The island nation of Mauritius signed the Artemis Accords July 17, becoming the 70th nation to do so in less than six years.

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Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket successfully lifted off on its inaugural flight July 18, becoming the first commercial Indian rocket to reach orbit.

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NASA and Draper have terminated plans for a lunar lander mission after significant delays in development of the spacecraft.

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Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base project.

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SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite.

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