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- Week in images: 31 Aug - 04 Sep 2026 ESA · 4 Sep 2026 Week in images: 31 Aug - 04 Sep 2026
- German Space Situation Awareness Startup Project-S Emerges from Stealth European Spaceflight · 4 Sep 2026 Munich-based space situational awareness startup Project-S has emerged from stealth with what it describes as “multi-million-euro backing.” The company is currently preparing for the first in-orbit demonstration of its a...
- How Sentinel-3 tracks climate change ESA · 4 Sep 2026 Copernicus Sentinel-3 is one of the most diverse missions for measuring and monitoring Earth’s climate systems. It captures a breadth of data about the environment and has contributed substantially to what we know about...
- APOD: 2026 September 4 – Na Uhane Mahoe Huki Pu i ke Ola NASA · 4 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 4 – Na… 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 photo...
- A Trio of Tropical Cyclones in the Pacific NASA · 4 Sep 2026 The Pacific was buzzing with storms while the Atlantic was notably quiet.
- Schiess Takes Charge of U.S. Space Force SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Sep 2026 Gen. Douglas Schiess took charge of the U.S. Space Force today at a Change of Responsibility ceremony outside Washington, D.C. Outgoing Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman praised his successor
- Schiess takes command of Space Force as the service prepares for expansion SpaceNews · 3 Sep 2026 Gen. Douglas Schiess succeeds Gen. Chance Saltzman as the third chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force
- NASA to Cover Progress 96 Spacecraft Launch, Docking NASA · 3 Sep 2026 NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress...
- Curiosity Blog, Sols 4988-4994: More New Tricks for an Old Dog NASA · 3 Sep 2026 Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 21, 2026 After Curiosity’s 14 years on the surface, Mars continues to surprise. Both of our workspaces this week containe...
- BepiColombo’s Mercury arrival begins - full replay ESA · 3 Sep 2026 Watch the replay of the livestream originally broadcast on 3 September as ESA/JAXA's BepiColombo mission took the first critical step towards arriving at Mercury.
- Igniting Roman’s Journey NASA · 3 Sep 2026 Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the universe’s darkest secrets. The mission launched at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Aug. 30 aboard a SpaceX Fa...
- Isar Aerospace Could Attempt Second Spectrum Flight as Early as 4 September European Spaceflight · 3 Sep 2026 Maritime safety notices indicate that a week-long launch window for Isar Aerospace’s second Spectrum flight will open on 4 September. On 1 September, the Norwegian Coastal Administration issued a warning outlining that r...
- NASA’s Hubble Spies Superbubble Scene NASA · 3 Sep 2026 This Hubble Space Telescope image features a sprawling cosmic vista called N44.
- Galaxia Takes Next Step in Earth Observation with purchase of Simera Sense Hyperspectral Imager SpaceNews · 3 Sep 2026 Leuven, Belgium & Halifax, Canada – 3 September 2026 – European optical payload provider Simera Sense today announced that Canadian space technology company Galaxia has acquired a HyperScape100 hyperspectral imaging […]
- Latest updates: BepiColombo's arrival at Mercury ESA · 3 Sep 2026 After eight years of travelling through the inner Solar System, BepiColombo is arriving at Mercury. This page will show the latest updates throughout the mission's arrival.
- Hubble's superbubble scene ESA · 3 Sep 2026 This sprawling cosmic vista and subject of today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Month comes from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC is the largest of the small galaxies that orbit our Milky Way galaxy. At just 160 00...
- ArcSpace to Demo On-Orbit Welding Tech in 2027 European Spaceflight · 3 Sep 2026 With its announcement that it had secured €2 million in new funding, French startup ArcSpace announced plans to test an automated welding system in orbit in 2027. Founded in 2022, ArcSpace is developing compact electron-...
- APOD: 2026 September 3 – The Eclipse and the Stork NASA · 3 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 3 – The… 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 phot...
- Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia NASA · 3 Sep 2026 With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
- Rocket Lab’s Hungry Hippo completes testing NASASpaceflight · 2 Sep 2026 With Rocket Lab targeting to launch its Neutron vehicle by the end of this year,…
- Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design Ars Technica · 2 Sep 2026 "Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."
- NASA Revamps Challenge Linking Community College Studies to Aerospace Careers NASA · 2 Sep 2026 Community college students across the U.S. now have another opportunity to discover how their education can lead to fulfilling roles at the forefront of aerospace, science, engineering, and technology. The updated NASA C...
- NASA’s Hubble Tracks New Decagon Encircling Saturn’s South Pole NASA · 2 Sep 2026 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observes a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole.
- Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole ESA · 2 Sep 2026 Recent observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have revealed a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole. This discovery marks the first time a large regular-sided jet pattern...
- FLEX and Sentinel-3C sealed within Vega-C fairing ESA · 2 Sep 2026 At Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, preparations for one of the year’s most anticipated Earth-observation launches are entering their final stages.
- Rising Over Louisiana NASA · 2 Sep 2026 On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was im...
- NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds NASA · 2 Sep 2026 High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpred...
- Agile Space Industries Celebrates Durango Headquarters Expansion with Ribbon Cutting SpaceNews · 2 Sep 2026 DURANGO, Colo. — Sept. 2, 2026 — Agile Space Industries celebrated the completion of a 20,500-square-foot expansion of its Durango headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 26, joined by […]
- Third spacewalk completed for Sophie Adenot ESA · 2 Sep 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir successfully completed US EVA-99 at 21:29 CEST on Tuesday 1 September. It was Sophie’s third spacewalk, and the 33rd conducted by a European astronaut.
- HyImpulse Extends Series A Funding Round by €50 Million European Spaceflight · 2 Sep 2026 German launch services provider HyImpulse announced on 2 September that it had extended its Series A funding round by more than €50 million, bringing its total funding to date to €125 million. The company is currently pr...
- Cluster’s encore for reentry science a success ESA · 2 Sep 2026 The Cluster mission danced its final dance as Tango reentered the atmosphere on 1 September, at 23:30:31 CEST. The end of the Cluster mission in 2024 turned into the start of the reentry data collection campaign. After f...
- Sentinel-3C positioned on the top of the Vespa adapter ESA · 2 Sep 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward ESA · 2 Sep 2026 Yesterday evening, during a signing ceremony at the Space for Inspiration event in Copenhagen, Denmark, the European Space Agency (ESA) and ispace-Europe celebrated the implementation of MAGPIE, set to be the first Europ...
- APOD: 2026 September 2 – Solar Eclipses and Culture NASA · 2 Sep 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 2 –… 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 photogra...
- House Clears FY2027 CR, Now to the President SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Sep 2026 A full month before FY2027 begins, the House today joined the Senate in passing a Continuing Resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown on October 1. Both parties are eager
- NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider NASA · 1 Sep 2026 NASA awarded Blue Origin a contract Tuesday to develop the agency’s Mars Telecommunications Network, a next-generation communications system that will enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications and navigation service...
- SpaceX to launch Starlink mission from West Coast Spaceflight Now · 1 Sep 2026 Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 1:18 a.m. PDT (4:18 a.m. EDT / 0818 UTC).
- What’s Up: September 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 1 Sep 2026 Brilliant Venus and a Harvest Moon Use the Moon to find Antares and the Teapot, spot brilliant Venus, welcome the equinox, and see the Harvest Moon near Saturn and Neptune. Skywatching Highlights Transcript The Moon join...
- Launch Site and Facility Progress ahead of East Coast Starship debut NASASpaceflight · 1 Sep 2026 As SpaceX prepares to launch Starship Flight 14 in the coming weeks, work in Florida…
- Historic Engines Take Their Place on Artemis III NASA · 1 Sep 2026 On Aug. 24, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida began installing the four RS‑25 engines in the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will carry the Artemis III crew into low E...