Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news — Wednesday 14 October 2026
12 stories from 4 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Artemis III SLS teams prepare short stack for pad tanking test
NASASpaceFlight
With both solid rocket boosters fully stacked and all four RS-25 engines now installed on the Core Stage, NASA is preparing to mate the stage to the boosters and form the short stack that will roll to Launch Pad 39B for a tanking test. The…
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Things are finally looking up for NASA's first missions to Venus in a generation
Ars Technica Space
Most planetary scientists will tell you the heyday of Venus exploration was more than a generation ago. That is about to change. Two NASA missions are on track to launch to Venus in the early 2030s. The first, known as the Deep Atmosphere…
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NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101
NASA News
NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducts a spacewalk on Aug. 6, 2026, to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades to its power system. Credit: NASA NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation…
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NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students
NASA News
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins assists NASA astronaut Luke Delaney as he practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator on May 5, 2026, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center Space Vehicle Mockup…
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Researchers use AI to design proteins that cut up other proteins
Ars Technica Space
A protein is a chain of amino acids held together by what are called peptide bonds. On their own, those bonds are extremely stable; they're estimated to have a half-life of several hundred years. But in Earth's environment, most proteins…
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NASA’s Chandra Breaks Down ‘Treble Clef’s’ Galaxy Cluster Collision
NASA News
X-ray: NASA/CXC/INAF-IRA/A. Botteon et al.; Infrared: UKIDSS-GPS ; Radio: ASTRON/LOFAR; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk
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NASA’s Space X CRS-35 Launch Jellyfish
NASA News
NASA/John Kraus Sunlight illuminates the exhaust plumes of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 13, 2026. This visual phenomenon is known as a “jellyfish”; it happens near sunrise or sunset when the…
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NASA Develops Batteries to Power Humanity’s Return to Moon
NASA News
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Yi Lin, SPEARS testing and research lead at NASA Langley, holds one of the small coin-cell batteries that had just undergone thermal vacuum testing. NASA/Ryan…
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NASA to Discuss Artemis Acceleration, Status of Upcoming Moon Missions
NASA News
As the Artemis II crew members came close to passing behind the Moon and experiencing a planned loss of signal, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the Moon’s limb on April 6, 2026. The edge of the visible surface of…
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How mini-constellations could more quickly bring new tech to Europe, and to orbit
SpaceNews
When the European thermal-imagery company constellr began working with Space Inventor on its next generation of satellites, some of the most important details of the spacecraft had yet to be […] The post How mini-constellations could more…
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APOD: 2026 October 14 – Mars and the Beehive Under an Aurora
NASA News
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 14 – Mars… Today’s APOD
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Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast
NASA News
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