You can design the wheels for NASA's next moon vehicle with the 'Rock and Roll Challenge
• https://www.space.com By Samantha MathewsonThe space agency is inviting the public to design next-generation, moon-ready tires for future space missions.
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Space Travel and Exploration
August stargazing: The Perseids, a 'big fish,' celestial conjunctions, and more
• https://www.popsci.com/science/cosmic-calendar-augSummer's last meteor shower peaks towards the middle of this month.
Mysterious boost to Earth's spin will make today one of the shortest days on record
• https://www.space.com By Jamie CarterA strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter -- and scientists are racing to understand why.
3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun (video)
• https://www.space.com By Daisy DobrijevicSpace weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.
Solar power plant repurposed to hunt asteroids at night
• https://newatlas.com By David SzondyTo keep solar power stations from getting lazy, Sandia National Laboratories scientist John Sandusky is looking to give heliostat mirrors a side hustle.
SpaceX's Crew-11 astronauts arrive at the International Space Station (video)
• https://www.space.com, By Mike WallCrew-11 docked with the orbiting lab at 2:26 a.m. EDT on Saturday (Aug. 2).
Elon Musk Talks About the Future of AI, Starship, Optimus and X Payments
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangSoaceX tarship remains the most ambitious rocket, with thrust three times that of Saturn V and aiming for full rapid reusability. The biggest challenge is creating a fully reusable orbital heat shield, which has never been achieved before.
No, the whole world won't go dark on Aug. 2 -- but a once-in-a-century eclipse is coming
• https://www.space.com, By Jamie CarterA viral claim says the world will go dark on Aug. 2. It won't -- but a record-breaking solar eclipse is coming in 2027.
How many satellites are in space?
• https://www.linkedin.com, Donal O'SullivanIt look like the current count is over 12,000! And there have been about 2,200 launched so far in 2025.
Musk out, Bezos in as President Trump remakes space defense
• MSNIn a dramatic reshaping of the U.S. space defense landscape, the Trump administration is pivoting away from Elon Musk's SpaceX and actively courting Jeff Bezos' Amazon (AMZN) -backed Project Kuiper as part of its ambitious Golden Dome missile defens
NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video)
• Space.comThe aircraft is undergoing its final round of tests before it finally takes to the sky for the first time.
Trump's attempt to terminate Musk's contracts backfires as review reveals NASA's relianc
• Daily MailDonald Trump's efforts to cut ties with Elon Musk and SpaceX hit a road block when a formal review laid out just how crucial his contracts are to America's dominance in space.
Hypersonic SABRE engine reignited in Invictus Mach 5 spaceplane
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondyProving that you can't keep a good technology down, Reaction Engines' Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) has a new lease on life after a British-led consortium announced Invictus, a new program to build a Mach 5+ spaceplane.
SpaceX will launch next Starship flight in 'about 3 weeks,' Elon Musk says
• https://www.space.com, By Mike WallIt will be the 10th launch to date of a fully stacked Starship vehicle.
Metal fuses in space - with no heat or pressure
• LinkedinIn the vacuum of space, two pieces of the same metal can permanently bond - without heating, welding, or even force. This strange phenomenon is called cold welding.
I wish I was taught Einstein's Special Relativity this way!
• https://www.youtube.com, FloatHeadPhysicsWe all travel through space time at speed of light. But, what does it really mean?
Two Meteor Showers Will Peak on the Same Night in July and Be Visible in the Southern US
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org, By Andy CorbleyTwo meteor showers are visible in the late July skies, and they happen to peak at the same evening in a rare case of perfect timing.
Elon Musk Abandons Mars Dreams, Peter Thiel Claims: 'There's Nowhere to Go'
• https://www.msn.com, by OK StaffElon Musk has given up on his dreams of colonizing Mars, according to Peter Thiel.
Watch Blue Origin to launch 6 people to suborbital space today on NS-33 spaceflight
• https://www.space.com, By Mike WallRescheduled from last Sunday's attempt called off due to poor local conditions in West Texas.
Space war: an important event happened three days ago.
• https://www.linkedin.com, By Pippa MalmgrenChina pulverized a @Starlink sattelite with a 2 watt laser beam from 36,000 km away. That's less power than a candle.
France's VORTEX spaceplane to land like a jet, operate like a shuttle
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondyWhat will the orbital spacecraft of tomorrow look like? If Dassault Aviation has its way, it could be similar to its Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d'Exploration (VORTEX) reusable spaceplane unveiled at the recent Paris Air Show.
Ultra-dark Vantablack satellite set to launch in 2026 to combat Starlink light pollution crisis
• https://www.naturalnews.com, Cassie B.In a bid to preserve humanity's view of the cosmos, a UK-led research team is preparing to launch a groundbreaking satellite coated in Vantablack 310 -- a material so dark it absorbs 99.965% of light.
Watch: SpaceX's Starship Static Rocket Test Suffers "Major Anomaly"
• Zero HedgeDuring a late-night static-fire test at Starbase, Texas, a SpaceX Starship rocket slated for Flight 10 suffered a "major anomaly" and exploded on a test stand.
SpaceX's Starship explodes in Texas during preparations for 10th test flight
• https://www.space.com, By Mike WallIt's another setback for the Starship program.
Mars Terraforming Within 40 Years for Plants and No Spacesuits
• Next Big Future - Brian WangWe could raise Mars's average global temperature by tens of degrees within a few decades.
Pulsar Fusion Expands Operations to Texas
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangPulsar UK has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) for the Pulsar's 5kW MOONRANGER Hall-effect thrusters, which are being live test-fired.
SpaceX Heading to Over $10 Trillion Valuation Late in 2030s
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangDeveloped in collaboration with Mach33, ARK's open-source SpaceX model yields an expected enterprise value in 2030 of ~$2.5 trillion, generating a ~38% compound annual rate of return from its last funding round at $350 billion in December 2024.
SpaceX Must Go Global and Spinoff IPOs to Avoid Nationalization
• Next Big Future - Brian WangHow Elon Musk and SpaceX Could Avoid Nationalization Amid Starlink and Starship Dominance ?
World's First Diamond Battery Could Power Spacecraft and Pacemakers for Thousands of Years
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org, By Andy CorbleyAn invention from the UK features diamonds in the first-ever application of the gemstone in battery technology.
Laser Sail for Future Alpha Centauri Mission Now Costs $25 Million, Not $200 Billion
• Next Big Future - Brian WangLaser pushed sails - ultrathin need reflective structures that are square meters but weight a gram.
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