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August 2026 skywatching guide: Every major celestial event to watch this month
From a total solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower to Saturn, a partial lunar eclipse, and stunning deep-sky objects, here's everything happening in the August 2026 night sky. Video Credit: NASA, AI-generated visuals (based on NASA references)
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Watch: SpaceX launches Starship Flight 13 after two delays
SpaceX launched Starship Flight 13 from Starbase, Texas, with Booster 20 and Ship 40 on a mission to deploy next-generation Starlink V3 satellites and test an in-space Raptor engine relight. The mission comes after two earlier delays—a last-second engine abort on July 16, when several Raptor engines failed to ignite, and a weather-related postponement on July 23. Video Credit: SpaceX
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NASA's Chandra creates a 25-year timelapse of an expanding supernova remnant
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory combined data from five separate observations — spanning 2000 to 2025 — into a single timelapse showing Kepler's Supernova Remnant expanding over 25 years. Located about 17,000 light-years away, the remnant is what remains of a white dwarf star that exploded after exceeding its critical mass. Video Credit: NASA/CXC
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NASA's Psyche mission releases timelapse video of its Mars flyby
NASA's Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars on May 15, 2026, using the planet's gravity to boost its speed toward asteroid 16 Psyche, its ultimate destination. During the flyby, Psyche's imager captured a month-long time-lapse sequence of Mars — including windblown craters, the polar ice cap, and the Huygens crater — while also testing the instruments it will use to study the asteroid in 2029. Video Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/True Story Films
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Watch: View of Earth from SpaceX Falcon 9's second stage
A camera aboard SpaceX Falcon 9's second stage captured this striking view of Earth during the July 21, 2026 launch of Northrop Grumman's MRV-1 satellite-servicing mission — a flight to geostationary transfer orbit that offered a far more distant, dramatic vantage point than SpaceX's typical Starlink missions. Video Credit: SpaceX
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MRV explained: Inside Northrop Grumman's new satellite-servicing spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) from Cape Canaveral, marking the debut of a first-of-its-kind commercial satellite-servicing mission. Built to operate in geostationary orbit (GEO), the MRV is equipped with two advanced robotic arms capable of inspecting, relocating, upgrading and servicing operational satellites. The spacecraft will also deploy three Mission Extension Pods (MEPs), propulsion modules designed to extend a satellite's operational life by up to eight years. If successful, the mission could reduce satellite replacement costs and mark a major step toward routine in-orbit satellite servicing. Read more on Starlust: https://starlust.org/space-xs-falcon-9-launches-first-of-its-kind-northrop-grumman-mission-to-extend-satellite-lifespans/
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NASA begins stacking Artemis III solid rocket booster segments
Piece by piece, NASA is assembling the Space Launch System for Artemis III. The first booster aft segments are now in place, on their mobile launcher, bringing the Moon mission one step closer to launch in 2027 and laying the groundwork for future missions to Mars. Video Credit: NASA Watch this space for more updates on Artemis III
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Skyroot's Vikram-1 successfully completes India's first private orbital rocket launch
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket successfully reached orbit on its debut flight July 18, 2026, launching from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre and becoming the first privately built Indian rocket to do so — making India the third nation, after the US and China, with private orbital launch capability. Video Credit: Skyroot Aerospace
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Lesser-known facts about every Apollo Moon landing (1969 - 1972)
Between 1969 and 1972, twelve men walked on the Moon across six landings. From a lightning strike that nearly ended a mission to a golden olive branch still sitting on the lunar surface, here are a few strange, lesser-known facts from every single one. Video Courtesy: NASA, Getty Images
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On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts walked on the Moon for the first time
On July 20, 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 mission made history when Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin joined him on the lunar surface, while Michael Collins remained in orbit aboard the Command Module Columbia. During their moonwalk, Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rocks and soil, set up scientific experiments, and spent more than two hours exploring before returning safely to Earth. Video Courtesy: NASA and Getty
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Skyroot's Vikram-1 successfully completes India's first private orbital rocket launch
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 successfully completed Test Flight-1, Mission Aagaman, from Sriharikota on July 18, 2026, becoming the first privately developed Indian rocket to successfully place payloads into orbit. The rocket's final stage, the Orbital Adjustment Module, uses a 3D-printed liquid engine capable of starting, stopping and restarting in space, allowing it to fine-tune the satellites' final orbit. Vikram-1 is powered by four solid-fuel stages plus this liquid-fueled upper stage. Video Credit: Skyroot Aerospace
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SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch after engines fail to ignite
SpaceX's Starship V3 came within seconds of launching from Starbase, Texas, on July 16, 2026, when some of its 33 Raptor 3 engines failed to start, triggering an automatic abort. It would have been Starship's 13th flight and the first test of its third-generation design, carrying 20 new Starlink satellites. Elon Musk said two engines will be removed and replaced, with the next launch attempt likely early next week. Video Credit: SpaceX
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Apollo 11 lifted off on this day in 1969 — watch the historic launch
On this day, July 16, 1969, NASA's Apollo 11 mission lifted off aboard a mighty Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on humanity's first attempt to land people on the Moon. Four days later, on July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface, while Collins remained in lunar orbit aboard the command module. Apollo 11 forever changed the course of space and lunar exploration and remains one of the greatest achievements in human history. Video courtesy: NASA and Getty #Apollo11 #MoonLanding #NASA #SaturnV #NeilArmstrong #BuzzAldrin #MichaelCollins #Moon #SpaceExploration