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Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and oldest woman to travel to space, dies 0
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- July 9, 2026
GRAPEVINE, Texas– Wally Funk, aviation pioneer and the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87 years old. Funk died Wednesday in his apartment at an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O’Dell said Thursday. O’Dell, who described herself as Funk’s
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Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data – NASA Science 0
- Earth Science, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 9, 2026
Two new reports from NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program evaluate data from the Umbra X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite constellation for NASA’s Earth science research and applications community. The results of these evaluations help inform NASA program management and the user community about the quality of these commercial data for use in
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Pair of ‘super puffy’ planets are lighter than cotton candy 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 9, 2026
Astronomers have discovered two gas giant planets orbiting the same star.1. About the size of Jupiter but more than 20 times lighter, they are some of the lowest density planets ever found. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best value online access subscription €27.99 / 30 days cancel
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