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Exclusive: Sceye Signs Deal to Fly HAPS Fleet for SoftBank Payload · 3 Nov 2026 Sceye signed a five-year, master-services agreement with SoftBank to manufacture, launch, and operate a fleet of Sceye’s high-altitude platform systems (HAPS) over Japan.
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to burn up this week after more than two decades in space Spaceflight Now · 3 Nov 2026 As of Monday, the U.S. Space Force predicted Swift would re-enter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 3:30 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 4, somewhere within about 21 degrees north or south of the equator — a band that is most...
ESA investigates potential future European-led orbital outpost ESA · 3 Nov 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
Shaping Europe’s future in low Earth orbit ESA · 3 Nov 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
DETUMBLER: Airbus’ Passive Spin Stabilization Solution SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2026 The tumbling crisis: why dead satellites threaten orbit Every year, hundreds of satellites reach end-of-life, most are deorbited, but some fail abruptly. Yet, even when properly decommissioned, some dead satellites […]
Avoiding an uncontrolled reentry; boost Hubble and keep the science – Isaacman NASASpaceflight · 3 Nov 2026 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has addressed the ongoing debate about the Hubble Space Telescope’s long-term…
Do we know how many Starship launches SpaceX will need to get NASA astronauts to the moon? No. Will its refuelling plan be simple? Also no. Space.com · 3 Nov 2026 NASA's Artemis IV moon mission will be a complicated affair — especially if SpaceX's Starship ends up being the lunar lander. The massive spacecraft will need an unknown number of refuel flights in two separate orbits.
Why does Betelgeuse keep fading? The mystery of Orion's giant star Space.com · 3 Nov 2026 From stellar pulsations to giant dust clouds and a mysterious companion, astronomers are piecing together why Betelguese keeps changing brightness.
10 asteroid mysteries that Hera will explore ESA · 3 Nov 2026 Hera, the European Space Agency’s first mission for planetary defence, arrives at its target body during November, with the goal of gathering precious data on the kinetic impact method of asteroid deflection – while also...
Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle Payload · 3 Nov 2026 Vienna-based startup Tumbleweed is attempting to build an anti-gravity machine.
APOD: 2026 November 3 – Comet PanSTARRs and Rainbow Meteor NASA · 3 Nov 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 3 –… 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 photograp...
The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season NASA · 3 Nov 2026 Super Typhoon In-fa developed an unusually large eye, and the remnants of Typhoon Champi transitioned into an extratropical storm that targeted Alaska.
China Plans “Two Launches, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous” to Land Taikonauts on Moon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 3 Nov 2026 China is sharing more information about how it plans to land taikonauts on the Moon by 2030. Development of the Long March-10 rocket, Mengzhou crew spacecraft, and Lanyue lunar lander
The Vera Rubin Has Found Two More of the Milky Way's Dim Satellites Universe Today · 3 Nov 2026 The Vera Rubin Observatory has detected two more of the Milky Ways' dim, hard to see satellites. One is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, and one is a globular cluster. Each one is a missing piece of the puzzle in the Milky W...
"At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation Ars Technica · 2 Nov 2026 The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has all of its "space" back open.
Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch USSF missions, China to launch internet satellites NASASpaceflight · 2 Nov 2026 Eight launches are expected this week, from launch sites in the United States, China, New…
Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now NASA · 2 Nov 2026 Sixty-five years ago, a bold vision took root in Houston: a NASA center dedicated to human spaceflight. Since its founding, NASA’s Johnson Space Center has helped lead the nation’s human spaceflight program, supporting m...
TB 26-09 Measured Hammer-Tap Inputs NASA · 2 Nov 2026 For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov. Download the PDF version An instrumented hammer test does not require an idealized single half-sine waveform. When the complete...
New 'Star Trek: The Original Voyages' book traces the stellar legacy of the bold sci-fi brand Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 Keep the 60th anniversary party going with this visual salute to the series that launched a legacy
The JWST May Have Found Where Heavy Black Hole Seeds Formed Universe Today · 2 Nov 2026 Astrophysicists think that black holes grow through a hierarchical merger framework. But the elusive Intermediate Mass Black Holes are the missing link between stellar mass black holes, and the gargantuan supermassive bl...
Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.8 II EVO FE (APO) lens review — how good is this budget lens for astrophotography? Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 The Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.8 II FE (APO) is an inexpensive prime that works well for astrophotography thanks to its focal length and maximum aperture.
NASA’s CHAPEA Crew “Returns” to Earth NASA · 2 Nov 2026 The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of their simulated Mars journey on Oct. 31, 2026. Crew members Matthew M...
What’s Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA NASA · 2 Nov 2026 Meteor Showers, a Spacecraft Milestone, and a Supermoon Catch Taurid and Leonid meteors, spot Mars near Jupiter, celebrate Voyager 1’s light-day milestone, and watch November’s supermoon. Skywatching Highlights Transcrip...
Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample Universe Today · 2 Nov 2026 Samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and from carbonaceous chondrites that have crashed on Earth, present an apparent contradiction. Their fine-grained matrices have widely varied compositions of their clay-like minerals. Th...
NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-25 Station Resupply Launch NASA · 2 Nov 2026 Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft will launch in November to the o...
China releases timeline for lunar landing on the Moon, targeting "before 2030" Arstechnica · 2 Nov 2026 The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.
James Webb Space Telescope uncovers new clues about the origins of 'interstellar invader' comet 3I/ATLAS Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 The findings are another clue towards understanding the origins of 3I/ATLAS and the planet-forming conditions around other stars.
NASA’s Hubble Uncovers Case of Missing Oxygen in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies NASA · 2 Nov 2026 NASA’s Hubble studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies and found that much of the oxygen they expected to see is missing.
A rainbow of ancient rocks on Mars | Space photo of the day for Nov. 2, 2026 Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 In this image, we can see a colorful view of an ancient, rocky Martian hill.
On this day in space! Nov. 2, 2000: Expedition 1 Arrives at the International Space Station Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 Expedition 1 crewmates Bill Shepherd, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev pose with a model of the space station as it appeared in 2000.
ESA to Support Industry-Led Reusable Booster Flight Demonstrations European Spaceflight · 2 Nov 2026 The European Space Agency has announced plans to support industry-led flight demonstrations of reusable rocket first stages and boosters as part of a new phase of its Boosters for European Space Transportation (BEST!) in...
How to Expand Reliable, Flexible Access to Space SpaceNews · 2 Nov 2026 The space industry launched more rockets into orbit last year than ever before, yet satellite operators are confronting an unexpected problem: There still aren’t enough rides to go around. And […]
'VisionQuest' homework guide: Everything you need to watch to understand Marvel's WandaVision follow-up Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 White Vision, Hex Vision, and Ultron all converge in this spirited new superhero series.
What is Starshield? A look at SpaceX's military satellite network Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 SpaceX is building and operating two satellite networks at the moment, Starlink and Starshield. What’s the difference between the two, and who uses them?
CubeSat achieves challenging laser link to ground ESA · 2 Nov 2026 Despite it being a complex operation, ERMIS-3, an 8U CubeSat developed by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, has established a link with an optical ground station marking an important step in validating...
Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing satellite on 99th mission to date (video) Space.com · 2 Nov 2026 Rocket Lab launched its 99th mission to date today (Nov. 2), sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite toward orbit.
APOD: 2026 November 2 – A Long Cloud on Mars NASA · 2 Nov 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 2 – A… 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...
Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon NASA · 2 Nov 2026 Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny Plateau.
New Research Resolves the Mystery Behind Van Gogh's The Starry Night Universe Today · 2 Nov 2026 The sky in Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) matches, in both observation and shape, the pre-dawn sky over Saint-Rémy around 22 July 1889, when a waning crescent moon, Venus and the Hyades star cluster appeared...
What’s Happening in Space Policy November 1-8, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Nov 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of November 1-8, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate

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