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Wednesday, July 8
Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth
SPACE.com — 4:25 am ET (0825 GMT)
China releases 1st photo of Earth's elusive 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa
SPACE.com — 4:24 am ET (0824 GMT)

Tuesday, July 7
There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend
Ars Technica — 4:37 am ET (0837 GMT)
Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo’oalewa, first image revealed
Space News — 4:10 am ET (0810 GMT)
Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon”
Scientific American — 4:00 am ET (0800 GMT)

Monday, July 6
China's Long March-8A rocket launches new satellite group
Xinhua — 5:09 am ET (0909 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)
China may land on Moon before US does it again — NASA chief
TASS — 4:59 am ET (0859 GMT)

Saturday, July 4
China launches new satellite group for commercial constellation
Xinhua — 9:17 am ET (1317 GMT)
Chinese satellite manufacturer Hongqing raises $191 million
Space News — 9:12 am ET (1312 GMT)

Friday, July 3
China has 400 private space companies. The West is barely paying attention
Fortune — 9:05 am ET (1305 GMT)

Thursday, July 2
China-Europe Earth observation cooperation moves toward greater complementarity: ESA official
Xinhua — 3:04 am ET (0704 GMT)
Hong Kong research boosts China's national deep space exploration
CGTN — 2:56 am ET (0656 GMT)
China to build space-ground monitoring network for asteroid defense
Xinhua — 2:39 am ET (0639 GMT)
China launches new marine satellite
Xinhua — 2:39 am ET (0639 GMT)

Wednesday, July 1
China completes in-orbit test of muscle monitor for astronauts
Xinhua — 5:12 am ET (0912 GMT)

Tuesday, June 30
Rocket engine to power China's reusable launch vehicle completes long-duration test
Xinhua — 5:49 am ET (0949 GMT)

Monday, June 29
Shenzhou-23 crew marks one month in orbit with baked pumpkin, science experiments
Xinhua — 5:34 am ET (0934 GMT)
China establishes VLEO industry alliance as satellites demonstrate sustained low-orbit operations
Space News — 5:30 am ET (0930 GMT)

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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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Thursday, July 9
Blue Origin Nears a Big Fund-Raising Round
New York Times — 4:11 am ET (0811 GMT)
Bezos’ Blue Origin valued at $130 billion in first outside fundraising round
CNBC — 4:11 am ET (0811 GMT)
Blue Origin reportedly raising $10B at $130B valuation
TechCrunch — 4:10 am ET (0810 GMT)
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is raising $10 billion. Read the memo.
Business Insider — 4:09 am ET (0809 GMT)
NASA should remember how it helped SpaceX become what it is today
The Hill — 4:07 am ET (0807 GMT)
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