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Monday, July 6
Japan's Hayabusa2 probe completes flyby of Torifune asteroid
NHK — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)
Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe flies by asteroid Torifune at close range
Mainichi Daily News — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)
JAXA’s Hayabusa 2 Space Probe Successfully Conducts Close-Range Flyby of Asteroid Torifune
Yomiuri Shimbun — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)
JAXA Releases Photo of Asteroid Torifune
Yomiuri Shimbun — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)
China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches target asteroid, starts scientific exploration
Xinhua — 5:08 am ET (0908 GMT)
China's Tianwen-2 probe close enough to start tests on asteroid 1 billion km away, CCTV reports
Reuters — 5:02 am ET (0902 GMT)

Sunday, July 5
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
Japan Times — 9:16 am ET (1316 GMT)
Japan’s Hayabusa2 Probe Flies by Torifune Asteroid, in Step Forward for Planetary Defense Technology
Yomiuri Shimbun — 9:15 am ET (1315 GMT)
Japan's Hayabusa2 Successfully Observes Asteroid Torifune
Jiji Press — 9:14 am ET (1314 GMT)
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it’s not clear why
Ars Technica — 9:08 am ET (1308 GMT)
The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth’s first crust
Ars Technica — 9:08 am ET (1308 GMT)

Saturday, July 4
GomSpace contributes to ESA’s RAMSES mission with 2 MEUR (22.2 MSEK) contract to support Apophis asteroid exploration
GomSpace — 4:36 pm ET (2036 GMT)
Isro’s Chandrayaan-3 reveals link to Earth’s first lunar meteorite
Indian Express — 9:36 am ET (1336 GMT)
Could humans someday explore Saturn's moon Titan, or will humanoid robots do it for us?
SPACE.com — 9:11 am ET (1311 GMT)

Friday, July 3
Surface CubeSat contracted for Ramses asteroid mission
ESA — 8:50 am ET (1250 GMT)

Thursday, July 2
China to build space-ground monitoring network for asteroid defense
Xinhua — 2:39 am ET (0639 GMT)

Wednesday, July 1
Nearby “Super Earth” May Be a Better Candidate for Life Than Previously Thought
Univ. of Texas Austin — 5:14 am ET (0914 GMT)
Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
SPACE.com — 5:02 am ET (0902 GMT)
Scientist names likely scenario of Tunguska space object impact
TASS — 4:53 am ET (0853 GMT)

Tuesday, June 30
Asteroid Day & eight other key dates in asteroid history
ESA — 5:53 am ET (0953 GMT)

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news in brief
Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:14 PM ET (0014 GMT)

NASA IG cites overconfidence and unrealistic schedules for Starliner woes
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:11 PM ET (0011 GMT)

Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites
Posted: Sat, Jul 4 8:09 PM ET (0009 GMT)

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Monday, July 6
SES falls as Barclays flags 2026 growth risks and Starlink threat
Investing.com — 6:21 am ET (1021 GMT)
Korea to launch 4th next-generation medium-sized satellite from U.S. Tuesday
JoongAng Daily — 6:16 am ET (1016 GMT)
Space travel’s heavyweights ponder a future with antimatter rockets
The Hill — 6:15 am ET (1015 GMT)
Are SpaceX and Tesla Hurtling Toward a Merger?
Bloomberg News — 6:14 am ET (1014 GMT)
Boeing Starliner costly but cheaper for NASA than SpaceX switch, audit says
Orlando Sentinel — 6:14 am ET (1014 GMT)
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