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On October 11, 2026, NASA's Perseverance rover quietly rewrote the record books on Mars. After more than 2,000 sols of tireless driving, the rover surpassed every distance previously logged on the Martian surface.
On September 28, ESA's JUICE spacecraft used Earth's gravity to sharpen its trajectory toward Jupiter. The flyby was far more than a navigat…
Against all expectations, SpaceX's Ship 40 survived re-entry and splashed down in the Indian Ocean during IFT-13 last July. Now back at Star…
SpaceX lifted off at dawn on October 13 with NASA's 35th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, delivering critical…
JAXA's MMX probe is scheduled to launch aboard a Japanese H3 rocket on 19 October 2026. Its goal: land on Phobos, collect surface material, …
Two landers, two worlds, one intense testing season. While a commercial module bound for the Moon endures thermal vacuum and vibration trial…
Lifting off from Cape Canaveral on October 13, 2026, SpaceX's Cargo Dragon on the CRS-35 mission brings the ISS's solar upgrade to completio…
The Moon has no GPS. ESA's newly announced NovaMoon mission intends to change that, bringing positioning, navigation and timing services to …
Getting a rover onto Mars is only half the challenge — it still has to get off the lander. ESA is rehearsing that exact moment with a full f…
From backyard telescopes to deep-space probes, Jupiter and its moons continue to captivate scientists and amateur astronomers alike. A new A…
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth on October 8, 2026, completing her first long-duration mission to the International Space Stat…
NASA's Crew-12 mission concluded on October 8 with a Pacific Ocean splashdown off California, returning four astronauts safely to Earth. Mea…
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