Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news — Tuesday 13 October 2026
15 stories from 3 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Launch Preview: Falcon 9, ZhuQue-2E to launch during quiet week
NASASpaceFlight
This week features a relatively quiet launch manifest, with SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 comprising much of the launch schedule. Three Falcon 9 missions will launch a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, a batch of…
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NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer
NASA News
NASA astronaut Christina Koch stands inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building on July 14, 2021, in front of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that ultimately powered the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I mission…
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Comparing Off-World Rover Driving Distances
NASA News
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NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover Team
NASA News
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Perseverance Navcam Image Marks Record Drive
NASA News
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Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation
NASA News
SpaceX Three NASA-supported small spacecraft, along with many commercial payloads, are shown before being encapsulated in a SpaceX Falcon 9 ahead of launch on Oct. 1, 2026. The ASCENT Propulsion Dual Mode CubeSat, the Supernova Remnants…
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES: NASA OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
NASA News
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) View all current NASA job openings at USAJobs Vacancy Announcement for Chief Counsel at NASA Glenn Research Center Return to OGC Homepage
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Voyager Technologies’ Griffin-1 Completes Environmental Testing at NASA JPL
NASA News
3 Min Read Voyager Technologies’ Griffin-1 Completes Environmental Testing at NASA JPL <div data-sanitized-class="hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0 colo
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They war-gamed dimming the Sun. It went even worse than you think.
Ars Technica Space
When it comes to deciding the fate of the planet, Colleen Golja always thought science and reason would have a seat at the table. That was until one morning last September in London, when the climate researcher took part in the first in a…
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TB 26-08 Complex Modes in Lightly Damped Structural Systems: A Two-Mode Interaction Perspective
NASA News
For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov Download the PDF version Complex mode shapes can emerge in a linear structure even when overall damping is low. This behavior can occur when two…
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Honey bee stingers are double-piston venom pumps
Ars Technica Space
Credit: Ramirez-Esquivel et al 202 Credit: Ramirez-Esquivel et al 202 Honey bees are known to leave their stingers embedded in tender flesh once they sting you and fly away. Scientists have now determined that the stinger is able to…
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NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission
NASA News
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) <img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1-pia26708-grifffin-tvac-wings.jpeg?w=1024" alt="Engineers in white…
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NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 35th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
NASA News
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as part of the company’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the…
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APOD: 2026 October 13 – Desert Stairway to Heaven
NASA News
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 13 –… Today’s APOD <a href="https://scien
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An Impact Structure With Legs
NASA News
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