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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)
Gregory Harbaugh was driven to space career after pondering the stars
Columbus Dispatch — 6:43 am ET (1043 GMT)

Sunday, July 12
Final NASA Space Shuttle crew reflects under Atlantis 15 years later
Florida Today — 12:39 am ET (0439 GMT)

Saturday, July 11
Wally Funk, last of the 'Mercury 13' and oldest woman in space, dies
collectSPACE — 6:43 am ET (1043 GMT)
The soccer ball that went to space – 30 years after surviving a first attempt which ended in disaster
The Athletic — 6:14 am ET (1014 GMT)

Friday, July 10
Astronaut and aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies at 87
Houston Chronicle — 6:45 am ET (1045 GMT)
Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who trained as an early female astronaut, dies at 87
CNN — 6:35 am ET (1035 GMT)

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Thursday, July 23
Northrop Grumman launches in-space servicing satellites for life-extension missions
Defensescoop — 6:51 am ET (1051 GMT)
Canadian Consul General Visits Vandenberg to Strengthen U.S.- Canada Space Partnerships
US Space Force — 6:50 am ET (1050 GMT)
Starlink is now the biggest rural broadband provider in the country
B2B News (New Zealand) — 6:50 am ET (1050 GMT)
Rocket Lab Announces Date of Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
GlobeNewswire — 6:47 am ET (1047 GMT)
Wally Funk’s greatest achievement wasn’t the time she went to space
Austin (TX) American-Statesman — 6:46 am ET (1046 GMT)
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