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- NASA continues to work toward February launch of Artemis 2 SpaceNews · 8 Jan 2026 NASA says it is continuing to prepare for a possible Artemis 2 launch as soon as February, but with remarkably little publicity for the historic mission.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on midday Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 8 Jan 2026 The Starlink 6-96 mission will add another 29 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:29 p.m. EST (1829 UTC) from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- NASA postpones first spacewalk of 2026 due to a ‘medical concern’ with an ISS crew member Spaceflight Now · 7 Jan 2026 U.S. spacewalk 94 was slated to have NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman perform a variety of operations around the orbiting outpost during the roughly 6.5-hour-long event. A new date for the spacewalk hasn’t be...
- TPS evaluations taking place at Starbase on next two Ships to fly NASASpaceflight · 7 Jan 2026 SpaceX continues to accelerate production of its next-generation Starship vehicles at the Starfactory facility in…
- NASA Celebrates Artemis II During Houston Texans Space City Day NASA · 7 Jan 2026 NASA’s Johnson Space Center was front and center Jan. 4, 2026, as the Houston Texans faced the Indianapolis Colts during Space City Day at NRG Stadium. Fans watched the Texans win while getting a close look at NASA’s Art...
- 25 Years in Orbit: Science, Innovation, and the Future of Exploration NASA · 7 Jan 2026 NASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. A truly global endeavor, the International Space Station has been visited by more than 290 people from 26 countrie...
- Lightning from Above NASA · 7 Jan 2026 NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan, Italy on July 1, 2025. Storm observations from space station help scien...
- Terran Orbital Appoints Michael Vishion as Vice President of Program Management SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 7, 2026 — Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin Company and a leading manufacturer of satellite solutions, announced today the appointment of Michael Vishion as vice president of […]
- Space Force moves to standardize satellites with ‘Handle 2.0’ contract SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 Falcon ExoDynamics wins contract to mature satellite interface developed by Aerospace Corp.
- NASA's IXPE Measures White Dwarf Star for First Time SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 For the first time, scientists have used NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf star. Using IXPE's unique X-ray polarization capability, astronomers exam...
- We have no idea what most of the universe is made of, but scientists are closer than ever to finding out SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 College Station TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 When it comes to understanding the universe, what we know is only a sliver of the whole picture. Dark matter and dark energy make up about 95% of the universe, leaving only 5% "ordin...
- Star like early galaxies challenge views of cosmic evolution SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Scientists at the University of Missouri have identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe that look like stars in images yet behave like compact galaxies when analy...
- Jupiter's moon Europa has a seafloor that may be quiet and lifeless SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 St. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 The giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space scientists quite like Europa, an ice-shrouded world that i...
- Milky Way black hole flare leaves X ray echoes in nearby gas cloud SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is among the faintest known, yet new observations indicate it was far more active in the recent past on cosmic timescales. Sagittarius A*, at the Mil...
- China geospatial information industry approaches 1 trillion yuan output SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 China's geospatial information sector, a key component of digital mapping and positioning, is approaching a scale of 1 trillion yuan, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The in...
- NASA selects industry partners to mature Habitable Worlds Observatory technologies SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 NASA has chosen a set of industry proposals to advance technologies for its Habitable Worlds Observatory concept, a planned flagship space telescope intended to directly image Earth-like...
- K dwarf survey maps stellar neighborhood for habitable worlds SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 A Georgia State University astronomy graduate student has led a new survey of nearby K-type stars to identify targets where Earth-like planets could provide conditions suitable for life....
- Aegis Aerospace and United Semiconductors plan in orbit semiconductor materials plant SpaceDaily · 7 Jan 2026 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 Aegis Aerospace Inc. has entered into a partnership with United Semiconductors LLC to develop semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in low Earth orbit as part of a new advanced materi...
- SpaceX’s IPO will make space investment far less niche SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 Spend enough time investing in space and expectations change. The industry does not advance through clean inflection points that resolve uncertainty, and progress rarely aligns with the milestones investors are accustome...
