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Northrop Grumman, Canadian Space Agency repurpose their Gateway projects

8 August 2026 at 18:45
Northrop LID

Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into applications for a planned lunar base, albeit with few specifics.

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Europe increases size and cost of IRISΒ² constellation

7 August 2026 at 12:51
IRIS2

The European Commission has reached an agreement with an industrial consortium to proceed with a secure connectivity constellation, increasing the number of satellites as well as its cost.

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Lessons for the future of NASA Mars exploration from a 1970s mission

6 August 2026 at 16:00

July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of one of the biggest robotic spaceflight achievements in NASA’s history: the landing of the Viking 1 spacecraft on Mars. It was the first […]

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NASA and Roscosmos continue seat barter agreement

6 August 2026 at 03:23
Crew Dragon approach

NASA and Roscosmos have agreed to continue exchanging seats between Soyuz and Crew Dragon spacecraft, but that agreement does not yet extend to Starliner.

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Voyager seeks relaxed requirements in NASA commercial space station RFP

5 August 2026 at 04:01
Starlab

Voyager Technologies remains upbeat about the prospects for its Starlab commercial space station but is hoping for some tweaks to NASA’s plans to support the station’s development.

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NOAA purchases Spire hyperspectral microwave sounder data

4 August 2026 at 21:05

SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will continue to evaluate data from Spire Global’s Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) under a $3 million contract extension announced Aug. 4. […]

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