Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news — Friday 16 October 2026
7 stories from 2 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director
NASA News
Photo of Stephen Cash NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19. Cash, a veteran NASA engineer and aerospace executive…
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Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown
NASA News
US Navy Shortly after NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. In the months after, the agency measured whether the thermal protection…
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I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
NASA News
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen 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…
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NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge
NASA News
Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/overview/hubble-timeline/" data-sanit
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APOD: 2026 October 16 – Chasing the International Space Station
NASA News
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 16 –… Today’s APOD <a hr
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Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast
NASA News
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Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027
NASASpaceFlight
Rocket Lab has delayed its Neutron launch vehicle once again after carbon fibre manufacturing problems on the first stage propellant tank. Neutron is not the first rocket to encounter difficulties with the material. Most developers build…