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Maui Fires: Satellite Imagery from Planet Labs reveals devastation

Earlier today, Planet Labs released comparison imagery of the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii. Void of its typically lush green landscape, photos and videos from the ground have revealed the devastation and deeply personal, emotional, and cultural effects. Now, we get to see the widespread and visual destruction from thousands of kilometers up.

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This Week in Launches: Virgin Galactic flies sweepstake winners, Russia returns to the Moon

This week, we have a pair of space launches from both Russia and SpaceX, along with a noteworthy commercial sub-orbital space tourism flight by Virgin Galactic. The eagerly awaited sweepstakes winner will finally get her chance to fly on VSS Unity, coinciding with Russia’s long-anticipated return to the Moon with Luna 25.

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Final foreign-built Antares rocket launches with cargo for the ISS

Yesterday evening, Northrop Grumman successfully launched its final Antares 220+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. The NG-19 mission carried Northrop’s Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station, transporting essential supplies such as food, experiments, and other cargo for the crew.

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Who is flying on SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission later this month?

Next month, SpaceX is set to launch its seventh rotation of crew members to the International Space Station for NASA. The upcoming Crew-7 mission is notable for being the most diverse crew to fly on a Dragon spacecraft, with all four members hailing from different nations and agencies – a first for SpaceX.

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