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- NASA Crew-11 Will Return Early Due to Medical Situation Space Scout · 9 Jan 2026 NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station will make an unprecedented early return to Earth due to a medical situation involving one of the four astronauts.
- Medical issue prompts early return of Crew-11 from ISS SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 NASA has decided to bring home early four members of the International Space Station crew because of a medical issue with one of them, a first for NASA.
- Crew-11 to return early due to a medical concern with astronaut NASASpaceflight · 8 Jan 2026 NASA has opted to bring the four-member Crew-11 team home from the International Space Station…
- APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR COHORT 4 OF SDA TAP LAB – CATALYST CAMPUS MINI ACCELERATOR SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 Catalyst Campus is proud to announce they are now accepting applications for Cohort 4 of the SDA TAP Lab – Catalyst Campus Mini Accelerator, a high-impact accelerator program designed to […]
- House Passes Final FY2026 Funding Bill For NASA, Senate is Next SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Jan 2026 Today the House passed three more final FY2026 appropriations bills — a minibus — that represent a compromise between the House and Senate over funding for Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS), Energy-Water, and
- Roman Space Telescope on track for September launch SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 NASA expects to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as soon as September, seeing it as evidence the agency can do flagships on cost and schedule.
- NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today NASA · 8 Jan 2026 NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew. On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a pl...
- The future of Starship’s Pad 1 tower and launch mount NASASpaceflight · 8 Jan 2026 With the last Block 2 flight lifting off on Oct. 14th, 2025, SpaceX has no…
- Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test NASA · 8 Jan 2026 Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Reid Wisema...
- NASA Starts Up Gateway’s Power System for First Time NASA · 8 Jan 2026 Development continues on NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft designed to provide power for Gateway in lunar orbit. Able to generate 60 kilowatts of thrust, the element was successf...
- Private group unveils plans for large space telescope SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a space telescope larger than Hubble.
- 2026 will clarify Europe’s new priorities for space SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 Launchers Isar Aerospace is expected to attempt its second two-stage Spectrum vehicle test flight, a key step after its first, partially successful liftoff in 2025. In parallel, Spain’s PLD Space and its Miura-5 remain t...
- The moon, AI and the high-stakes decisions shaping space’s future SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 In this special episode of Space Minds, our show is split into two segments from the recent SpaceNews annual Icon Awards.
- ESA “Waiting for Spring” to Launch Themis Reusable Rocket Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 8 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that, with the launch facility in Sweden currently “under snow,” it is “waiting for spring” to launch an initial hop test of its Themis reusable rocket booster demonstrator. E...
- Finding the echo ESA · 8 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Eric Schmidt will massively invest in private telescopes, including Hubble replacement Ars Technica · 8 Jan 2026 “This is a very significant contribution to the astronomical community."
- Vulcan to open 2026 with national security launch SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 The launch of USSF-87 comes amid leadership change at United Launch Alliance and pressure to increase launch tempo
- The ‘space tax’ on your self-driving car SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 LiDAR costs, compute power and AI training are the “big three” usually associated with the high cost of autonomous vehicles (AVs). We rarely look up. But maybe we should. High above the Earth, the ionosphere, a chaotic,...
- Early Return of Crew-11 Possible Due to Ailing Astronaut SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 Jan 2026 NASA is considering an early return of Crew-11 because one of the astronauts is ill. For privacy reasons the agency is declining to say who it is or identifying the
- Medical issue could force early end of Crew-11 ISS mission SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 An unspecified “medical concern” involving one of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station has postponed a spacewalk and could force an unprecedented early return of part of the crew.
- ESA Strikes New Deal with NASA for Its CSOC Commitments for the ISS European Spaceflight · 8 Jan 2026 After cancelling a call for proposals in December for a commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that was intended to meet its obligations related to the station’s Common System Operations Costs...
- Interplanetary science needs a commercial backbone SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 We are in an era where planetary science no longer depends on government missions. Commercial capabilities are mature and ready to deliver a higher cadence of planetary exploration that fits within proposed budgets. What...
- ESA Director General’s 2026 annual press briefing ESA · 8 Jan 2026 Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency, briefed journalists on the main milestones for 2026, such as the launch of Smile, a mission that will give humankind its first complete look at how Earth r...
- ESA preview 2026 ESA · 8 Jan 2026 As a new year begins, let’s take a look at what’s ahead for the European Space Agency in 2026. From Earth to the farthest reaches of the Solar System, 2026 marks a year of firsts that continue to shape the future of spac...
- Defence backs Australian STARS system for autonomous space threat detection SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Space Machines Company (SMC) has been awarded a 2.9 million Australian dollar contract by Defence's Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) to develop the Space Threat Anal...
- US Space Command APEX summit explores AI for campaign planning SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 U.S. Space Command's Joint Operations Division hosted the command's first artificial intelligence-enabled summit Nov. 18-21, 2025, at the Bayfield facility in Colorado Springs and a...
- Sierra Space finishes first plane of SDA missile tracking satellite structures SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Sierra Space has completed the first nine satellite structures for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer program, delivering Plane 1 of its contracted 18 satellites thr...
- Starfighters Space positions for rapid hypersonic era missions SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 03, 2026 As rivals deploy operational hypersonic vehicles, analysts describe a new Sputnik moment for U.S. tactical space access, with the Pentagon directing more than $6.9 billion toward hype...
- ESA and Playmobil launch Mars mission collection ESA · 8 Jan 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) and Playmobil are expanding their successful partnership with a brand-new collection of space-themed toys, bringing a distinctly European vision of Mars exploration into the hands of young...
- Tiny patches of deforestation drive tropical carbon loss ESA · 8 Jan 2026 Often called Earth’s green lungs, tropical forests pull down massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, release oxygen and help regulate the global climate. While the threat of large-scale deforestation is we...
- Second ESCAPADE spacecraft completes key trajectory fix on path to Mars SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are back on a fully synchronized path to Mars after mission controllers successfully carried out a critical trajectory correction maneuver for the second p...
- Lunar spacecraft exhaust could obscure clues to origins of life SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Over half of the exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft could end up contaminating areas of the moon that might otherwise yield clues about the origins of earthly life, according to a rece...
- Sandblasting winds sculpt Mars landscape SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Martian winds lift sand grains into the air and drive them across the surface, where they erode soft sedimentary layers and gradually carve elongated grooves and ridges near the planet'...
- NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory spots record-breaking asteroid in pre-survey observations SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 As part of the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look event in June 2025, Rubin announced that it had observed thousands of asteroids cruising about our Solar System, about 1900 of...
- M dwarf plasma torus offers window into space weather and planetary habitability SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Carnegie researcher Luke Bouma is using a naturally occurring plasma structure around certain young M dwarf stars as a kind of space weather station to investigate how stellar particles...
- We finally know how the most common types of planets are created SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune orbit most stars. Oddly, our sun lacks such a planet. That's b...
- Puffy young exoplanets reveal origin of super Earths SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Astronomers have identified a young planetary system that links newborn giant worlds to the compact super Earths and sub Neptunes that dominate the Milky Way. V1298 Tau, a star about 20 mi...
- NJIT researchers discover long-hidden source of gamma rays unleashed by solar flares SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 Newark NJ (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most violent eruptions. In findings published in Nature Astronomy, sci...
- Dark matter neutrino link may ease cosmic tension SpaceDaily · 8 Jan 2026 London, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 Scientists report signs that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, a possibility that would extend the standard cosmological model and change how structure growth in the universe is unders...
- Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue NASA · 8 Jan 2026 After a four-decade run, the massive, waterlogged berg is leaking meltwater and on the verge of disintegrating.