Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news today
12 stories from 5 sources in the last 48 hours, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Meet the real-life Scottish surgeon who inspired Sherlock Holmes
Ars Technica Space
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created one of the most beloved fictional detectives of all time in Sherlock Holmes, spawning countless novels, films, TV series, and so forth featuring the sleuth. Far fewer people know about the real-life…
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Flexell Space Establishes French Subsidiary to Strengthen European Presence
SpaceNews
– Paris-based FLEXELL SPACE FRANCE SAS creates a local business hub in Europe– New entity to support ongoing contract and volume-production discussions with European customers, from technical reviews to supply […] The post Flexell Space…
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NASA SEES Interns Tackle Real-World Challenges in Lunar Exploration
NASA News
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NASA Invites Media to Moon Landing Simulation Experience in California
NASA News
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Members of the media are invited to tour a new lunar landing simulation at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on Thursday, Oct. 29, and…
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NASA’s X-59 Aircraft and Test Pilot
NASA News
NASA/Carla Escamilla NASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2026. The X-59 has flown numerous times since its inaugural flight in…
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NASA, USDA Sign Agreement Advancing Earth Science, Agriculture
NASA News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, left, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman signed a Memorandum of Understanding advancing agriculture and Earth science during an event at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Saturday…
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Astranis Upgrades Falcon 9 Launch Contract to Dedicated Mission for Entire Block 4 Production Run of Satellites
SpaceNews
SAN FRANCISCO —October 26, 2026—Today, Astranis announced it has upgraded its 4th launch to a dedicated mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch in 2028, allowing it […] The post Astranis Upgrades Falcon 9 Launch Contract to…
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Will Fiber-optic Cables Finally Get Made in Orbit? Maybe
IEEE Aerospace
In a lab in Luxembourg in 2024, engineers at Flawless Photonics unpacked a spool of glass fiber that had just returned from the International Space Station (ISS). As they threaded it onto their rewinding machine, the machine jammed—as…
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2026 October 26 – M42: The Great Nebula in Orion
NASA News
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 26 – M42:… Today’s APOD
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Hunting Red Leaves with Satellites
NASA News
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Possible Roberts Road Expansion as SpaceX pushes for Flight 16
NASASpaceFlight
As SpaceX prepares to fly Flight 15 in November, with a successful Static Fire test occurring at Starbase on Sunday, the company is pushing to launch Flight 16 from LC-39A as soon as possible and expand operations at Kennedy Space Center…
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APOD: 2026 October 25 – Dark Matter in a Simulated Universe
NASA News
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