Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news — Thursday 29 October 2026
18 stories from 5 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
NASA News
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Halloween Aboard the International Space Station
NASA News
Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire…
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Blue Origin attempts end of year return and eyes Artemis IV selection
NASASpaceFlight
With Blue Origin moving towards a potential return to flight by late 2026, NASA has formally integrated a Blue Moon Mark 2 (Mk2) test article into its revised Artemis III low-Earth orbit (LEO) flight profile. Under the updated plan, the…
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NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found
NASA News
5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Called Teghaza 001, this rose-colored rock is one of the most ancient Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. Credit: © Darryl Pitt / Maine Mineral & Gem…
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Turning a solar power system into its own backup
Ars Technica Space
Rather than directly converting photons into electricity, concentrated solar energy uses mirrors to turn sunlight into heat, which can then be used to drive traditional generating turbines. Up to about a decade ago, there was a case to be…
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NASA Names Troy Asher Armstrong Flight Research Center Director
NASA News
Photo of Troy Asher NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Troy Asher director of the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Asher, a veteran test pilot and aerospace engineer with decades of experience in…
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NIH–NASA QuSAFE Challenge
NASA News
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Quantum-Enabled Predictive Preclinical NAMs for Toxicity and Safety (QuSAFE) Challenge, a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and…
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Envía tu nombre a Titán a bordo de la misión Dragonfly de la NASA
NASA News
La campaña Viaje a Titán ofrece al público la oportunidad de enviar su nombre en un microchip a bordo de la misión Dragonfly de la NASA. Esta aeronave de ala giratoria explorará desde el aire Titán, la luna de Saturno. Crédito: NASA/Johns…
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Send Your Name to Titan Aboard NASA’s Dragonfly Mission
NASA News
The “Journey to Titan” campaign offers the public the opportunity to fly their names on a microchip with NASA’s Dragonfly mission. The chip will ride aboard the Dragonfly rotorcraft as it explores Saturn’s moon Titan by air. Credit…
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NASA’s ISAM State of Play: The Industry Standard for Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing
NASA News
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) When companies began approaching NASA’s Langley Research Center, asking to be included in the In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) State of…
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Advice for optimizing the space industry with Laura Crabtree
SpaceNews
In this episode, Mike Gruss speaks with Laura Crabtree, the CEO of Epsilon3, who is also a former SpaceX astronaut trainer. They talk about ways that space companies can organize […] The post Advice for optimizing the space industry with…
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NASA’s Hubble Marks Way for Roman Space Telescope
NASA News
A sinuous spiral galaxy (center) appears in the same field of view as a vivid gravitational lens (right corner) in this Hubble image. NASA, ESA, and X. Huang (University of San Francisco); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University…
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Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, Webb
NASA News
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Autonomous Airships Keep Tabs on Energy Infrastructure
IEEE Aerospace
Inspecting thousands of kilometers of power lines, pipelines, or rail tracks is an expensive and time-consuming business. It’s typically done by helicopters, which are costly, noisy, and polluting. French startup HyLight thinks uncrewed…
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Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Jared Spiers
NASA News
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jared Spiers, electrical engineering technician at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, poses for a photograph with the Thad Cochran…
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APOD: 29 October 2026 – The Horns of Venus
NASA News
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Arnab Strikes India
NASA News
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Caltech Names Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as NASA JPL Deputy
NASA News
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Former NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman joins Caltech and NASA JPL as Caltech associate vice president and JPL deputy director on Nov. 30…