reactor for the moon has is aggressive but achievable, industry officials believe.
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Payload
• Pam Melroy
NASA’s New CLD Strategy Will Lose Mars, LEO to China
By Payload: As a former space shuttle pilot and commander whose crews helped build the ISS, I am appalled that NASA has reportedly changed its plans for future commercial space stations.
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SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
By Spaceflight Now: SpaceX is gearing up for its first Falcon 9 rocket launch from the West Coast in nine days with a mission to deliver 24 optimized Starlink V2 Mini satellites into a polar, low Earth orbit.
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• Keith Cooper
Hera spacecraft images two faint asteroids en route to Didymos to bolster planetary defense tactics
By Space.com: On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment.
