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- NASA's Twin Spacecraft Will Execute Powered Slingshot Maneuvers on Their Way to Mars Universe Today · 6 Nov 2026 NASA's ESCAPADE mission features a pair of identical spacecraft on their way to Mars. They launched outside of the normal launch window, so they'll perform powered slingshot maneuvers to boost their speed. Once there, th...
- M30’s Sparkling Stars NASA · 6 Nov 2026 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released Nov. 5, 2026, provides a lesson in galactic history. The sparkling collection of stars is named Messier 30 (M30) after the French astronomer, Charles Messier, who catal...
- Supercomputing Tech Demo Schedule NASA · 6 Nov 2026 Supercomputing 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #4038) for presentations by NASA experts. Full Tech Demo schedule below. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 10:00 AMType-safe Templates in Fortran 2028Tom Clune10:30 AMType-safe...
- Hera probe gets 1st good look at asteroid system clobbered by NASA's DART mission | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2026 Space.com · 6 Nov 2026 The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft has gotten its first close-up look at the Didymos binary asteroid, the first space rock system "punched" by humanity.
- Max Power: NASA hosting its 1st air show this weekend on Florida's Space Coast Space.com · 6 Nov 2026 NASA will host a first-of-its-kind air show and aerospace expo on Florida's Space Coast this weekend —an event that shares its name with one of Homer Simpson's aliases.
- 'Big Bang' Fix Puts Voyager Across the 'One Light-Day' Mark Universe Today · 6 Nov 2026 Flashback to 1977. Jimmy Carter was U.S. president, Star Wars was a box office hit, and the two Voyager spacecraft departed on an historic Grand Tour of the solar system. Now, teams at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ar...
- Blue Origin reveals new kick stage, engines for its New Glenn rockets Spaceflight Now · 5 Nov 2026 The announcement was made during an invite-only event ahead of the weekend’s, NASA-backed Max Power airshow at the Kennedy Space Center.
- On this day in space! Nov. 5, 2002: NASA's Galileo spacecraft flies by Jupiter moon Amalthea only to find it's a 'pile of icy rubble less dense than water' Space.com · 5 Nov 2026 On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft flew by a small moon called Amalthea and made a surprising find. Here's why it mattered.
- NASA's Voyager 1 probe bounces back from communications glitch in interstellar space Space.com · 5 Nov 2026 NASA's Voyager 1 probe is back in communication after the 49-year-old spacecraft briefly fell silent last month, during its interstellar-space mission.
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students NASA · 5 Nov 2026 Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 10:40 a.m....
- Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Shows Water Ice Behaves the Same Across Alien Star Systems Universe Today · 5 Nov 2026 Targets of opportunity sometimes happen in astronomy, and we got a major one when the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, was discovered in July 2025. And it just so happens that in the intervening years between the las...
- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is the 1st Black woman to command a space mission. Will we see more diversity in the future on the final frontier? Space.com · 5 Nov 2026 "Diversity makes the crew stronger."
- NASA announces experimental X-70 Fractal aircraft: A 'new beginning for aeronautics' Space.com · 5 Nov 2026 NASA has announced its next X-plane, known as the X-70 Fractal, designed to test advanced maneuverability and which will feature a rapidly reconfigurable design.
- China lays out plans to land astronauts on the moon 'before 2030.' Can NASA still win this race? Space.com · 5 Nov 2026 China has laid out its roadmap for landing astronauts on the moon "before 2030," a milestone that NASA hopes to achieve in 2028.
- 2 astronauts will finish upgrading ISS solar arrays during spacewalk today: Watch it live Space.com · 5 Nov 2026 NASA's Anil Menon and Canada Joshua Kutryk will install the International Space Station's final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk today (Nov. 5). Here's how to watch it live.
- Former NASA Chief Economist is New Head of Canadian Space Agency SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Nov 2026 Alexander MacDonald is the new President of the Canadian Space Agency. Canadian-born MacDonald was NASA’s Chief Economist until December 2024. The Canadian Government announced MacDonald’s selection this evening. He succ...
- NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research NASA · 5 Nov 2026 On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed...
- Farewell Swift SpacePolicyOnline.com · 5 Nov 2026 NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reentered this morning, bringing the 22-year-old mission to an end. NASA contracted with Katalyst Space in September 2025 to revamp an existing system to try
- NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon NASA · 4 Nov 2026 In an update on Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders shared the agency’s path to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2028. Agency leadership provided updates on the previously annou...
- NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reenters over Western Indonesia Spaceflight Now · 4 Nov 2026 NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory plummeted back into Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday over western Indonesia, ending nearly 22 years in orbit for the gamma-ray burst hunter after a failed attempt to rescue it.
