Launch

 Artems 1 is now scheduled to launch Saturday.

NASA hopes it will open a  new era.

Artemis

 Yesterday's Artemis 1 launch was foiled by a balky fuel valve and overheating engine.

A Friday launch is still possible.

Launch

 The launch of Artemis 1 has been delayed.

They'll try again Friday.

Harris

 Vice President Harris is scheduled to attend the Artemis 1 launch.

The launch is set for Monday.

Starlink

 Starlink satellites will beam directly to smartphones starting next year.

It will end cellphone dead zones.

Water World

 Astronomers have found a possible water world orbiting in the habitable zone of a red dwarf.

It is 100 light years away.

Orbial Reef

 Blue Origins'  private space station, Orbital Reef, passed a big systems check.

It's scheduled to be operational in 2027.

Venus

 Rocket Labs is planning a private mission to Venus for 2025.

The probe would look for life high in the Venusian atmosphere.

Artemis 3

 NASA has announced 13 possible landing sites for Artemis 3.

All are near the lunar south pole.

Solaris

 ESA is proposing a program called Solaris that would study space-based solar power.

SBSP would provide clean, safe, abundant power while also dealing with climate change.

Artemis 3

 NASA is announcing possible landing sites for Artemis 3 today.

The mission is scheduled for 2025.

UFO

 NASA says it intends to aggressively pursue its UFO  study.

The study is scheduled to last nine months.

Phobos

 On this date in 1877, Asaph Hall discovered the Martian moon Phobos from the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.

Now, that's the official residence of the U. S. Vice President.

Lunar Zebro

 Dutch students are working on a 5.5 pound, six-legged lunar rover.

It's called Lunar Zebro.

Artemis 1

 NASA plans to roll out its  Artemis 1 SLS moon rocket tomorrow.

Launch of  the lunar mission is set for August 25.

ESCAPING GRAVITY

 Lori Garver, former deputy administrator of NASA, and before that executive director of the National Space Society, has written an autobiography.

It's called ESCAPING GRAVITY.

Starship

 SpaceX is static firing individual engines on its Starship Super Heavy booster.

A launch could come as early as September 1.

North Korea

 Report say North Korea may have lied about the success of a recent supposed ICBM launch.

Imagine that.

Saturn

 Saturn is at opposition this month.

It's the best time to see the planet and it rings through a backyard telescope.

Iran

 Russia has launched a spy satellite for Iran.

Russia also built the thing.

China

 China has launched a reusable test vehicle into orbit.

That's about all the West kno4s about it.

Pushing

 South Korea has just put a probe into space, and India is getting ready to launch its own new rocket.

We are seeing the beginning of a worldwide push beyond Earth.

Rovers

     Curiosity has been exploring Mars for ten years.

NASA's fleet of Mars rovers have performed extraordinarily well.

BO

 Blue Origin launched another six people into suborbital space this morning.

It was BO's sixth such flight.

Russia

 A Russian satellite has been launched into an orbit that would take it within a very few miles of an American spy satellite.

Why, and what might happen are unclear.

Uhuru

 Nichelle Nichols, STAR TREK's Uhuru, has died.

She was 89.

Space Junk

 A 25-ton piece of Chinese rocket crashed uncontrolled into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

No word yet on possible damages or injuries.