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- Sophie Adenot's third spacewalk (U.S. Spacewalk 99) ESA · 28 Aug 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will take part in her third spacewalk during U.S. Spacewalk 99 on Tuesday 1 September. NASA live coverage will begin at 13:00 CEST, with the spacewalk expected to start at approximately 14:30...
- Watch Sophie Adenot’s third spacewalk live ESA · 28 Aug 2026 After two successful spacewalks on 18 August (EVA-97) and 25 August (EVA-98), watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for the third time on Tuesday 1 September, during EVA-99.
- Week in images: 24-28 August 2026 ESA · 28 Aug 2026 Week in images: 24-28 August 2026
- Ariane 6 launch with MTG-I2 – highlights ESA · 28 Aug 2026 The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite, has been launched on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff was on 27 August 2026 at 22:11 CEST (17:10 local time).
- Rocket Report: Europe splashes some cash on launch startups; Pallas-1 nears debut Ars Technica · 28 Aug 2026 "From here on, Starlink missions out of Florida will fly on Starship."
- Observing Samba and Tango’s reentries ESA · 28 Aug 2026 The final two of ESA's pioneering Cluster spacecraft, Samba and Tango, will end their journeys as they burn up in our atmosphere on 31 August and 1 September respectively. Their targeted reentries mark the end of a missi...
- A navigation odyssey ESA · 28 Aug 2026 Homer’s The Odyssey chronicles Odysseus’s journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. A distance of approximately 530 km as the crow flies, yet it takes Odysseus ten years and countless adventures to arrive—without his...
- APOD: 2026 August 28 – The Sky Turns Above Paranal NASA · 28 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 28 – 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 photog...
- The Forested Floodplains of Congaree National Park NASA · 28 Aug 2026 The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
- MTG-I2 completes Europe’s latest weather trio ESA · 27 Aug 2026 The second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) has been launched on board Ariane 6, flight VA270, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. It will complete the first family of MTG satellites, delivering...
- NASA Invites Media to Turkey Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony NASA · 27 Aug 2026 Turkey will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 71st country signatory. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Turkish Minist...
- Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames NASA · 27 Aug 2026 New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221 on Aug. 24, 2026. The civil servants were swor...
- 9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope NASA · 27 Aug 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some key facts about this wide-view mission. To learn more about the Roman mi...
- ESA Awards €544 Million in European Launcher Challenge Contracts European Spaceflight · 27 Aug 2026 The European Space Agency has signed the first contracts under its European Launcher Challenge, committing a combined €543.6 million to Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and PLD Space. MaiaSpace was notably not am...
- NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Departs Agency to Continue Military Service NASA · 27 Aug 2026 After nearly a decade of service to NASA, including an eight-month science expedition aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Jonny Kim’s last day at the agency is Thursday. He will continue serving as lieutena...
- The electronics ‘under the hood’ of space networking SpaceNews · 27 Aug 2026 In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Jeff Janicik, CEO and chairman of Innoflight. They discuss Golden Dome, Artemis and working with big numbers for the Space Development Agency. Sponsored […]
- First contracts kick off European Launcher Challenge ESA · 27 Aug 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- MTG-I2 ready for launch on Ariane 6 ESA · 27 Aug 2026 The Meteosat Third Generation Imager2 satellite (MTG-I2) has been encapsulated inside the Ariane 6 fairing and is in place on its launch pad. It is scheduled to lift off on Thursday evening, 27 August, from Europe’s Spac...
- Watch live: BepiColombo begins its arrival at Mercury ESA · 27 Aug 2026 After eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is about to enter its Mercury Arrival Phase. On 3 September 2026, ESA’s Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) will separate from BepiColombo’s two science orbiters – the first...
- APOD: 2026 August 27 – Colorful Aurora over an Icelandic Waterfall NASA · 27 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 27 –… 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 photograph...
- Rare, Widespread Snow in the Atacama Desert NASA · 27 Aug 2026 Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
- LatConnect 60 and Phi Earth Partner to Connect Space and Soil SpaceNews · 27 Aug 2026 Nature-based projects are generating more environmental data than ever before. Satellites observe landscapes from orbit, while field teams capture what is happening on the ground. Yet these data sources often […]
- Soyuz MS-28 departs the ISS, three spacewalks install upgrades to solar arrays and antennae NASASpaceflight · 26 Aug 2026 Following the departure of the Soyuz MS-28 crewed spacecraft from the International Space Station on…
- Polish Institute Reports Continued GNSS Disruption Along Country’s North Coast European Spaceflight · 26 Aug 2026 Poland’s state-run National Institute of Telecommunications has noted a sharp increase in deliberate satellite navigation signal interference around Gdańsk, on the country’s northern coast. The institute reports that sig...
- Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson NASA · 26 Aug 2026 NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years and decades. Sustaining that record for the scientific and operational...
- Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar NASA · 26 Aug 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, A...
- NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science NASA · 26 Aug 2026 During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed me...
- RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies introduces new spacecraft mission enabler SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2026 LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 26, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) Raytheon business, has unveiled its latest spacecraft subsystem, the […]
- Analysis: Narrowing In – Artemis III, HLS and NASA’s Journey to Today Space Scout · 26 Aug 2026 How did the Human Landing System come to simultaneously occupy the core of NASA’s ambitions, while slipping significantly on its schedule in the last seven years?
- The threat environment and processing at the edge SpaceNews · 26 Aug 2026 In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews FrontGrade CTO Lorne Graves. They discuss how processing power on spacecraft is adapting to the rise of megaconstellations, what benefits satellite processing power […]
- NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned NASA · 26 Aug 2026 NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in support of space station o...
- 15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go. Ars Technica · 26 Aug 2026 "We're living in this world of scarcity with the Moon."
- NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests NASA · 26 Aug 2026 EDITOR’S NOTE: This story, originally published in December, was revised Aug. 26, 2026 with an update on a new phase of testing, including video from a recent test run and new images. To help NASA and commercial partners...
- Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Jeret Howard NASA · 26 Aug 2026 At 17, Jeret Howard raised his right hand to serve his country as a United States Army combat medic in Iraq. This past summer, he raised his right hand again at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi...
- MTG-I2 ready for launch ESA · 26 Aug 2026 The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite, is ready for launch on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Lift off is scheduled for 27 August 2026 at 22:10 CEST (17:10 local ti...
- Second spacewalk completed for Sophie Adenot ESA · 26 Aug 2026 ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully completed US EVA-98 at 20:57 CEST on Tuesday 25 August. It was Sophie’s second spacewalk, and the 32nd conducted by a European astronaut.
- APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST Images The Lion’s Head Nebula NASA · 26 Aug 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST… 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 Changing World for Emperor Penguins NASA · 26 Aug 2026 Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.
- Starbase, Louisiana: The Largest Private Spaceport in the World NASASpaceflight · 26 Aug 2026 SpaceX has unveiled plans for “Starbase, Louisiana,” described as the largest private spaceport in the…
- New Next-Gen Dish Adds Muscle to NASA’s Deep Space Network NASA · 25 Aug 2026 NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in California is marking the addition of a brand new 34-meter-wide (114-foot-wide) radio frequency antenna to the agency’s deep space communications and navigation system. The network u...