Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Exolaunch, Space Cargo book Starship Starfall missions NASASpaceflight · 21 Sep 2026 SpaceX’s disk-shaped Starfall reentry capsule, first flown on Falcon 9 in June, now has two…
NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars NASA · 21 Sep 2026 When NASA’s Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found. Called the “Margin Unit,” the geologic area stretches along the shorel...
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Members SpaceNews · 21 Sep 2026 September 21, 2026— Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome ORBITInsure and Renaissance Strategic Advisors (RSA) as its newest members. ORBITInsure joins CSF as a Space Supply […]
Juice to fly past Earth for third gravity assist ESA · 21 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Ju...
Pikachu in the Cupola ESA · 21 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA x TPCI - Pikachu in the Cupola ESA · 21 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Johnson Space Center Sparks Curiosity at Houston’s 33rd Annual Japan Festival NASA · 21 Sep 2026 On Sept. 12-13, NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees brought the excitement and wonder of space exploration to Houston’s Japan Festival at Hermann Park. For more than 30 years, the festival has immersed guests in tradit...
ESA brings public and private capital together to accelerate Europe’s space economy ESA · 21 Sep 2026 Paris, 18 September 2026 – Access to appropriate finance is becoming a strategic enabler of Europe’s space ambitions. At ESA Headquarters in Paris, investors, financial institutions, industry leaders, European institutio...
ESA and ISRO extend and broaden cooperation agreement ESA · 21 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed an exchange of letters extending their long-standing Cooperative Agreement for a further five years, until 8 January 2032, rea...
ESA Acknowledges Ariane 6 Delays Following Reports of Turbopump Issue European Spaceflight · 21 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed that it is aware of delays affecting the Ariane 6 launch schedule following reports of an engine turbopump anomaly. French news outlet La Tribune first reported an issue with...
APOD: 2026 September 21 – Cocoon Nebula Wide Field NASA · 21 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 21 –… 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 photogr...
Arctic Melt Season Length Levels Off NASA · 21 Sep 2026 While the sea ice melt season has lengthened dramatically in most of the satellite era, the trend unexpectedly stabilized around 2010.
LRO discovers large new lunar crater, finds interesting thermal emission phenomenon NASASpaceflight · 20 Sep 2026 Using NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a team of scientists has discovered the largest, newly formed…
What’s Happening in Space Policy September 20-26, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Sep 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 20-26, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate is in session this week.
APOD: 2026 September 20 – Analemma over the Callanish Stones NASA · 20 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 20 –… 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 photogr...
Russian Progress cargo ship arrives at International Space Station Spaceflight Now · 19 Sep 2026 The Progress M-25 docked at the space-facing port of Russia’s Poisk module at 9:44 a.m. EDT (1344 UTC) after a one-week delay.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Spaceflight Now · 19 Sep 2026 Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a window that opens at 6:47 p.m. PDT (9:47 p.m. EDT / 0147 UTC). It will be the 81st Starlink mission of the year.
DLR’s Suborbital MAPHEUS-17 Mission to Launch as Early as 1 October European Spaceflight · 19 Sep 2026 The German aerospace agency DLR’s MAPHEUS-17 suborbital research mission is slated to launch from Sweden’s Esrange Space Center as early as 1 October. In a 16 September update, the agency confirmed that several key prefl...
APOD: 2026 September 19 – A Zodiacal Night NASA · 19 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 19 –… 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 photogr...
ESA and The Pokémon Company International reveal Europe-wide exhibition and astronaut Pikachu experience ESA · 18 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) have launched an official collaboration to celebrate World Space Week 2026 from 4–10 October 2026.
China progresses plans for Mars sample return, asteroid flyby and more launch sites NASASpaceflight · 18 Sep 2026 As China integrates crewed and robotic missions to further its lunar exploration program, it is…
NASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony NASA · 18 Sep 2026 The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson...
NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’ NASA · 18 Sep 2026 Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and prov...
Paris, France ESA · 18 Sep 2026 Paris, the capital of the French Republic, stretches across this photograph captured by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during her long-duration εpsilon mission aboard the International Space Station.
NASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station NASA · 18 Sep 2026 To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification.
COSI Telescope Comes Together NASA · 18 Sep 2026 UC Berkeley engineers and managers watch as the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) detector assembly is slowly raised from a table in this July 8, 2026, image. The four pieces of silver material on the top of the det...
Terran Orbital Promotes Margherita Cardi to Vice President of European Operations & Head of Strategic Programs SpaceNews · 18 Sep 2026 IRVINE, Calif. and TORINO, Italy – Sept. 17, 2026 – Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin company and a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, […]
NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy NASA · 18 Sep 2026 Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Vir...
Week in images: 14-18 Sep 2026 ESA · 18 Sep 2026 Week in images: 14-18 Sep 2026
Rocket Report: ULA flies into uncertain future; Falcon 9 family hits 700 launches Ars Technica · 18 Sep 2026 “I can tell you SpaceX has already gone captive."
A galaxy spinning out of sync ESA · 18 Sep 2026 Though the spiral galaxy in this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo...
Earth from Space: Laguna Colorada ESA · 18 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
ESA Awards €20M in Contracts to Study Future IRIS2 Services European Spaceflight · 18 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency has awarded 18 contracts worth a combined €20 million to study potential future evolutions of the European Union’s IRIS2 secure communications service. Signed on 17 September, the contracts brin...
APOD: 2026 September 18 – Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy NASA · 18 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 18 –… 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 photogr...
Starship’s upcoming missions: Waiting on Orbit, Building toward the Cape NASASpaceflight · 18 Sep 2026 SpaceX is now targeting Starship Flight 14 no earlier than Monday, September 28, pending regulatory…
NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector NASA · 17 Sep 2026 NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboa...
NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space Station NASA · 17 Sep 2026 Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the...
NASA Unveils Enterprise, the First Space Shuttle NASA · 17 Sep 2026 Fifty years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976—Constitution Day of America’s bicentennial year—NASA unveiled its first space shuttle orbiter, OV-101, to the public. NASA had originally planned to name the vehicle Constitution, but a...
Satrec Initiative to build 10-centimeter-class optical satellites for Hanwha constellation SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2026 PARIS — South Korean company Satrec Initiative is working with parent company Hanwha Systems to provide high-resolution Earth imagery for the synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) constellation announced in July. Satrec Initiat...
Simera Sense and IDOM partner to develop and produce xScape350 optical system as demand for high-resolution EO imagery surges SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2026 LEUVEN, BELGIUM and BILBAO, SPAIN – 17 September 2026—Simera Sense, a leading European provider of optical payload solutions for small satellites, today announced a strategic partnership with IDOM, one of […]

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