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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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NASA scientists travel to air and space to study Arctic sea ice – NASA 0
- Airborne Science, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2), ICESat-2 (Ice, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
- July 9, 2026
This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And although that instrument won’t launch for another year, scientists began preparing for its use during a recent field campaign in the Canadian wilderness. The researchers spent two
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Verification of the Outer Space Treaty with cosmic protons – Nature 0
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- July 9, 2026
United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI); entered into force on October 10, 1967. https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/outerspacetreaty.html (1967). Carpenter, J.M. Pulsed spallation neutron sources for slow neutron scattering. Core. Instrument. Methods 14591-113
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New satellite system could detect nuclear weapons in space 0

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