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- Kepler network to link OroraTech sensors for Earth monitoring SpaceNews · 11 Jan 2026 MILAN — OroraTech has entered a multi-year partnership with Kepler to supply thermal sensors for Kepler’s new optical communications constellation. The first four SAFIRE Gen4 sensors under the agreement launched Jan. 11...
- NASA astrophysics, commercial satellites launch on SpaceX rideshare mission SpaceNews · 11 Jan 2026 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a trio of NASA astrophysics small satellites along with dozens of commercial spacecraft on a rideshare mission Jan. 11.
- SpaceX’s Twilight rideshare mission set to fly from Vandenberg NASASpaceflight · 11 Jan 2026 Fresh off a record-shattering launch cadence in 2025, SpaceX is planning to fly its first…
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 1st ‘Twilight’ rideshare mission Spaceflight Now · 10 Jan 2026 The flight includes 40 deployment events for a variety of payloads, including NASA’s Pandora spacecraft. Liftoff from pad 4E is scheduled for 5:19 a.m. PST (8:19 a.m. EST / 1319 UTC).
- NASA Gearing Up for Artemis II Launch SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Jan 2026 NASA is getting ready for the launch of Artemis II as early as next month. The launch window for the first flight of astronauts around the Moon since the Apollo
- Crew-11 to make early return Jan. 15 SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2026 NASA plans to return four astronauts from the ISS to Earth early Jan. 15, about a week after one of them experienced a medical issue that prompted the shortened mission.
- NASA Marshall Removes 2 Historic Test Stands NASA · 10 Jan 2026 NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, removed two of its historic test stands – the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility – with carefully coordinated implosions on J...
- FCC approves 7,500 additional Starlink satellites SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2026 The FCC approved a second tranche of 7,500 Starlink Gen2 satellites Jan. 9, expanding the size of SpaceX’s authorized next-generation constellation.
- Space Force awards $739 million in launch orders to SpaceX SpaceNews · 10 Jan 2026 SpaceX sweeps nine national security missions for SDA and NRO under NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1
- MaiaSpace to Launch “Minimum Viable Product” in 2026 European Spaceflight · 10 Jan 2026 French small launch services provider MaiaSpace has explained that an initial flight of its Maia rocket in 2026 will represent the deployment of a “minimum viable product.” MaiaSpace was founded in 2022 as a wholly-owned...
- NASA sets milestones on the path to Artemis II crew launch NASASpaceflight · 10 Jan 2026 NASA has confirmed the upcoming milestones for its historic Artemis II mission—the first crewed flight…
- Crew-11 To Begin Return Home on Wednesday SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Jan 2026 Today NASA announced that Crew-11 will begin its return to Earth from the International Space Station on Wednesday, January 14. The unexpected early departure is due to a medical condition
- Final Steps Underway for NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission NASA · 10 Jan 2026 As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center...
- Pentagon chief takes ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ tour to Rocket Lab SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2026 Pete Hegseth praises U.S.-built satellites and rapid launch as Trump administration escalates pressure on legacy primes
- Shaken, Not Stirred: NASA’s StarBurst Aces Extreme Temperature Tests NASA · 9 Jan 2026 Heated, cooled, shaken, and settled – NASA’s StarBurst instrument is several steps closer to being ready for launch. The small satellite is now awaiting instrument calibration following a successful integration in Canada...
- Flight Engineers Give NASA’s Dragonfly Lift NASA · 9 Jan 2026 In sending a car-sized rotorcraft to explore Saturn’s moon Titan, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will undertake an unprecedented voyage of scientific discovery. And the work to ensure that this first-of-its-kind project can fu...
- L3Harris announces $845 million majority sale of Space Propulsion and Power Systems business Spaceflight Now · 9 Jan 2026 The deal with AE Industrial Partners is expected to close in the second half of 2026. L3Harris will retain full control over the RS-25 engine.
- Landspace secures launch contracts for China’s megaconstellation projects SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2026 Commercial launch startup Landspace has secured formal contracts to launch satellites for China’s two main megaconstellation projects, helping to address a launch capacity bottleneck.
