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- ESA Space Environment Report 2026 ESA · 11 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return NASA · 11 Sep 2026 Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaw...
- NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords NASA · 11 Sep 2026 The science from every Moon rock sample, lunar dataset, and discovery produced through NASA’s Artemis program will be shared by the agency with the global scientific community. That commitment is upheld by all 71 countri...
- Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026 ESA · 11 Sep 2026 Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026
- Rocket Report: Europe joins the commercial launch club; a Ravn X sighting? Ars Technica · 11 Sep 2026 "We felt like now is the time to pour gas on that fire."
- Avio Completes Integration of FD1 Rocket Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 11 Sep 2026 Italian rocket builder Avio has completed integration of its FD1 flight demonstrator, marking a major milestone in preparations for the vehicle’s launch from an Italian Ministry of Defence test range in Sardinia. Avio an...
- A team of teams like never before: rehearsing a unique launch at ESA mission control ESA · 11 Sep 2026 On 15 September, two spacecraft will leave Earth together aboard the same launcher from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou: FLEX, ESA’s photosynthesis mission, and Sentinel-3C, Copernicus’ newest satellite monitoring Earth’s o...
- LatConnect 60 Expands India Market Presence for SWIRSAT With NSIL Agreement and GeoSyze Partnership SpaceNews · 11 Sep 2026 Australian Earth observation satellite company LatConnect 60 (LC60) has strengthened its position in India with two strategic agreements announced at the Bengaluru Space Expo 2026 on September 7th, spanning satellite […]
- APOD: 2026 September 11 – M83: The Southern Pinwheel NASA · 11 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 11 –… 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...
- Monterrey Amid Mountains NASA · 11 Sep 2026 Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental.
- NASA Invites Governors to Compete to be Home to the New U.S. Space Academy SpacePolicyOnline.com · 10 Sep 2026 NASA issued a Request for Information today inviting governors to indicate interest in hosting and sponsoring the new U.S. Space Academy proposed in President Trump’s recent Executive Order. Responses are
- Roman telescope deploys solar array and communication systems, powers on Coronagraph Instrument NASASpaceflight · 10 Sep 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched on Sunday, Aug. 30, atop a SpaceX…
- NASA Invites Media to Djibouti Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony NASA · 10 Sep 2026 The Republic of Djibouti will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 11 a.m. EDT, Monday, Sept. 14, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 72nd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson...
- NASA Answers President’s Call to Establish United States Space Academy NASA · 10 Sep 2026 Less than two weeks after an Executive Order was signed to create the first United States Space Academy, NASA-led work is in full swing to make the academy a reality and shape the future of America’s aerospace workforce...
- NASA’s Life-Saving Technology Where Cell Signals Can’t Go NASA · 10 Sep 2026 Search and rescue technology developed in part by NASA saved five lives
- NASA, NFL Team Up to Showcase Space, Aeronautics Innovation NASA · 10 Sep 2026 Through a new collaboration between NASA and the National Football League (NFL), the agency will soon bring America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation to the football field. NASA will conduct fly...
- Dust and Water in Sagittarius A* NASA · 10 Sep 2026 A brilliant concentration of stars takes center stage in this Aug. 11, 2026, image taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb observed IRS 3, a star near the end of its life cycle, located within this starfield. We...
- Name our dino – ESA’s Hera asteroid mission mascot! ESA · 10 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence has a cartoon dinosaur for its mascot – because dinos were made extinct after an asteroid impact, but while they didn't have a space agency, people...
- ESA Awards The Exploration Company a €760M Space Station Cargo Contract European Spaceflight · 10 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency has awarded The Exploration Company a €760 million contract under the second phase of its European cargo return programme, covering an initial demonstration of its Nyx spacecraft and options for...
- Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space Secure €5.4 Billion in IRIS2 Contracts European Spaceflight · 10 Sep 2026 Aerospacelab and Thales Alenia Space have secured IRIS2 contracts expected to total more than €5.4 billion, covering satellite platforms and communications payloads for the European Union’s secure communications constell...
- NASA, IBM Launch AI Foundation Model for Lunar Science NASA · 10 Sep 2026 NASA is bringing artificial intelligence to the study of the Moon, helping researchers transform how they analyze the Moon’s surface. In an ongoing collaboration with IBM Research and several academic institutions, NASA...
- CubeSat for safer seas and cleaner orbits ready to launch ESA · 10 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- The Exploration Company Books Ariane 6 Flight for Nyx Demo Mission European Spaceflight · 10 Sep 2026 The Exploration Company has signed a contract with Arianespace to launch an initial demonstration mission of its Nyx cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. While neither company ha...
- APOD: 2026 September 10 – LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula NASA · 10 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 10 –… 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...
- Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali NASA · 10 Sep 2026 At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for the U.S. Space Force Spaceflight Now · 9 Sep 2026 The mission, dubbed USSF-153 mission, will launch an undisclosed number of satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a three-hour window that opens at 8:3...
- As Europe flounders in space, a rising French star may show the way Ars Technica · 9 Sep 2026 "We will not be relevant without a massive rocket at a massive cadence."
- Flight 15 pairing undergo testing at Massey’s NASASpaceflight · 9 Sep 2026 SpaceX has rolled Super Heavy Booster 22 out of Mega Bay 1 to Massey’s for…
- NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract NASA · 9 Sep 2026 A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran R launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. The Terran R launch service will be a...
- NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects NASA · 9 Sep 2026 Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these newly spotted objects in other galaxies may help solve not on...
- How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Niño NASA · 9 Sep 2026 Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial industries, including shipping. The satellite now is fl...
- Artemis II Crew at NASA Marshall NASA · 9 Sep 2026 The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission – NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – visited Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 1, 2026, where they met...
- UK to Leave Launch to “Germany and Other Allies” European Spaceflight · 9 Sep 2026 The UK government published its long-awaited Space Strategy, clarifying what it means by “assured access to space,” nearly a year after the phrase began replacing references to a sovereign British launch capability. The...
- NASA Names Two Artemis II Astronauts to Emeritus Program NASA · 9 Sep 2026 Following their landmark Artemis II mission earlier this year, distinguished NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman are transitioning in September to emeritus status at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Housto...
- MTM's selfie footage of BepiColombo's eight-year journey ESA · 9 Sep 2026 Witness how over the last eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been travelling through the inner Solar System and aligning itself with Mercury's orbit. So far, it has travelled 9.9 billion km and completed n...
- Arctic isolation for science ESA · 9 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Vega-C flight VV30 with FLEX and Sentinel-3C ESA · 9 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- pVega-C flight VV30 with FLEX and Sentinel-3C ESA · 9 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Watch: FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch on Vega-C ESA · 9 Sep 2026 The European Space Agency’s FLEX satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite are scheduled to launch together aboard a Vega-C rocket on 15 September at 03:21 CEST (14 September at 22:21 local time). Watch the VV30...
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4995-5001: 5,000 (Martian) Days on Mars NASA · 9 Sep 2026 Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 The span of sols spanned by this blog post is noteworthy in several ways. First, Curiosity became...