- ArianeGroup Proposes Ariane 6 Evolution Using MaiaSpace Boosters European Spaceflight · 7 Jan 2026 As part of a European Space Agency study, ArianeGroup has proposed an evolution of its Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket that would utilise reusable boosters derived from the first stage of the rocket being developed by its sub...
- NASA seeks to accelerate development of Habitable Worlds Observatory SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 NASA is ramping up work on its next flagship space telescope while also laying the groundwork for future observatories.
- Snow-covered Amsterdam ESA · 7 Jan 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- SkyFi expands virtual constellation with Vantor satellite imagery SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 Pay-as-you-go model aims to simplify traditionally complex imagery procurement
- 2026 Outlook: Can Acquisition Reform Deliver for Military Space? SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 After years of talk, the Pentagon faces hard choices on commercial adoption, missile defense and whether new space capabilities become enduring programs
- Sandblasting on Mars ESA · 7 Jan 2026 Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA’s Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic sandblaster, carving out intriguing grooves near Mars’s equator.
- Sentinel-1's decade of essential data over shifting ice sheets ESA · 7 Jan 2026 The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea – an important dynamic for climate and sea-rise modelling – has been captured over a 10-year period by satellites from the Co...
- Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir NASA · 7 Jan 2026 Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year.
- NASA works to extend Swift’s life ahead of reboost mission SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2026 As preparations continue for a mission to raise the orbit of NASA’s Swift astrophysics spacecraft, project officials are also pursuing steps to extend the satellite’s life in case of delays.
- Supernova Remnant Video From NASA’s Chandra Is Decades in Making NASA · 6 Jan 2026 A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades. Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, named after the German astronomer...
- NASA Awards Launch Range Contract for Wallops Flight Facility NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corporation of McLean, Virginia, to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Wallops Range Contract has a total potential...
- NASA Marshall Prepares for Demolition of Historic Test, Simulation Facilities NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA is preparing for the demolition of three iconic structures at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Crews began demolition in mid-December at the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator, a facility bu...
- Willy Ley’s Long-Awaited Journey to Orbit: Honoring a Space Pioneer on Celestis’ Serenity and Destiny Flights SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2026 HOUSTON, TX January 6, 2025 – For nearly a century, humanity’s vision of spaceflight has been shaped not only by engineers and astronauts, but by those who dared to imagine […]
- Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope NASA · 6 Jan 2026 After combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that hav...
- NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust NASA · 6 Jan 2026 Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one of the most chemically primitive galaxies near the Milky Way. The finding of metallic iron dust...
- Space Station Research Informs New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA opens the International Space Station for scientists and researchers, inviting them to use the benefits of microgravity for commercial and public research, technology demonstrations, and more. Today, a portion of th...
- First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory NASA · 6 Jan 2026 NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18, 2025. This image features a selection of colors emitted primarily by stars (blue, green, and wh...
- Space cyber compliance: managing requirements for today and tomorrow SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2026 Space operators face a complex and evolving cybersecurity regulatory challenge. While the importance of cybersecurity in today’s digital world is widely recognized, international approaches remain inconsistent. Long-term...
- Top European Launch Companies of 2025 European Spaceflight · 6 Jan 2026 While 2025 saw the first attempt to launch a privately developed European rocket capable of reaching orbit, the flight ultimately failed. Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket exploded in a fireball less than a minute after i...
- Canada’s First Commercial Spaceport clears major hurdle with Environmental Approval NASASpaceflight · 6 Jan 2026 In a significant step forward for Canada’s domestic space ambitions, the Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX)…
- Is the race for moon missions lunacy? SpaceNews · 6 Jan 2026 Even as NASA prepares for its Artemis 2 moon-circling mission, an Artemis 3 lunar-landing mission has suffered multiple delays, with no assurance of a launch before 2030. That may be a good thing because NASA still has n...