- I am Artemis: Dave Reynolds NASA · 9 Jan 2026 As booster manager for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System), Dave Reynolds’ path to NASA is embodied by his childhood poster of the space shuttle’s Return to Flight initiative, which hangs in his office, serving as a constan...
- NASA chief reviews Orion heat shield, expresses “full confidence” in it for Artemis II Ars Technica · 9 Jan 2026 "That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA."
- NASA’s Pandora Satellite, CubeSats to Explore Exoplanets, Beyond NASA · 9 Jan 2026 A new NASA spacecraft called Pandora is awaiting launch ahead of its journey to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, and their stars. Along for the ride are two shoebox-sized satellites...
- Week in images: 05-09 January 2026 ESA · 9 Jan 2026 Week in images: 05-09 January 2026
- The Space Force will acquire and integrate systems faster in 2026 SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2026 At the beginning of 2026, it’s worth reflecting on the U.S. Space Force’s recent accomplishments. They include the creation of the Commercial Space Office and its Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve, a working capital...
- Barred spiral galaxy spotted 11.5 billion years in the past SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, has identified a contender...
- International Space Station crew to return early after astronaut medical issue SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 NASA crewmembers at the International Space Station will return to Earth within days after an astronaut suffered a health issue, the US space agency said Thursday, the first su...
- China tallies record launch year as lunar and asteroid plans advance SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 China's space sector completed 93 orbital launch missions in 2025, the highest annual total the nation has recorded. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the main State-owne...
- The electrifying science behind Martian dust SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an energetic and electrically charged environment where dust storms and...
- Tiangong science program delivers data surge SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 Chinese astronauts and ground-based science teams completed 86 new scientific and technological tasks on the Tiangong space station in 2025, underscoring the outpost's expanding role in re...
- Trimble positioning tech to enhance Lucid Gravity lane level navigation SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Trimble has agreed to provide positioning technology that will feed navigation and driver assistance systems in the Lucid Gravity electric vehicle, delivering centimeter-level accuracy i...
- Superradiant spin teamwork yields self driven microwave signals SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone, a cooperative phenomenon known as superradiance that has often...
- China ramps up CHSN01 fusion magnet jacket for cryogenic reactors SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 China has produced 30 tons of cryogenic jacket material made from its CHSN01 steel in continuous lengths of about 5 km for use in Cable-in-Conduit Conductors for future fusion reactors. Th...
- Lithium ion battery study on Tiangong space station explores microgravity effects on performance SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 A lithium ion battery experiment has been completed aboard China's Tiangong space station, focusing on basic electrochemical processes that govern performance and lifetime. Researchers at...
- 3D printed solar cells bring color tuned power to windows and curved surfaces SpaceDaily · 9 Jan 2026 London, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a semi-transparent, flexible perovskite solar cell that generates electricity while allowing control over both light transmis...
- The U.S. will seize space leadership – or China will take it SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2026 America faces a choice in space: lead or follow. There’s no middle ground anymore. China is methodically executing a plan to dominate the moon and cislunar space. The question isn’t whether someone will control humanity’...
- Assembling the first Ariane 6 with four boosters at Europe’s Spaceport ESA · 9 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Rhea Space Activity applies optical navigation to military rendezvous missions SpaceNews · 9 Jan 2026 ‘Vanguard’ project builds on NASA-developed AutoNav under a $1.9 million SpaceWERX contract
- South Korea’s Innospace to Launch Hanbit Rockets from Portugal European Spaceflight · 9 Jan 2026 South Korean launch services provider Innospace has signed an agreement with the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC) to conduct flights of its Hanbit rocket family from the Malbusca Spaceport on the Portuguese island of...
- Ganges Delta Under a Winter Shroud of Fog NASA · 9 Jan 2026 Low clouds blanketed the delta while parallel cloud bands rolled over the Bay of Bengal during a January cold wave.
- Crew-11 to cut mission short and return to Earth due to medical issue Spaceflight Now · 9 Jan 2026 In keeping with the agency's strict medical privacy policy, NASA officials have not identified the astronaut in question or provided any details about the nature of the medical issue.
- NASA DECIDES TO BRING CREW-11 HOME EARLY, BUT NOT AN EMERGENCY SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Jan 2026 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has decided to bring Crew-11 home early because of a medical concern affecting one of the crew members. NASA is not revealing who it is to