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- Welcome home, Sophie Adenot ESA · 12 Oct 2026 After 237 days and over 3,700 orbits around Earth aboard the International Space Station, Sophie Adenot is back on Earth!
- ExoMars rover twin rehearses first drive ESA · 12 Oct 2026 Before the Rosalind Franklin rover can explore Mars, it must first get off its lander.
- Rolling onto Mars - testing a rover’s lander ESA · 12 Oct 2026 Before Rosalind Franklin can explore Mars, it has to get off its lander.
- Preparing for a first drive on Mars ESA · 12 Oct 2026 Before Rosalind Franklin can explore Mars, it has to get off its lander.
- NovaMoon mission patch ESA · 12 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Introducing NovaMoon ESA · 12 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) NovaMoon mission will improve positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services on the Moon. It will help rovers, landers and astronauts navigate on the Moon like cars, planes and pedest...
- APOD: 2026 October 12 – Jupiter and the Moons NASA · 12 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 12 –… 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...
- Antarctic Sea Ice Grows to Its 2026 Maximum NASA · 12 Oct 2026 The ice reached its third-lowest maximum extent since satellite observations began.
- Webb and Hubble observe stellar nurseries, galaxies, and gravitational lensing in new images NASASpaceflight · 11 Oct 2026 Teams using the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope — both jointly…
- What’s Happening in Space Policy October 11-17, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 11 Oct 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 11-17, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess,
- Blue Origin Advances LC-36 Rebuild for Year-End New Glenn Return to Flight NASASpaceflight · 11 Oct 2026 Four months after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad, the company…
- APOD: 2026 October 11 – Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos NASA · 11 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 11 – Ice… 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...
- NASA to Conduct Flyover, Engage NFL Fans at MetLife Stadium NASA · 10 Oct 2026 As part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour flyover, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will pilot one of three F-5 fighter jets to kick off the New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sund...
- ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns from her first mission to the International Space Station ESA · 10 Oct 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has arrived back in Europe, landing in Cologne, Germany, following her return to Earth with Crew-12 after 237 days, nearly eight months, aboard the International Space Station for her εpsilon...
- APOD: 2026 October 10 – Lunar Farside NASA · 10 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 10… 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 photograph...
- SpaceX to make another attempt to launch 21 data satellites for Space Development Agency Spaceflight Now · 9 Oct 2026 Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California carrying satellites for the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture constellation is scheduled for 12:39 a.m. PD...
- NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations Ars Technica · 9 Oct 2026 "We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low Earth orbit."
- NASA Seeks US Industry Plans for Commercial Space Stations NASA · 9 Oct 2026 NASA is advancing American leadership in space by taking the next step toward a future where commercial space stations lead the way in low Earth orbit. On Friday, the agency released its final Request for Proposals invit...
- NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies NASA · 9 Oct 2026 NASA is testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the Moon and Mars in an unusual way: by taking out the trash. When Northrop Grumman 24th cargo resupply mission for NASA undocked...
- Ship 40 Returns Home as Ship 42 gets more Cryo Proof Testing NASASpaceflight · 9 Oct 2026 Ship 42 for Flight 15 has headed back out to Massey’s for more cryo-proof testing…
- Cosmic House of Mirrors NASA · 9 Oct 2026 Galaxies warp and multiply as if in a house of mirrors in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on Sept. 29, 2026. The brilliant golden galaxies seen here are part of a galaxy cluster called MACS J04...
- Italy Explores Building an Artificial Gravity Research Platform in Orbit European Spaceflight · 9 Oct 2026 The Italian Space Agency (ASI) is exploring the development of a dedicated orbital platform capable of generating artificial gravity to support scientific research and technology development. ASI announced the initiative...
- Week in images: 05-09 October 2026 ESA · 9 Oct 2026 Week in images: 05-09 October 2026
- Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan's time to shine? Ars Technica · 9 Oct 2026 "I can say we’re weeks away from launching on Vulcan."
- Farewell to the Fluid Science Laboratory after 18 years in orbit ESA · 9 Oct 2026 On 9 October, astronauts on the International Space Station begin supporting the final decommissioning of ESA's Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL), one of the longest-serving scientific facilities inside Europe's Columbus la...
- Earth from Space: Namibia’s biggest salt pan ESA · 9 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- APOD: 2026 October 9 – Stickney Crater NASA · 9 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 9… 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 photograph o...
- Floodwaters Overwhelm Thailand NASA · 9 Oct 2026 Heavy rains since mid-September have caused widespread flooding that has affected millions of people across the country.
- Crew-12 Back on Earth as ISS Keeps Busy SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Oct 2026 NASA’s Crew-12 mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California this morning, bringing the 237-day mission to an end. Their replacements on Crew-13 arrived a week
- NASA Briefing to Highlight Contributions to Martian Moons Mission NASA · 8 Oct 2026 Media are invited to join NASA for a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, to preview the agency’s contributions to JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. Th...
- NASA Announces Bold Science Initiatives for America’s Golden Age Summit NASA · 8 Oct 2026 NASA is launching two new science and technology initiatives to deepen scientific understanding and accelerate the innovation that will shape America’s future in space. The initiatives are announced in conjunction with t...
- NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies NASA · 8 Oct 2026 A new NASA-supported spacecraft will get up close to satellites that are no longer in service, demonstrating technologies that could support future in-space repairs and reduce orbital debris. The Small Spacecraft Propuls...
- Crew-12 Returns to Earth NASA · 8 Oct 2026 The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen moments before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in this Oct. 8, 2026, photograph. Aboard were NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members NASA astronauts...
- NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs NASA · 8 Oct 2026 NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) space telescope is shedding light on brown dwarfs, celestial objects that blur the line between stars and exop...
- Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin NASA · 8 Oct 2026 First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most are seen once and never again. Astr...
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down, Sets Briefing to Discuss Mission NASA · 8 Oct 2026 After more than seven months aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely splashed down Thursday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles. The crew members will discuss their scie...
- MIT built a ring of copper wire around Earth in 1963, and more than 20 clumps of it are still in orbit SpaceDaily · 8 Oct 2026 The loose copper hairs of Project West Ford fell back within a few years. The clumps that never came apart are another story: two public satellite catalogues still list about three dozen in orbit.
- Splashdown confirmed for Sophie Adenot ESA · 8 Oct 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth with Crew-12 after her nearly eight-month εpsilon mission to the International Space Station, splashing down off the coast of California, USA, at 15:34 GMT/17:34 CEST on 8 Oc...
- NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration NASA · 8 Oct 2026 As the Golden Age of deep-space exploration begins, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are advancing the development of safe, reliable, next-generation nuclear technologies for space. Together, the agencies will supe...
- NASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescope NASA · 8 Oct 2026 NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory designed to detect ripples in space-time called gravitati...