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Aug 17, 2026
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Issue 115 | Breaking Space News: Aug 9 - 15, 2026
The largest 2D map of the universe has 4 billion objects in it and empty space may not be empty after all. The week in Space: Pentagon has launched a digital hub for contractors to pitch missile-defense concepts, Bulgaria is building "Europe's largest space and defense hub," NASA invites ISRO to join its lunar Moon Base program and SpaceX is becoming the core US missile-defense supplier under the Golden Dome program. Plus: Golden Dome is facing funding gap as contractors ramp development and more.
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Aug 6, 2026
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Issue 113 | Breaking Space News: July 26 - Aug 1, 2026
Bread as a sign of intelligence - search for alien life could expand to detecting non‐technological signs of cognition. Meanwhile, Sophia Space and Caltech secure patent for space-based data centers. The week in space: For the first time space debris in GEO is tracked in real time using radio‐telescope and the US FAA wants to bypass environmental laws for launches and reentries. Plus: Intel enters space chip market with Starfire processor, US Space Force awards $3.4 billion across launch, comms and missile defense, Space Force Association unveils orbital warfare simulator prototype, Spain commits up to €2 billion for new multi‐orbit military satcom system and more.
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Jul 27, 2026
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Issue 112 | Breaking Space News: July 19 - 25, 2026
An orbital datacenter frenzy, a spacecraft licensing overhaul, a satellite that reflects sunlight to the ground: space activities the US is encouraging without asking who bears the environmental cost. The week in space: launch costs fell 96% in 6 decades but debris, SpaceX monopoly are threats to future reductions. AI systems can be easily misled into detecting false signs of life in space, mysterious compound detected on Pluto and Titan and, Northrop’s new GEO servicing robotic system extends satellite life. Plus: EU orders 24‐hour delay of Copernicus imagery over Strait of Hormuz after US request, NASA workforce losses strain major programs, Vast strengthens defense focus and more.
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Jul 20, 2026
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Issue 111 | Breaking Space News: July 12 - 18, 2026
Starlink satellites made 355,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in a year and a new technique can detect thermonuclear warheads in space. The week in space news: First diagnostic X-rays in orbit and, living kidney and liver tissue produced in space for the first time using 3D bioprinting. Lander exhaust could contaminate ancient ice on the Moon, solar storms maybe a greater threat than expected, surge in defense investment boosts Europe’s space funding, and more.
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Jul 15, 2026
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Issue 110 | Breaking Space News: July 5 - 11, 2026
Environmental groups want US to halt ‘reckless, irresponsible’ orbital data center licensing. Meanwhile, China has proposed nuclear deflection models for asteroid threats. The week in space: SpaceX has filed for 100,000 more satellites, Reflect Orbital's space mirror has won FCC approval with no environmental review in sight. Plus: China completed its first controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket, the Exploration Company expands US presence, ispace plans a lunar cargo program, Isar Aerospace leases Canadian spaceport, Singaporean space program partners with JAXA, BAE's radiation hardened chips, Parabilis' propulsion system for cubsats and more.
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Jul 8, 2026
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Issue 109 | Breaking Space News: June 28 - July 4, 2026
Oysters as potential life‐support systems in space travel? And more evidence that large satellite constellations will make ground-based astronomy ineffective. The Week in Space News: Boeing Starliner's uncertain future, US satellite licensing overhaul and when it comes to super heavy lift rockets, bigger may not always be better. Plus: Space Force missile‐warning programs face rising costs, delays and workforce losses, another startup wants to deploy 100,000 datacenters in space, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium and more.
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Jun 29, 2026
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Issue 108 | Breaking Space News: June 21 - 27, 2026
$55.5 billion has been approved for the US Space Force as part of a $1.07 trillion defense bill. The Week In Space: A new strategy to terraform Mars and more evidence for ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet. Plus: Aging NASA spaceports cannot support a growing launch cadence and a memo says Artemis hardware overruns reached $5.9 billion before cancellation. China's space station expansion, European space autonomy, White House's quantum space system directive, and more.
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Jun 22, 2026
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Issue 107 | Breaking Space News: June 14 - 20, 2026
China's student-built smallsat will fly within 7 kilometers of asteroid Apophis and Astrobotic has unveiled the Griffin lander for NASA’s Moon Base II mission. The Week In Space News: Google's Ex-CEO plans to send a private orbiter to Mars, CSIS warns US solid rocket motor output lags Pentagon’s expanding missile demand, an automated LEO collision‐avoidance system is in the works and DARPA wants systems that rapidly restore disabled satellite fleets during a conflict. Plus: Switzerland declines participation in EU Earth-Observation Program and more.
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Jun 16, 2026
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Issue 106 | Breaking Space News: June 7 - 13, 2026
Spacesuit updates from Prada, Axiom, and robotic arm on ISS needs a joint replacement. The Week in Space News: White House wants to give political appointees broad control over science funding, and UNOOSA-Italy launch Kenya advisory mission to strengthen African space regulation. Plus: weighing blackholes, chemical shield for Earth against solar storms, the first person with a physical disability in orbit, LeoLabs radar in Indo-Pacific tracking Chinese orbital activities and more.
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Jun 8, 2026
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Issue 105 | Breaking Space News: June 1 - 6, 2026
This edition of the Lagrangian closes out Year Two. ISS Air Leak Spike Forces Crew Into SpaceX Dragon And More Research On Rising Atmospheric Risks Of Launch And Re‐Entry. The Week In Space News: China Establishes Industrial Framework To Drive Space‐Based Computing Build‐Out. SpaceX Sets $135 Share Price As It Targets Record $75 Billion Raise, IPO Valuation Reaches $1.77 Trillion. Plus: Muon Space Unveils Satellite Bus For Orbital Data Center Missions, MAVEN Orbiter Declared Dead And More.
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Jun 2, 2026
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Issue 104 | Breaking Space News: May 25 - 31, 2026
Could Electromagnetic Catapults On The Moon Be Misused As Weapons? The Week In Space News: NASA’s Artemis Moon Base Will Span Hundreds Of Square Miles, Explosion Destroys Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket And Solar Sails Could Reach The Edge Of The Solar System Within Decades? Plus: Northrop Grumman And Apex To Develop Golden Dome’s Space-Based Interceptors, A Colossal Impact May Have Rapidly Deposited Water Ice To Mercury's Polar Craters And More.
