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Friday, July 10
China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says
BBC — 6:39 am ET (1039 GMT)
With a Successful Rocket Launch, China Clears a Key Hurdle in Race With SpaceX
New York Times — 6:39 am ET (1039 GMT)
China achieves first-ever controlled rocket recovery in Long March-10B maiden flight
Xinhua — 6:20 am ET (1020 GMT)
China becomes second country to recover orbital booster with Long March 10B
Space News — 6:11 am ET (1011 GMT)
China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids
SPACE.com — 6:09 am ET (1009 GMT)
Making history! China lands rocket during an orbital launch for 1st time ever
SPACE.com — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)
Tianwen 2 Arrives at Quasi-Moon Kamo?oalewa, Returns Images
Sky & Telescope — 6:05 am ET (1005 GMT)
China takes a page from SpaceX and recaptures the first stage of a rocket to reuse it
AP — 5:38 am ET (0938 GMT)

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)

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news in brief
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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)

news links
Friday, July 10
Training while flying: Inside BepiColombo's arrival simulations
ESA — 6:48 am ET (1048 GMT)
ESA calls for ideas to give space robots embodied intelligence
ESA — 6:48 am ET (1048 GMT)
Space Force adds two startups to military’s growing list of national security launch providers
Defense One — 6:47 am ET (1047 GMT)
Space Force Finalizes New Acquisition Structure, Names 9 Portfolio Executives
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 6:47 am ET (1047 GMT)
Astronaut and aviation pioneer Wally Funk dies at 87
Houston Chronicle — 6:45 am ET (1045 GMT)
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