- NASA's Swift space telescope crashes back to Earth after failed rescue attempt Space.com · 4 Nov 2026 NASA's Swift space telescope crashed back to Earth today (Nov. 4), three months after a private spacecraft was supposed to boost the observatory to a higher orbit.
- NASA Announces Ka-Band Satellite Relay Awards for Space Communications NASA · 4 Nov 2026 NASA selected three companies on Wednesday to perform work to develop Ka-band space relay capability concepts that are compatible with current missions in space, ensuring service continuity for existing spacecraft withou...
- NASA's Artemis II moon launch tore a hole in Earth's upper atmosphere so huge it disrupted GPS signals Space.com · 4 Nov 2026 "It could have a strong impact not only on self-driving cars but also on drone positioning."
- NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings NASA · 4 Nov 2026 NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – In...
- NASA Space Grant Students Fuel Agency’s Inspiration Tour NASA · 4 Nov 2026 NASA’s Inspiration Tour spread the excitement of space exploration and aeronautical innovation by connecting the public, industry, and academia with the people, technologies, and organizations that drive American leaders...
- Hubble Reveals Cosmic Mystery NASA · 4 Nov 2026 This photo released on Nov. 2, 2026, showcases NGC 4449, a dwarf irregular. Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies — small galaxies containing a few thousand to hundreds of milli...
- NASA, NOAA Track 2026 Antarctic Ozone Hole NASA · 4 Nov 2026 Weather provided ideal conditions for enhanced ozone depletion
- NASA asks industry for ideas about saving Hubble Space Telescope Space.com · 3 Nov 2026 The Hubble Space Telescope is healthy but is being pulled down toward Earth by atmospheric drag. NASA is considering options to extend the iconic telescope's work.
- Voting in space: NASA astronauts cast ballots from International Space Station Space.com · 3 Nov 2026 The three Americans currently living off Earth made sure their voices were heard, voting in the midterm election from the International Space Station.
- Dimorphos in sight: Europe's Hera probe gets its 1st look at battered space rock (photo) Space.com · 3 Nov 2026 Europe's Hera planetary defense spacecraft is closing in on the binary asteroid system targeted by NASA's DART deflection test, and can now tell the two rocky bodies apart.
- Astronaut and Earth NASA · 3 Nov 2026 CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is pictured during the Oct. 29, 2026, spacewalk. The International Space Station was soaring 267 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean at the time of this photograph. Ku...
- TB 26-10 Printed Circuit Board Assembly Chip Resistor Body Cracking NASA · 3 Nov 2026 For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov. Download PDF here Chip resistors are widely used in NASA projects, yet cases of alumina substrate cracking during environmental...
- NASA Astronaut, STEM Creator Connect with Students for STEM Day NASA · 3 Nov 2026 Students across the country will have the opportunity to connect directly with the International Space Station during a live, interactive in-flight call with NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Mark Rober STEM content creator...
- NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to burn up this week after more than two decades in space Spaceflight Now · 3 Nov 2026 As of Monday, the U.S. Space Force predicted Swift would re-enter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 3:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 4, somewhere within about 21 degrees north or south of the equator — a band that is most...
- Avoiding an uncontrolled reentry; boost Hubble and keep the science – Isaacman NASASpaceflight · 3 Nov 2026 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has addressed the ongoing debate about the Hubble Space Telescope’s long-term…
- Do we know how many Starship launches SpaceX will need to get NASA astronauts to the moon? No. Will its refuelling plan be simple? Also no. Space.com · 3 Nov 2026 NASA's Artemis IV moon mission will be a complicated affair — especially if SpaceX's Starship ends up being the lunar lander. The massive spacecraft will need an unknown number of refuel flights in two separate orbits.
- Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now NASA · 2 Nov 2026 Sixty-five years ago, a bold vision took root in Houston: a NASA center dedicated to human spaceflight. Since its founding, NASA’s Johnson Space Center has helped lead the nation’s human spaceflight program, supporting m...
- NASA’s CHAPEA Crew “Returns” to Earth NASA · 2 Nov 2026 The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of their simulated Mars journey on Oct. 31, 2026. Crew members Matthew M...
- What’s Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 2 Nov 2026 Meteor Showers, a Spacecraft Milestone, and a Supermoon Catch Taurid and Leonid meteors, spot Mars near Jupiter, celebrate Voyager 1’s light-day milestone, and watch November’s supermoon. Skywatching Highlights Transcrip...
- NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-25 Station Resupply Launch NASA · 2 Nov 2026 Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft will launch in November to the o...