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NASA to Cover Progress 95 Spacecraft Launch, Docking NASA · 21 Apr 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...
Spain’s Pangea Propulsion Secures €2 Million from the Catalan Government European Spaceflight · 21 Apr 2026 The Catalan government has agreed to provide Pangea Propulsion with €2 million in financing to expand its manufacturing and testing capacity. Founded in 2018 as Pangea Aerospace, Pangea Propulsion initially developed a s...
What's the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time? Ars Technica · 21 Apr 2026 NASA is down to a single provider for a critical link in its lunar architecture.
Research Fellows in space science 2026 ESA · 21 Apr 2026 ESA has selected six new Fellows to pursue their own independent research in space science in 2026. The Research Fellowships in space science represent one of the highlights of the ESA Science programme.
Euclid Space Warps: help spot galaxies bending spacetime ESA · 21 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
A School of Mud Volcano Islands in Azerbaijan NASA · 21 Apr 2026 The tadpole-shaped islands along the Absheron Peninsula were born by explosive mud volcano eruptions and reshaped by erosion.
NASA IG Raises More Questions About Readiness for Human Lunar Landings SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Apr 2026 A new report from NASA’s Office of Inspector General raises more questions about whether landing humans on the Moon in 2028 is realistic. Last month the OIG pointed out that
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force Spaceflight Now · 21 Apr 2026 This is the final spacecraft of this generation of precision, navigation, and timing satellites before the U.S. Space Force shifts to launching GPS IIIF satellites. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Stati...
NASA on Track for Future Missions with Initial Artemis II Assessments NASA · 20 Apr 2026 Following NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully splashing down on Earth, engineers started diving into detailed analysis of data to assess how key systems and subsystems on the Orion spacecraft, SLS (Space Launch System...
Launch Preview: GPS, Progress, and Starlink missions to launch during busy week NASASpaceflight · 20 Apr 2026 Seven missions, four countries, and five launch vehicles make the week of April 20 one…
NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage NASA · 20 Apr 2026 Following the recent successful test flight of NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, NASA rolled out the core stage, or the largest section, of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crew...
NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 34th Resupply Launch to Space Station NASA · 20 Apr 2026 Media accreditation is open for the next U.S. launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. This launch is the 34th SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission...
Photos and Feelings from Artemis II Space Scout · 20 Apr 2026 To commemorate Artemis II, Space Scout compiled photos and testimonials from our team members about this historic spaceflight.
NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory NASA · 20 Apr 2026 The Republic of Latvia signed the Artemis Accords Monday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 62nd nation to commit to responsible space exploration for all humanity....
Wheels Up for X-59 NASA · 20 Apr 2026 NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies over the Mojave Desert in California in this April 14, 2026, image. The transition to flying with wheels up is a key milestone and an important step in the experimenta...
Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit Spaceflight Now · 20 Apr 2026 Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket's payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, ended up in...
NASA’s Hubble Dazzles With Young Stars in Trifid Nebula NASA · 20 Apr 2026 This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured in intricate detail by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The colors in Hubble’s visible light image,...
Hubble turns 36 with a dazzling Trifid Nebula portrait ESA · 20 Apr 2026 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope looked at a scene it first captured in 1997 in honour of 36th anniversary: a small portion of a star-forming region about 5000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, known...
Thailand’s Krabi Coast NASA · 20 Apr 2026 The coastal province features striking tropical karst landscapes and sandy beaches alongside a mix of natural land cover and developed areas.
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 declared lost following New Glenn launch NASASpaceflight · 19 Apr 2026 Following Blue Origin’s milestone of successfully landing a previously flown first-stage booster for the first…
What’s Happening in Space Policy April 19-25, 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 19 Apr 2026 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of April 19-25, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session
Live Coverage: Third flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to feature 1st reuse of booster Spaceflight Now · 19 Apr 2026 Blue Origin plans to launch its third New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Sunday during a two-hour window that opens at 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 UTC). It will carry AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite to provide direct to...
New Glenn set to launch on third mission, reuse booster for the first time NASASpaceflight · 18 Apr 2026 Just over five months after the launch of its second mission, Blue Origin’s partially reusable…
Vast unveils Astronaut Flight Suit and revolutionary Large Docking Adapter NASASpaceflight · 18 Apr 2026 Commercial space station developer Vast has blended fashion with functionality while laying groundwork for the…
Antitrust Authority Approves Creation of Rheinmetall-OHB Satellite Joint Venture European Spaceflight · 18 Apr 2026 The Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), Germany’s independent competition authority, has approved a new joint venture between Rheinmetall and OHB. In a 16 April announcement, the Bundeskartellamt explained that the...
Live coverage: SpaceX attempts 600th Falcon booster landing amid West Coast Starlink mission Spaceflight Now · 18 Apr 2026 The Starlink 17-22 will see SpaceX launch 25 broadband internet satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:33:40 a.m. PDT (10:33:40 a.m. EDT / 1433:40 UTC).
CSDA Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Satellogic NewSat Data NASA · 17 Apr 2026 The report adds to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.
Webinar 4/29: NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus- MDA Space NASA · 17 Apr 2026 Join us April 29 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to learn more about CSDA program vendor MDA Space.
NASA Artemis II Human Research Data Methodology Challenge NASA · 17 Apr 2026 NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) uses research to develop methods to protect the health and performance of astronauts in space. In support of NASA’s goals for long-term missions on the surface of the Moon and human ex...
NASA, OPM Announce New NASA Force Website, Open Job Applications NASA · 17 Apr 2026 NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched the NASA Force website on Friday, opening applications for roles aimed at recruiting the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s air a...
Artemis II pilot describes landing in Orion: "From intense to pure elation" Ars Technica · 17 Apr 2026 "I've been thinking about reentry for three straight years."
Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Tomorrow.io Precipitation Radar Data NASA · 17 Apr 2026 The report adds to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.
Volunteers Discover Rare Space Weather Events Using Their Ears NASA · 17 Apr 2026 Scientists are working to understand exactly how these waves behave, and the team behind NASA’s Heliophysics Audified: Resonances in Plasmas (HARP) citizen science project approaches this in a unique way: they compare th...
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Maps Interstellar Ice in Milky Way NASA · 17 Apr 2026 An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) shows the chemical signatures of water ice (shown in bright blue) and polycyclic aromat...
Week in images: 13-17 April 2026 ESA · 17 Apr 2026 Week in images: 13-17 April 2026
New EU Space Act draft seen as a step backward SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2026 A revised draft of a proposed European Union space regulation is a step backward, creating uncertainty about how the law would be applied outside the EU, critics argue.
D2D services are at risk of becoming too complicated and siloed SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2026 At the recent Mobile World Conference 2026 in Barcelona, the strong presence of Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite services and the avalanche of press releases related to contracts signed between D2D satellite service prov...
ESA’s Mars Rover to Launch Aboard SpaceX Falcon Heavy in 2028 European Spaceflight · 17 Apr 2026 NASA has selected a SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover no earlier than late 2028. The US space agency’s responsibility to procure launch services for the rover stems fr...
Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit SpaceNews · 17 Apr 2026 China has conducted rendezvous and proximity operations tests involving a prototype cargo spacecraft and a satellite in a step towards low-cost orbital infrastructure.
Earth from Space: Land of rainforests ESA · 17 Apr 2026 From the ESA Blogs.

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