Tuesday, July 22, 2025

SpaceX aborts launch 11 seconds before liftoff

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There are many things happening for your daily read today, including NASA rolling out the X-59 supersonic jet for its first test drive. 

Other stories in our roundup include SpaceX aborting its satellite launch with 11 seconds left before liftoff, the Hubble telescope seeing the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and Darth Vader's screen-used lightsaber could be worth $3 million at auction. We have all that and more in our newsletter. 

Thanks for exploring with us.

Keep looking up, 

Kenna 

Content Manager, Space.com
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JWST sees 'chaos' reign beneath Europa's icy surface
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Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS
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SpaceX aborts launch 11 seconds before liftoff
The company will try to launch the SES O3b mPOWER mission again on Tuesday (July 22).
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