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Russia’s Progress MS-22 resupply mission capsule has departed the International Space Station filled with trash.

Luna-25, the first Russian lunar exploration mission in almost 50 years, is bound for the Moon.

The mission date is to be announced at a later date, and the name of the astronaut awaits approval by NASA and the other ISS partners.

NASA has reassigned astronaut Jeannette Epps, who has been awaiting a spaceflight since joining the astronaut corps in 2009, to the SpaceX Crew-8 mission.

Europe’s Airbus Defense and Space is upping its stake in the Voyager Space-led Starlab project.

NASA has moved the planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from Aug. 17 to Aug. 21.

The B612 Foundation has made publicly available a nongovernment “precovery service” for the confirmation and orbital refining of asteroid trajectories.

Euclid was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 1 and reached its operational orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) four weeks later.

The foursome has trained for a more than six-month mission with a science and technology agenda that includes nearly 160 projects.

Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Ordinary matter accounts for just 5% of the universe. The Euclid mission will focus on everything else.

Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 ends operations after 117 flights.

Arianespace’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket closed out 27 years of operations on July 5 with its 117th mission.

The final Ariane 5 rocket was rolled out to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) launch site in French Guiana on July 3.

The probe will conduct a six-year survey to answer questions about dark matter, dark energy and what the universe is made of.

Euclid, planned for an early July launch, will be joined by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope by May 2027.

The new launch vehicle's assembly on the launch pad is scheduled for November 2023.

Astronauts and cosmonauts from four countries are to launch to the ISS in mid-August aboard SpaceX’s seventh NASA-contracted Crew Dragon mission.

Ariane 6 delays and problems with Vega C leave European launch industry mostly grounded.

Safran CEO Olivier Andries stresses risk- and revenue-sharing as part of sector reorganization for future launches following Ariane 6 program delays.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule lifted off for a resupply run to the International Space Station on June 5, carrying more than 7,200 lb. of cargo.

The multiyear MSR mission is being jointly led by NASA and the European Space Agency.

NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be repositioned for a new campaign following completion of its 50th sortie.

The point of the mission is to verify the oceans’ existence, investigate their properties and assess if there are environments where life may exist.