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Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, is weeks away from space Internet rollout Ars Technica · 8 Oct 2026 "If this was easy, everybody else would be doing it."
The Exploration Company to Test Lunar Hopper Demonstrator in 2027 European Spaceflight · 8 Oct 2026 The Exploration Company has announced it will test a lunar hopper demonstrator called ONEIROS in the United Arab Emirates in 2027. ONEIROS is a privately funded initiative focused on validating technologies that could ev...
What will it take to build a moon base? SpaceNews · 8 Oct 2026 In this episode, a panel of industry experts discuss what’s needed to build a moon base. During a live event at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, leaders Astrolab, Firefly […]
Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth ESA · 8 Oct 2026 Just two weeks after it was launched, the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite returned its first images and measurements from two of its key instruments – a major milestone that confirms the satellite is working well and on...
Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks ESA · 8 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a ‘switchback’ in the solar wind’s magnetic field. By fingerprinting the elusive particles within the switchback, Solar O...
The director’s take: telling Galileo’s story through film ESA · 8 Oct 2026 In 2025, to celebrate thirty years of satellite navigation in Europe, the European Space Agency (ESA) commissioned a documentary to capture the history of Galileo, Europe’s satellite navigation system. Finding Our Way: I...
Keeping the sky dark and quiet ESA · 8 Oct 2026 For thousands of years, the night sky has inspired humanity, guided explorers and helped scientists unlock the mysteries of the Universe. As the number of satellites in orbit grows, their reflected light and radio freque...
APOD: 2026 October 8 – The Saturn System Smörgåsbord NASA · 8 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 8 – 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 photog...
Fighting Drought in Texas Cotton Country NASA · 8 Oct 2026 Drought and an ailing aquifer were major topics of conversation when NASA scientists visited with farmers in the Texas High Plains.
NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 35th Station Resupply Launch, Arrival NASA · 7 Oct 2026 NASA and SpaceX are targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 13, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment, including the final set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays,...
NASA’s SpaceX 35th Commercial Resupply Mission Overview NASA · 7 Oct 2026 NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Oct. 13 to launch scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.
NASA’s PRIMA Spacecraft (Artist’s Concept) NASA · 7 Oct 2026 Description This artist’s concept depicts the proposed design for NASA’s PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA), which was selected by the agency in September 2026. The PRIMA observatory is the first in a ne...
NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone NASA · 7 Oct 2026 Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back at the floor of Gale Crater, with the crater’s rim visible in the distance, on Sept. 5, 2026, the 5,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Just...
NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs NASA · 7 Oct 2026 Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of sunrise illuminating distant, wind-carved features called yardangs on Aug. 11, 2026, the 4,982nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists are eager...
Artemis II Crew Moon Photo Annotations NASA · 7 Oct 2026 A visualization of a dark Moon eclipsing the Sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member’s tablet. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (in blue) and Victor “Ike” Glover...
Mars’s oddest cloud may be even odder than we thought ESA · 7 Oct 2026 Scientists using the European Space Agency's Mars Express, in combination with a state-of-the-art meteorological model of the Red Planet, have found that there may be some very exotic physics behind Mars’s most curious c...
ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 3 ESA · 7 Oct 2026 The future of European exploration and the decisions ahead took centre stage during ESA’s third day at IAC 2026. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher joined representatives of ESA Member States to discuss Europe's ambit...
Géraldine Naja with the WIA-Europe award ESA · 7 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Announcing the finalists for the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards SpaceNews · 7 Oct 2026 Meet the 43 leaders and accomplishments that exemplified excellence across the industry over the last 12 months
Braking news! Time for ESA’s Hera asteroid mission to go slow ESA · 7 Oct 2026 Launched two years ago today, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has been hurtling away from Earth ever since. The small-car-sized spacecraft is now preparing for its single most challenging a...
Brake! Time for ESA’s Hera asteroid mission to go slow ESA · 7 Oct 2026 Launched two years ago today, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission for planetary defence has been hurtling away from Earth ever since. The small-car-sized spacecraft is now preparing for its single most challenging a...
The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The space detectives arrive ESA · 7 Oct 2026 Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system that is typical...
ArianeGroup Completes Second Themis Wet Dress Rehearsal European Spaceflight · 7 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency announced that ArianeGroup and Swedish Space Corporation completed a second wet dress rehearsal of the Themis reusable rocket demonstrator at Esrange in Sweden. ESA announced the completion of t...
Finding Hera’s way: Flight Dynamics team in action ESA · 7 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency’s Hera planetary defence mission team is preparing to light a fire in the sky. On the early morning of 15 October the small-car-sized spacecraft will burn its Orbit Control Thrusters in the dire...
Finding Hera’s way: ESA’s Flight Dynamics team into action ESA · 7 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency’s Hera planetary defence mission team is preparing to light a fire in the sky. On the early morning of 15 October the small-car-sized spacecraft will burn its Orbit Control Thrusters in the dire...
When the Sun turns black ESA · 7 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Themis completes second fuelling rehearsal ESA · 7 Oct 2026 ESA’s Themis reusable rocket stage demonstrator successfully completed its second ‘wet dress rehearsal’ at Esrange Space Center in Sweden on 29 September, testing the vehicle and ground procedures under representative cr...
APOD: 2026 October 7 – Supernova Remnant Pa 30 NASA · 7 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 7 –… 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...
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum NASA · 7 Oct 2026 Satellite records show Arctic sea ice covering less of the ocean in both winter and summer.
Crew-12 set to depart the ISS after eighth months in orbit NASASpaceflight · 6 Oct 2026 After eight months aboard the International Space Station, NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-12 mission is scheduled…
It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane Ars Technica · 6 Oct 2026 To date, this Atlantic tropics year has been exceptionally quiet.
Deposition Sciences, Inc. Expands Sunshade® Tape Offering with New 12″ × 30″ Format SpaceNews · 6 Oct 2026 Santa Rosa, CA — October 2026 — Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI), a leader in advanced thin film coatings, proudly announces the introduction of a new 12″ × 30″ format for […]
NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure NASA · 6 Oct 2026 After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft is scheduled to depart Friday, Oct. 9, as pa...
October 2026 Satellite Puzzler NASA · 6 Oct 2026 Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.
Lunar Grounding Challenge NASA · 6 Oct 2026 As an astronaut traverses the lunar South Pole, tribocharging from walking on the lunar surface and plasma charging from the ambient plasma generate electric charge on the spacesuit. This problem is severely compounded w...
NASA Glenn Invites Phase 1 Proposals for Aerospace Power Systems Laboratory NASA · 6 Oct 2026 NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is seeking Phase 1 proposals for the design and construction of the Aerospace Power Systems Laboratory. The principal purpose of this procurement is to deliver a laboratory facil...
Astronomers Solve Cosmic Cold Case with NASA Hubble Data NASA · 6 Oct 2026 Diligent sleuthing by astronomers uncovered a surprising chemical clue that indicates the white dwarf star HS 0209+0832 may host a second-generation planet. This artist’s concept released on Oct. 5, 2026, depicts that po...
Why is NASA bringing 7,500 contractors back to work as civil servants? Ars Technica · 6 Oct 2026 "The administrator's directive is a coherent and necessary vision for the future."
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn NASA · 6 Oct 2026 A newly released panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover offers the most detailed view yet of distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the mission’s scientists have long been waiting to see up close...
ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 2 ESA · 6 Oct 2026 International cooperation remained at the heart of ESA’s participation in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, as ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher held a series of high-level meet...

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