July 13-19, 2026 | Vol 45, Week 28
NASA & COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
GLOBAL REPORTS
- ESA is working to
BEYOND EARTH
- Wrist joint
MISSION MILESTONES
Launch Electron / Aspera
NASA astrophysics 9-month mission to gather ultraviolet light information for understanding origins of stars / planets / life.
Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e-7
CNSA to launch Chang'e-7 mission which is planned to land at Moon South Pole to survey environment and resources with Relay Satellite, Orbiter, Lander...
Launch Falcon Heavy / Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Roman will be >12.7 meters long – about the length of a semi-truck trailer – and >4.4 meters wide when fully deployed. Its primary mirror is...
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to flyby Earth this month
ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to perform its second flyby of Earth this month, arriving at Jupiter in 2031.
FEATURED EVENTS
Launch Long March 10B / Demo Flight
First launch of the Long March 10B rocket and an attempted booster recovery from...
Launch Gravity-1 / Unknown Payload
Private company Orienspace to launch Gravity-1 rocket from the offshore Haiyang launch site.
Launch Vikram-1 / Demo Flight
First test flight of private company Skyroot Aerospace of India, launching its Vikram-1 vehicle...
Launch Electron / LOXSAT 1
Planned demonstration of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal by Eta Space and funded by...
International Moon Day (Annual)
Celebrating the 1st people walking on the Moon / another celestial body – International...
Farnborough International Airshow 2026
At Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre; received 100,358 visitors from 114 countries in...
2026 NASA Exploration Science Forum (NESF2026)
Hosted by SSERVI Central Team at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA, USA;...
The 2026 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit
Gathering top experts in Moon and Mars architectures, systems, science, human health, innovation, policy....
46th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR 2026)
Includes ~150 meetings covering the fields of COSPAR Scientific Commissions / Panels / Task...
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 23rd Annual Meeting (2026)
From 02 to 07 August 2026, a few thousand geoscientists across diverse disciplines will...
HUMANS IN SPACE
International Space Station
- Average Altitude: 415 km
- Current Mission: Expedition 74
- Crew Members: Commander Sergey, Chris Williams, Sergei Mikaev, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev.
- Docked Spacecraft: Crew-12 Dragon, Soyuz MS-28, Progress 94P, Progress 95P and Cygnus-24.
Tiangong Space Station
- Average Altitude: 390 km
- Current Mission: Shenzhou-23
- Crew Members: Commander Zhu Yangzhu, pilot Zhang Zhiyuan and payload specialist Lai Ka-ying.
- Docked Spacecraft: Shenzhou 23 and Tianzhou 10.
| Near-Earth Objects Close Approaches | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Object | Distance |
| Mon July 6 | Apollo Asteroid 2026 MW | 0.058 AU |
| Wed July 8 | Apollo Asteroid 2026 MO1 | 0.015 AU |
| Fri July 10 | Apollo Asteroid 2026 MQ1 | 0.030 AU |
| Sat July 11 | Apollo Asteroid 2007 AA2 | 0.045 AU |
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