Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news — Thursday 08 October 2026
14 stories from 3 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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NASA Briefing to Highlight Contributions to Martian Moons Mission
NASA News
An artist’s concept of JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft at Mars. Credit: JAXA Media are invited to join NASA for a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, to preview the…
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R.I.P. Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Ars Technica Space
Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term "software engineering" and led the development of onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo program in the 1960s, died last week at the age of 90. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in…
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NASA Announces Bold Science Initiatives for America’s Golden Age Summit
NASA News
Credit: NASA Editor’s note: This release was updated Oct. 8, 2026 with the formal name of the summit. NASA is launching two new science and technology initiatives to deepen scientific understanding and accelerate the innovation that will…
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NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies
NASA News
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Technicians at Starfish Space prepare the Otter spacecraft ahead of NASA’s SSPICY technology demonstration mission. The spacecraft will demonstrate…
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Crew-12 Returns to Earth
NASA News
NASA/Keegan Barber The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen moments before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California in this Oct. 8, 2026, photograph. Aboard were NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 members NASA astronauts…
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An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light
Ars Technica Space
Writing about quantum entanglement is always a challenge. There are so many clichés to avoid: It’s mysterious, ghostly, spooky, and weird. Entanglement is none of those things, and yet it is also all of those things—a superposition of…
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NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs
NASA News
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) As it maps the sky, NASA’s SPHEREx telescope is finding thousands of brown dwarfs hiding in the dark. A selection is shown in this collage of observations…
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Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin
NASA News
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down, Sets Briefing to Discuss Mission
NASA News
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the…
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NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration
NASA News
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, seated left, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, seated right, hold the signed Memorandum of Understanding, “Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion,” as Director of…
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NASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescope
NASA News
3 min read NASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescope NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory…
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What will it take to build a moon base?
SpaceNews
In this episode, a panel of industry experts discuss what’s needed to build a moon base. During a live event at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, leaders Astrolab, Firefly […] The post What will it take to build a moon base?…
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APOD: 2026 October 8 – The Saturn System Smörgåsbord
NASA News
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Fighting Drought in Texas Cotton Country
NASA News
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