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I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen (opens in new tab)
As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen, NASA’s operations manager for the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems program, helped shape the systems and ground operations that will one day send humans back to […]
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Blue Origin to add new Florida launch pads, seeks aggressive increase in New Glenn flight rate (opens in new tab)
The launch infrastructure improvements also include a substantial manufacturing expansion at Rocket Park and the addition of new landing barges.
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UK to Award £25M Space Surveillance Radar Contract in July 2027 (opens in new tab)
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is expected to award a £25 million contract for a ground-based space surveillance radar in July 2027. The call, published in late September, follows several changes to the government’s procurement plans for the installation. According to the call, the contract will cover the development and manufacture of a high-power radar […] The post UK to Award £25M Space Surveillance Radar Contract in July 2027 appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge (opens in new tab)
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove.
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Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket (opens in new tab)
The infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.
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Small lunar missions, big ambitions (opens in new tab)
Europe is preparing for a future in which astronauts, robots and scientific instruments work on and around the Moon. While major missions often capture the headlines, smaller missions can move faster, test new ideas and provide essential support to larger missions.
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Earth from Space: West Antarctica (opens in new tab)
From the ESA Blogs.
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APOD: 2026 October 16 – Chasing the International Space Station (opens in new tab)
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 16 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. To view this […]
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Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast (opens in new tab)
High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back.
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Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027 (opens in new tab)
Rocket Lab has delayed its Neutron launch vehicle once again after carbon fibre manufacturing problems… The post Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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JAXA’S MMX Mars Mission Readies for Launch with Two NASA Instruments (opens in new tab)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is getting ready to launch its Martian Moons eXploration mission early next week. The spacecraft will collect samples of Phobos, one of the moons […]
SpacePolicyOnline.com ·
Oct. 29: Applying AI/SI to the GEOINT Mission (opens in new tab)
Join us for a conversation on how machine learning is transforming the GEOINT mission across different markets The post Oct. 29: Applying AI/SI to the GEOINT Mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission (opens in new tab)
Join us for a conversation on how machine learning is transforming the GEOINT mission across different markets The post Oct. 29: Applying AI to the GEOINT Mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
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NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission (opens in new tab)
NASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars’ moons and build on the agency’s long history of exploring the Red Planet. The mission aims to characterize and determine the origin of Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and deliver a sample […]
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for U.S. Space Force (opens in new tab)
Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4:57 p.m. PDT (7:57 p.m. EDT / 2357 UTC).
Spaceflight Now ·
NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño (opens in new tab)
A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific. NASA scientists are keeping […]
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Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply (opens in new tab)
From the International Space Station’s unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital source of energy. Solar power supports the station’s life support systems, daily activities, and hundreds of research investigations that improve life on Earth and prepare humans for deep space exploration. Over the past five years, NASA augmented the station’s […]
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NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland (opens in new tab)
A NASA Dynamic Aviation A200 aircraft will conduct low-flying research flights over farmland near Transit, Texas, from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 9. These flights will measure gaseous and particulate emissions from animal feeding operations. Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems. The FarmFlux mission will deploy […]
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NASA Welcomes All Ages, Experience Levels for Space Apps Challenge (opens in new tab)
Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create solutions inspired by NASA’s most ambitious exploration goals and making use of the agency’s free and open data. The annual challenge, often called a hackathon, is an intensive, […]
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NASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future Workforce (opens in new tab)
NASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive $12 million to accelerate academic research and technology development in support of the agency’s priorities for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space. Through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Space Technology Artemis Research (M‑STAR) initiative, selected institutions will each receive up to $1 million […]
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