Sophie Adenot Completes Eight Months Aboard the Space Station
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth on October 8, 2026, completing her first long-duration mission to the International Space Stat…
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Crew-12 Splashes Down as Starship Eyes Flight 15
NASA's Crew-12 mission concluded on October 8 with a Pacific Ocean splashdown off California, returning four astronauts safely to Earth. Mea…
Crew-12 Splashes Down After 237 Days Aboard the Space Station
NASA's Crew-12 mission came to a close on October 8, 2026, as the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom splashed down off the California coast after 23…
Splashdown and first light: two milestones mark October 8 in space
On October 8, 2026, two distinct but equally significant events unfolded: the successful return of the four-person Crew-12 mission aboard a …
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 …
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…
Crew-13 Astronauts Land in Florida Ahead of October Launch
With liftoff targeted no earlier than October 1, the Crew-13 team has arrived in Florida to complete final preparations. Aboard the ISS, Exp…
SpaceX scores three more crewed ISS flights as cargo mission 35 looms
NASA has handed SpaceX three additional crewed missions to the International Space Station under a contract amendment, while a 35th cargo fl…
Ukrainian Flamingo Missiles Hit Russia's Soyuz Rocket Production Plant
Ukrainian cruise missiles designated Flamingo struck the Progress production facility in Samara, where Soyuz rockets are built. The strike r…
SpaceX juggles Crew-13 countdown and a landmark stock market debut
SpaceX is navigating two major milestones at once: a crewed Dragon flight to the International Space Station slated for August, and a highly…
Soyuz MS-29 Docks at ISS, Bringing Crew Count to Ten
On July 14, 2026, the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft lifted off from Baikonur and docked at the ISS, raising its crew to ten. Meanwhile, a New York …
Soyuz MS-29 Delivers Three New Crew Members to the ISS
Lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 14, the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft carried NASA astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubro…
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