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- Swarming robots to tackle space debris ESA · 15 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- APOD: 2026 October 15 – The Milky Way over Manhattan NASA · 15 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 15 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photo...
- Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest NASA · 15 Oct 2026 During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and eastern Amazon.
- Artemis III SLS teams prepare short stack for pad tanking test NASASpaceflight · 14 Oct 2026 With both solid rocket boosters fully stacked and all four RS-25 engines now installed on…
- NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101 NASA · 14 Oct 2026 NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the International Space Station during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 20, from NASA’s Johnson Space...
- NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students NASA · 14 Oct 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 12 p.m. ED...
- In 1967 the Americans had a spare rocket at Woomera, and Australia built a 45-kilogram satellite to fly on it in eleven months SpaceDaily · 14 Oct 2026 A Cold War castoff and eleven months of improvisation launched Australia into the space age—and almost didn't.
- NASA’s Chandra Breaks Down ‘Treble Clef’s’ Galaxy Cluster Collision NASA · 14 Oct 2026 Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” because its distinct shape strongly resembles the musical symb...
- NASA’s Space X CRS-35 Launch Jellyfish NASA · 14 Oct 2026 Sunlight illuminates the exhaust plumes of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 13, 2026. This visual phenomenon is known as a “jellyfish”; it happens near sunrise or sunset when the...
- NASA Develops Batteries to Power Humanity’s Return to Moon NASA · 14 Oct 2026 If you’ve ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know standard batteries do not like extreme cold. That’s why NASA researchers are working to develop a battery tha...
- NASA to Discuss Artemis Acceleration, Status of Upcoming Moon Missions NASA · 14 Oct 2026 NASA will provide an update on its plans to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028 at 2 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 23, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Learn where to watch online: http...
- Spain Approves Early Release of €65.8 Million in PAZ 2 Spy Satellite Funding European Spaceflight · 14 Oct 2026 The Spanish government has approved a request from satellite operator Hisdesat to bring forward €65.8 million of a €1 billion loan for the PAZ 2 spy satellite programme to cover payments due earlier than originally antic...
- How mini-constellations could more quickly bring new tech to Europe, and to orbit SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2026 When the European thermal-imagery company constellr began working with Space Inventor on its next generation of satellites, some of the most important details of the spacecraft had yet to be […]
- New Science, Supplies Head to ISS on CRS-35 Space Scout · 14 Oct 2026 The Dragon spacecraft will bring around 6,300 lbs of supplies, equipment, and human health experiments to the Expedition 75/76 crew.
- Where winds blow and lava flows ESA · 14 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Earth today, Jupiter tomorrow: An insight into Juice’s recent Earth flyby ESA · 14 Oct 2026 On 28 September, ESA’s Juice mission reached another important Jupiter-bound milestone with its penultimate gravity assist manoeuvre: a flyby of Earth. This encounter, however, was not only an essential step on the road...
- APOD: 2026 October 14 – Mars and the Beehive Under an Aurora NASA · 14 Oct 2026 What a cosmic coincidence! In today’s image, Mars joins the Beehive cluster below an auroral curtain and above a horizon of happy little trees near Lansjärv, Sweden.
- Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast NASA · 14 Oct 2026 Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding—and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere.
- Ship 40 Back At Starbase After Surprise Reentry Survival SpacePolicyOnline.com · 14 Oct 2026 The Starship second stage of SpaceX’s Integrated Flight Test-13 is back at Starbase, TX after surprisingly surviving splashdown in the Indian Ocean in July. To date, it is the only
- Launch Preview: Falcon 9, ZhuQue-2E to launch during quiet week NASASpaceflight · 13 Oct 2026 This week features a relatively quiet launch manifest, with SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 comprising much…
- NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer NASA · 13 Oct 2026 NASA engineer and astronaut Christina Koch will serve as the agency’s acting deputy chief engineer beginning on Sunday, Nov. 1, following the retirement of Katherine Van Hooser, who will conclude more than 35 years of di...
