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Happy Monday, space fans
I hope that you had a good weekend, perhaps you enjoyed the World Cup games or maybe even got some much-needed rest. But we're back in action again this week, first off with news from SpaceX as they have scheduled Starship's Flight 13 for July 16. If you remember previous Starship flights, they can get quite ... explosive. And seeing as these spacecraft are meant to one day carry humans to space, we hope that they can get things going in a less explosive direction. With this flight, we have some intel from SpaceX on what went wrong with previous flights and how they're working toward a better future for Starship.
Moreso, a cloud of space junk has been discovered in orbit around Earth. With possible collisions left and right, experts are understandably quite concerned about the risks posed by this cloud, calling it a "potential minefield." Today we also have some insight into NASA's Artemis 2 mission and how it broke streaming records, showing what appears to be a growing excitement about space and this return to the moon (we can only hope!). We also take a look at some night sky spectacles coming up, the Extremely Large Telescope reaches a major milestone, and Star Wars goes anime???
Check out what's big in space below:
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"The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield."
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Reflect Orbital just got approval to launch its first light-directing space mirror, which it plans to do later this year. Tens of thousands more such craft could follow over the next 10 years.
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The Artemis II astronauts made an impact on potentially hundreds of millions of people during their mission, according to NASA figures.
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The countdown is on! It's not too late to plan your trip for the total solar eclipse 2026.
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Now is the time to look for noctilucent clouds — shimmering ice clouds that glow near the edge of space.
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The Extremely Large Telescope is looking quite large in this exciting moment.
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On Episode 218 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss NASA's new moonbase plans with planetary scientist Dr. Pascal Lee.
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"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is."
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This limited series expands on 2021's 'Star Wars: Visions'' episode, 'The Ninth Jedi,' from director Kenji Kamiyama.
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That's it for our space update today!
And we've got a big week planned. We continue to explore the mysterious cloud of debris circling Earth as well as new findings on how human spaceflight might actually affect science studying (and searching for) life, and we will even take you behind the scenes in a unique experience that puts you onboard the International Space Station for an adventure like no other. We are also looking forward to the upcoming 50th anniversary of NASA's Viking 1 lander, which was the first successful spacecraft to land on, survive and explore Mars (if you don't count a Soviet spacecraft that lasted mere seconds before losing communications with Earth).
There's also a lot to look forward to in the night sky. We have the Perseids meteor shower which is an annual delight we can always look forward to, Venus is putting on a show, and we are just about one month away from a total solar eclipse! Even if you don't live in a location where it will be visible, we can all follow along (and live vicariously) as Space.com tracks the upcoming solar eclipse around the world. And to stay as in the loop as possible, you can now get Space.com right in the palm of your hand with our new app available now on iOS and Android.
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Chelsea Gohd
Content Manager, Space.com
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