Curiosity Hits 5,000 Sols and One Kilometer of Climbing on Mars
In the span of just a few weeks, NASA's Curiosity rover has logged its 5,000th Martian day, completed fourteen years of surface operations, …
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Webb's IC 348 Panorama Pushes Brown Dwarf Mass Limits
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest images to date, capturing the star-forming region IC 348 — and uncovering …
Vega-C Delivers FLEX and Sentinel-3C to Orbit
On the night of 14–15 September, a Vega-C rocket lifted off from French Guiana carrying two European Earth observation satellites with compl…
Stoke Space targets debut launch, outlines larger rocket plans
Stoke Space has set a debut launch window for its Nova rocket and hinted at a larger follow-on vehicle. Meanwhile, two adjacent pads on Miss…
Progress 96 Heads to ISS in a Busy Week for Global Launches
Russia's Progress 96 cargo spacecraft is set to deliver roughly three tons of supplies to the International Space Station, kicking off one o…
Schiess Takes Helm of U.S. Space Force Amid Expansion Push
At a Change of Responsibility ceremony near Washington, D.C., General Douglas Schiess formally assumed leadership of the U.S. Space Force, t…
FLEX and Sentinel-3C Ready to Lift Off on Vega-C
With encapsulation complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA's FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C are preparing for a joint Vega-C l…
BepiColombo Begins Its Long-Awaited Orbital Capture at Mercury
On 3 September 2026, the BepiColombo mission took its first decisive steps toward entering orbit around Mercury, capping an eight-year journ…
Isar Aerospace Sets Sights on Spectrum's Second Flight
Isar Aerospace is gearing up for its second Spectrum launch attempt, with maritime safety notices confirming a window running from September…
Europe's Launch Race: HyImpulse and PLD Space Raise Over €150 Million
Germany's HyImpulse and Spain's PLD Space disclosed major funding rounds within a day of each other in early September 2026. The back-to-bac…
Hubble Spots a Ten-Sided Atmospheric Giant Circling Saturn's South Pole
NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a colossal ten-sided atmospheric wave wrapped around Saturn's south pole — a phenomenon n…
Six Global Launches Mark a Busy Week, SpaceX Leading from the West Coast
The first week of September 2026 is shaping up as one of the most active launch periods of the year, with at least six missions planned acro…
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