Spaceflight news

— Nauka Arrives (spaceflightnow.com) (space.com)

— Investigation of the issue (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb)

— Amazing footage of the issue (youtube.com) (HT Andy Z: twitter.com/liamkennedy) (HT Andy Z: twitter.com/fs_jeronimo)

Short & Sweet

— Rocket Lab successfully launches U.S. military payload (spaceflightnow.com)

— Inmarsat announces plans to add multi-orbit satellite constellation (spacenews.com)

This week in SF history

— August 9 1976: The Launch of Luna 24 (lroc.sese.asu.edu) (theverge.com) (russianspaceweb.com)

— Next week (8/10 - 8/16) in 1966: When I get hot, I get dizzy and lose my bearings.