Space News for Saturday, July 18, 2026
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This episode summarizes the top space news stories from July 18, 2026.
In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy! (00:10) Podcast Introduction (00:22) Skyroot Aerospace reaches orbit on first Vikram-1 launch (01:07) NASA terminates Draper lunar lander mission (01:45) Serbia signs the Artemis Accords (02:29) NASA Pushes New Wing Design to Find Structural Limits (03:05) Establishing a VTE Risk Score for Astronauts Algorithm (03:36) NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research Center (04:16) Beyond Reach Labs Raises $10M Seed, Moves to NYC (05:08) NASA Selects Starlink for Artemis III Mission (05:46) ISU Founder Shares a Vision Beyond Liquidation (06:26) These 'metallic' dunes on Mars look like sci-fi. What are they really? (06:51) Earth's largest particle accelerator opens new window into the early universe just after the Big Bang: 'A culmination of a decades-long quest' (07:36) 'The dawn of a new space era': Vikram-1, India's 1st private orbital rocket, aces debut launch (08:32) 'The Starry Night' in space: Dark Energy Camera channels a cosmic Van Gogh (video)
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