Artemis III mission

"It is full steam ahead at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as teams process and assemble flight hardware in preparation for the upcoming crewed Artemis III mission."

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/07/13/nasas-artemis-iii-flight-hardware-stacks-up-at-kennedy/

Eärendil-1

"Reflect Orbital, a California startup that markets itself as “The Sunlight Company” and aims to make “clean, abundant energy available on demand,” has just received approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch the Eärendil-1."

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/fcc-approves-orbital-space-mirrors-first-test-satellites-will-launch-this-year-large-spacecraft-reflects-sunlight-to-earths-surface-for-construction-sites-search-and-rescue-lighting-and-more

Meteors

"Here comes a classic crescent moon-and-meteors week."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2026/07/13/perseid-meteor-shower-returns-this-week-under-an-earthshine-moon/

Tianwen-2

"The China National Space Administration’s asteroid probe Tianwen-2 successfully reached the asteroid Kamo’oalewa, which orbits the sun in a path nearly identical to Earth’s."

https://www.wired.com/story/chinas-tianwen-2-space-probe-earth-quasi-moon/

Up close to different asteroids

"Within just three days of each other, Chinese and Japanese spacecraft got up close and personal with two different asteroids."

https://mashable.com/science/jaxa-hayabusa2-torifune-china-tianwen-2-kamooalewa-images

Tianguan

"In July 1054, court astronomers in China recorded a new “guest star” near Tianguan, the star we now call Zeta Tauri. It was bright enough to be seen in daylight."

https://spacedaily.com/t-nearly-a-millennium-ago-sky-watchers-recorded-a-new-star-so-bright-it-was-visible-in-daylight-for-weeks-and-hubble-has-now-traced-how-far-its-remnant-the-crab-nebula-has-expanded-since-a/

Orion Nebullla

"Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula located 1,350 light-years away in the constellation of Orion."https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hidden-structures-orion-nebula-14907.html