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 —…
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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 …
Starship Flight 14: SpaceX Makes Its First Real Orbital Push
After thirteen test flights that reshaped what the industry thought possible, SpaceX's Starship is finally pointed at orbit with a real payl…
SpaceX Juggles a Secret Military Launch and Crew-14 Announcement
From a clandestine military payload launching off California to a four-person international crew heading to the space station in 2027, Space…
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…
On-orbit servicing steps out of the lab and into space
Two separate but complementary projects are pushing the boundaries of what satellites can do once in orbit — one by sending a dedicated serv…
NASA challenges students to redesign aviation's energy future
NASA has unveiled its 2026-2027 student design competitions, asking both middle and high school teams to engineer new energy solutions for a…
Hubble Hits 200,000 Orbits While Hunting a Predicted Supernova
On September 19, 2026, Hubble completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth — and spent that very day searching a massive galaxy cluster for th…
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