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Sunday, July 26
Wally Funk was told women couldn’t be astronauts
The Economist — 7:41 am ET (1141 GMT)
The last Space Shuttle returned to Earth 15 years ago
The Register — 6:50 am ET (1050 GMT)
We talk with astronaut Michael Foale about the 1997 Space Station Mir crisis: 'He took all the blame of the collision on his shoulders'
SPACE.com — 6:36 am ET (1036 GMT)

Saturday, July 25
NASA center marks 60 years of tours with collectible popcorn bucket
collectSPACE — 10:11 am ET (1411 GMT)
NASA astronaut visited SLO to inspire kids with their own hands-on rocket launches
San Luis Obispo (CA) Tribune — 10:07 am ET (1407 GMT)

Friday, July 24
The Hidden Figure Behind NASA’s Spacesuits
Houstonia — 6:26 am ET (1026 GMT)

Thursday, July 23
Wally Funk’s greatest achievement wasn’t the time she went to space
Austin (TX) American-Statesman — 6:46 am ET (1046 GMT)

Tuesday, July 21
Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues
SPACE.com — 6:38 am ET (1038 GMT)
Our First View of the Surface of Mars
NASA — 6:27 am ET (1027 GMT)
From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet
NASA/LARC — 6:27 am ET (1027 GMT)

Monday, July 20
From Viking 1 to Mangalyaan, how Mars exploration has evolved over 50 years
ThePrint (India) — 4:02 am ET (0802 GMT)
Wally Funk, female astronaut trained by Nasa in 1960s but who had to wait 60 years to go to space
The Daily Telegraph — 3:56 am ET (0756 GMT)
Monday briefing: 50 years after Viking landed on Mars, did Nasa overlook evidence of life?
The Guardian — 3:44 am ET (0744 GMT)

Sunday, July 19
A half-century later, Viking probes still unlocking secrets of Mars
Hampton Roads Daily Press — 6:28 am ET (1028 GMT)

Saturday, July 18
Women Astronauts’ Chances for Space Flight
PBS — 11:09 am ET (1509 GMT)
Far above the Earth, NASA’s Apollo lunar lander put astronauts on the moon
AP — 10:26 am ET (1426 GMT)

Friday, July 17
One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000
The Guardian — 4:14 am ET (0814 GMT)

Thursday, July 16
Apollo 11's broken switch and mission-saving pen sell for $860K
collectSPACE — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)
Wally Funk obituary
The Guardian — 5:36 am ET (0936 GMT)

Monday, July 13
Phew! 8 times astronauts diced with death and got away with it – showing just how dangerous spaceflight really is
BBC — 6:48 am ET (1048 GMT)

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news in brief
Starship launches in 13th test flight
Posted: Sun, Jul 26 7:38 AM ET (1138 GMT)

Long March 3B launches despite lightning strike
Posted: Sun, Jul 26 7:26 AM ET (1126 GMT)

FCC approves satellite spectrum, licensing changes
Posted: Sun, Jul 26 7:21 AM ET (1121 GMT)

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Sunday, July 26
Arianespace to launch weather satellite MTG-I2 on Ariane 6's first mission to geostationary orbit on August 27, 2026
Arianespace — 8:26 am ET (1226 GMT)
How stars die: Astronomers detect magnetic fingerprint of a cosmic explosion for the first time
Univ. of Arizona — 8:25 am ET (1225 GMT)
Voyager Wins Contract with Sandia National Laboratories
Voyager Space — 8:24 am ET (1224 GMT)
Emergency Injunction Sought to Protect Texas Wildlife Refuge From SpaceX
Center for Biological Diversity — 8:23 am ET (1223 GMT)
QuantX Labs Announces Successful In-Orbit Commissioning of World's First Optical Frequency Comb
QuantX — 8:22 am ET (1222 GMT)
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