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- APOD: 2026 October 23 – Andromeda in Southern Spring NASA · 23 Oct 2026 APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 October 23 –…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fasc...
- El Niño Then and Now NASA · 23 Oct 2026 A 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year’s El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.
- NASA Safety Panel Concerned About Artemis IV, Future Access to LEO SpacePolicyOnline.com · 23 Oct 2026 NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel will soon open a formal recommendation that NASA re-examine plans for the Artemis IV mission. Currently that will be a landing at the Moon’s South
- ISS receives new cargo from Dragon as Crew-12 hands over to Crew-13 NASASpaceflight · 22 Oct 2026 Expedition 75 aboard the International Space Station gained four new crew members at the beginning…
- Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22. Arstechnica · 22 Oct 2026 "We need to keep our eyes on numerous required fuelings for the lander."
- NASA Invites Media to 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium NASA · 22 Oct 2026 Members of the media are invited to join NASA at the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from Monday, Oct. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This year’s symposium is focused on...
- Spiral’s Edge NASA · 22 Oct 2026 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Oct. 16, 2026, features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove. Hubble capt...
- Moon’s South Pole Not the Only Compelling Location for Human Exploration SpacePolicyOnline.com · 22 Oct 2026 A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies four locations on the Moon separate from the South Pole where human exploration could yield valuable scientific
- US official: Russia's stalker satellite sure looks like an orbital weapon Ars Technica · 22 Oct 2026 The Russian official who called commercial satellites "legitimate targets" now says concerns are "unfounded."
- Rethinking networks in space with Aalyria’s Brian Barritt SpaceNews · 22 Oct 2026 In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with the CEO of Aalyria Brian Barritt about how networks are evolving, what scaling the company means and the role of software interoperability […]
- ESA Provides New Details on Failed Space Rider Drop Test European Spaceflight · 22 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has provided new details about the failed Space Rider drop test, confirming that the vehicle’s parafoil detached during deployment, sending the full-scale test model back to terra firma mo...
- 350th ESA Council: Media information session ESA · 22 Oct 2026 Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair at delegate level Juan Carlos Cortés outline the key decisions and main outcomes of the 350th Council me...
- Resilience takes centre stage at the NAVISP Industry Days ESA · 22 Oct 2026 Resilience, maritime and drone applications, and alternative navigation technologies were on the menu of the sixth edition of the European Space Agency's (ESA) NAVISP Industry Days, which brought together over 350 partic...
- MMX Lifts Off on Mission to Explore Moons of Mars Space Scout · 22 Oct 2026 The five-year mission will return samples from Mars’ moon Phobos and answer long-standing questions about the moon’s origin.
- Help a lost lunar rover find its way in new ESA competition ESA · 22 Oct 2026 A small rover is alone on the Moon, with no signal and no idea of its position. All it has is a panoramic camera and an aerial map of the Moon’s surface. The lunar night is fast approaching… can you help the rover find i...
- ESA Open Days 2026 ESA · 22 Oct 2026 ESA Open Days 2026 welcomed over 23 000 visitors across its six establishments, giving the public the opportunity to discover more about Europe’s space activities, meet the people behind the missions and explore how ESA...
- ESA Council approves appointment of two new directors ESA · 22 Oct 2026 The European Space Agency Council has approved the appointment of two new directors: Andrzej Banasiak as Director of Commercialisation and Industry Partnership, and Nicolaus Hanowski as Director of Space Operations.
- Stars brewing in a nebulous cauldron ESA · 22 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- Moon crane to take a load off lunar landers ESA · 22 Oct 2026 From the ESA Blogs.
- APOD: 2026 October 22 – The First Green Star, WD J1330+6435 NASA · 22 Oct 2026 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 22 – 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 photo...
- Fires Char New Guinea NASA · 22 Oct 2026 Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.
- Faster to Science: A Letter to the Science Community NASA · 22 Oct 2026 NASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions. On Monday, October 26, we will host a virtual NASA Science Town Hall.
- NASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis Missions NASA · 21 Oct 2026 NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (50...
- China readies first commercial resupply craft, first booster reflight, and next landing attempt NASASpaceflight · 21 Oct 2026 As its launch cadence continues to grow, China is stepping further towards reusable rockets as…
- NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration NASA · 21 Oct 2026 Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, they had no idea that...
- The coastwide Atlantic sturgeon abundance index has risen steadily since 2013, while the Hudson’s own Atlantic juvenile index has declined in recent years. SpaceDaily · 21 Oct 2026 ASMFC's 2024 update finds the coastwide Atlantic sturgeon index rising since 2013, while New York's Hudson juvenile index has declined in recent years.
- SpaceX will attempt to reach weekly Starship launches by early 2027 Arstechnica · 21 Oct 2026 "We have had significant constructive engagement with the FAA."
- NASA to Conduct NCAA Flyover, Engage Fans at University of Alabama NASA · 21 Oct 2026 As part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, NASA will conduct a flyover at the University of Alabama vs. Texas A&M football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Saturday, Oct. 24. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will pilot on...
- Tracks Along the Longest Drive on Another World NASA · 21 Oct 2026 Written by Vandi Verma, Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Oct. 12, 2026 Since the last blog update, Perseverance has achieved a major milestone on Mars. On Sol 2006 (Oct. 11, 2026)...
- TechnoMile Recognized as a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Award Winner SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2026 TechnoMile, the leading AI solution that unifies growth, contracts, compliance, and security workflows, has been named a 2026 Inc. Power Partner Awards winner, recognizing the company among the leading B2B […]
- Science on the Space Station with NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins NASA · 21 Oct 2026 NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Oct. 9, 2026, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink and then filling a special...
- Global Satcom Services Revenues to Reach $145 Billion by 2035 SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2026 Paris, France | October 2026 – Global satellite services revenues are forecast to grow 44% to reach $145 billion by 2035, according to the 33rd edition of Novaspace’s Satellite Connectivity […]
- Airbus Ships First Lightweight Vulcain Aft Bay for Ariane 6 Block 2 European Spaceflight · 21 Oct 2026 Airbus Netherlands has delivered the first lightweight Vulcain Aft Bay for Ariane 6 as part of the rocket’s Block 2 upgrades. The total weight reduction, however, appears to be more modest than originally anticipated. In...
- Space Nuclear Power Corporation Awarded DARPA Agreement for Ground Test of Autonomous Nuclear Reactor Controller SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2026 LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — October 21, 2026 — Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an Other Transaction […]
- NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface NASA · 21 Oct 2026 From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly meas...
- Solstar provides Wi-Fi connectivity for NASA proximity operations demonstration SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2026 SAN FRANCISCO – Wi-Fi technology from Solstar Space connected NASA’s R5-S10 cubesat with Momentus’ Vigoride-7 orbital service vehicle during proximity operations and relayed data to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Solstar [...
- Summer of Quantum: Building momentum for space-based QKD SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2026 Glasgow, UK | 21 October 2026 – The pace of development in quantum technologies continues to accelerate, and over the past few months, space engineering company Craft Prospect has been […]
- Finding Our Way: Inside the Galileo Project: 2 - The people behind the signal ESA · 21 Oct 2026 At its heart, Galileo is a story about people: engineers, operators and programme leaders working across Europe, united by a shared mission to strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty while delivering a secure, resi...
- Finding Our Way: Inside the Galileo Project: 3 - A symphony of precision ESA · 21 Oct 2026 Galileo is a system in perfect synchronisation: satellites orbiting above, atomic clocks setting the tempo, and ground stations listening and refining below. Each plays its part. Together, they create the precision behin...
- Finding Our Way: Inside the Galileo Project: 1 – A European vision ESA · 21 Oct 2026 It started with a bold idea: Europe should find its own way. Finding Our Way: Inside the Galileo Project tells the story of the vision, perseverance and people behind Galileo, Europe’s global navigation satellite system,...