Themis Completes Second Wet Dress Rehearsal in Swedish Arctic
Europe's reusable launch vehicle ambitions moved a step closer to reality as Themis completed a second wet dress rehearsal at Sweden's Esran…
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SDA satellites, South Korea, China: a packed week in orbit
A Falcon 9 carrying 21 military data-relay satellites lifted off from Vandenberg this week, marking the fourth flight for the SDA's warfight…
Christina Koch Takes Artemis II to the NFL Gridiron
Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch led Philadelphia Eagles fans in their fight song on the field at Lincoln Financial Field on Oct…
SMILE Delivers: ESA and China Release First Science Images
Launched in May 2026, the SMILE spacecraft — built through an unprecedented partnership between ESA and China's Academy of Sciences — has cr…
SpaceX caps a busy October with crew and defense launches
Within days of each other, SpaceX launched a four-person crew to the International Space Station and prepared to deploy 21 data-transport sa…
Falcon Heavy Takes On Its First NRO Spy Satellite Mission
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is flying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office for the very first time. The NROL-97 mission lif…
October 2026: Saturn, Shooting Stars and a Martian Selfie
Saturn at opposition, the annual Orionid meteor shower, and a striking self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover perched on Vera Rubin Ridge —…
Crew-13 Docks at ISS in Record Time as Crew-12 Heads Home
On October 1, 2026, a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying four astronauts to the ISS in what became the quickest Dragon …
NASA Lays the Digital Groundwork for Long-Term Lunar Operations
NASA has awarded two separate contracts targeting the backbone of future space operations: a 5G communications system for the lunar surface …
Moon bases, solar winds, and space diplomacy converge
Three new science investigations for NASA's Moon Base program, a joint European-Chinese mission now studying Earth's response to solar wind,…
Boeing Starliner Charts Course for Regular ISS Crew Rotations
After years of setbacks and technical scrutiny, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is being repositioned as an active part of NASA's crew transpo…
Canadarm2 Malfunction Leaves NASA With Unanswered Questions
Canadarm2, the 17-meter robotic arm that handles critical operations aboard the ISS, has stopped responding as of late September 2026. NASA …
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