A blood moon, a SpaceX milestone, a spacewalk and Trump to honor Artemis astronauts: 4 space stories to watch this week

Key Points:

• SpaceX successfully launched its 100th Falcon 9 rocket this year from Cape Canaveral, carrying 29 Starlink satellites; the reusable booster landed safely on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
• NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA flight engineer Sophie Adenot conducted a nearly six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk to replace a high-speed communications antenna on the International Space Station, although the new antenna installation was not completed.
• A partial lunar eclipse, known as a "blood moon," will be visible across North America, South America, Europe, and Africa on August 27-28, with optimal viewing conditions in the central and eastern United States and Canada.
• President Trump will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to NASA's Artemis II astronauts in a ceremony recognizing their April mission, the first crewed voyage beyond low Earth orbit since 1972 and a milestone for future lunar surface exploration.
• August has been notable for celestial events, including the first total solar eclipse visible in mainland Europe since 1999, with many regions experiencing partial views and ongoing excitement for stargazers this summer.