- Comparing Off-World Rover Driving Distances NASA · 13 Oct 2026 Description This infographic illustrates the distances driven by various rovers on the surface of Earth’s Moon and Mars. Of the vehicles shown, the NASA Mars rovers Perseverance and Curiosity are still operational and mo...
- NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover Team NASA · 13 Oct 2026 Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars mission team gather in the Mars Yard at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California with a certificate from Guinness World Records marking the rover dista...
- Perseverance Navcam Image Marks Record Drive NASA · 13 Oct 2026 Description Rover tracks and a rocky Martian landscape are shown in this image captured by one of the navigation cameras (navcams) aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on Oct. 11, 2026, the 2,006th Martian day, or sol,...
- Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation NASA · 13 Oct 2026 Three NASA-supported small spacecraft, along with many commercial payloads, are shown before being encapsulated in a SpaceX Falcon 9 ahead of launch on Oct. 1, 2026. The ASCENT Propulsion Dual Mode CubeSat, the Supernova...
- TB 26-08 Complex Modes in Lightly Damped Structural Systems:A Two-Mode Interaction Perspective NASA · 13 Oct 2026 For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system a...
- SpaceX launches NASA science and cargo to the International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 13 Oct 2026 The sunrise launch on Oct. 13 was the 35th SpaceX flight under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA.
- Week in images: 12-16 October 2026 ESA · 13 Oct 2026 Week in images: 12-16 October 2026
- NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission NASA · 13 Oct 2026 A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of NASA’s efforts to establish a Moon Base, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Ca...
- Mars moon lander set to launch on 19 October ESA · 13 Oct 2026 The Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is set to launch into space on a H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center at 04:41 JST on 20 October 2026 (20:41 BST / 21:41 CEST on 19 October 2026). MMX will be the first...
- NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 35th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station NASA · 13 Oct 2026 NASA’s SpaceX 35th commercial resupply mission lifted off at 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying more than 6,300 pounds o...
- Press conference: ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns to Europe ESA · 13 Oct 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has returned to Europe following her 237-day εpsilon mission aboard the International Space Station. A press conference with Sophie and Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuensc...
- Norway Details Funding Allocation for Second Andøya Launch Pad European Spaceflight · 13 Oct 2026 The Norwegian government has detailed plans to finance a second orbital launch pad at Andøya Spaceport, an initiative the country’s Minister of Trade and Industry first announced on 30 September. In its proposed state bu...
- APOD: 2026 October 13 – Desert Stairway to Heaven NASA · 13 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 13 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograp...
- An Impact Structure With Legs NASA · 13 Oct 2026 If the thought of extraterrestrial objects crashing into Earth weren’t creepy enough, behold Australia’s Spider Crater.
- Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX to launch new solar arrays, 6,300 pounds of cargo to the space station Spaceflight Now · 13 Oct 2026 Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:33 a.m. EDT (1033 UTC) on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The Cargo Dragon spacecraft will arrive at the space station following a two...
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 27 Starlink satellites into orbit from California Spaceflight Now · 12 Oct 2026 Liftoff off of the Starlink 15-25 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East is scheduled for 5:28 p.m. PDT (8:28 p.m. EDT / 0028 UTC).
- CRS-35 set to launch to ISS with final iROSA arrays, experiments, and other items NASASpaceflight · 12 Oct 2026 The International Space Station, fresh off a crew handover and the return of Crew-12 to…
- NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Mission to Launch Health Research NASA · 12 Oct 2026 NASA experiments focused on human and plant health and drug-resistant organisms will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency from Cape Canaveral...
- Jena-Optronik is proud to partner with MDA Space for its first ASTRO HP mission. SpaceNews · 12 Oct 2026 MDA Space, a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, space exploration and infrastructure, will utilize Jena-Optronik’s ASTRO HP star sensor on a LEO mission. This milestone underscores [...