Artemis III Got Its Engines

Spectrum Flew From Andøya

Isar Aerospace’s second Spectrum flight left Arctic Norway and, on company and EU reporting, reached orbit with customer payloads—Europe’s first commercial orbital success from continental soil.

Meir and Adenot on the hull

U.S. spacewalk 99: 6 h 49 m. Retroreflector on Harmony forward, HD camera on the truss, exterior swab, partial jumpers, AMS radiator prep. Sixth all-female EVA. NASA ISS blog.

The coronagraph is alive

Roman’s Coronagraph powered 7:27–8:22 a.m. Eastern on 1 September. Antenna and visor already deployed. Three-month commissioning. First images early 2027. NASA blogs.