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Here is a list of news that were published in our Newsletter the week of July 15, 2024:

Human Space Exploration:

• Boeing is closer to understanding thruster failures on its first astronaut flight with latest test
  Coalition Member in the News – Boeing;
• Join Space.com’s 25th anniversary virtual panel on July 17: The Next 25 Years of Space Exploration – To the Moon, Mars and Beyond;
• Scientists have confirmed a cave on the Moon that could be used to shelter future explorers;
• SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets grounded pending FAA investigation into Starlink launch failure
  Coalition Member in the News – Boeing;

Space Science

• The greatest astronomical discoveries of the past 25 years;
• Officially, only the Sun can have planets. Is it time to fix the definition of “planet”?
• Go/no-go for a Mars samples return;
• NASA’s CAPSTONE is testing “Autopilot” software suite for cislunar operations;
• Webb completes its second year of operations;
• Astronomers use Hubble to discover rare intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri;
• NASA’s $5 billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter’s radiation;
• Is the universe still making new galaxies?
• ‘Space hurricanes’ churn at both of Earth’s magnetic poles;

Opinion

• The legacy of Apollo 11, 55 years later
  Coalition Member in the News – Paragon Space Development Corporation
  Saturday will mark the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, the first Moon landing with human explorers, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Reaching the lunar surface with astronauts aboard the Eagle lander, the milestone stands as a long-lasting symbol of robust teamwork with strong and decisive leadership, according to the op-ed.

Other News;

• China prepares to launch new Long March 12 rocket;
• U.S. nuclear command satellites need hardening against attacks, report warns;
• NASA makes progress on space sustainability strategy;
• Dawn’s Mk-II cleared for supersonic flight tests;
• China’s Long March 6A rocket appears to have an orbital debris problem;
• NASA to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing;

Major Space Related Activities for the Week

• This week marks the 55th anniversary of Apollo 11, the NASA mission that placed human explorers, the late Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the surface of the Moon for the first time. The 55th anniversary of the launch of Armstrong, Aldrin and command module pilot Mike Collins falls on Tuesday and the landing on Saturday, which is known as International Moon Day.
• On Tuesday, NASA will roll out the core stage of the Boeing SLS core stage rocket assigned to the Artemis II Moon mission from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans for shipment to the Kennedy Space Center for a planned September 2025 launch.
• The American Astronautical Society hosts the 2024 Glenn Space Symposium in Cleveland running Monday through Wednesday with a space sustainability theme.

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