Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news — Friday 30 October 2026
11 stories from 4 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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SpaceX Completes Three Static Fires in Three Days for Flight 15
NASASpaceFlight
In eight days, SpaceX completed all engine testing for Flight 15, some cryo-proof and catch testing for Flight 16, and lifted the top deck deluge plates onto Pad 1’s Launch Mount. This past week has been one of the busiest in Starship…
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NASA Releases MAX POWER Key Events for Media, Participants
NASA News
NASA’s Freedom 250 F-5 team, including NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, performs a flyover during the national anthem at an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers at Huntington Bank Field, Sept. 27, 2026, in…
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ESI supplying solar array components to missile defense programs
SpaceNews
Oct. 30, 2026 – ESI Motion Inc. is proud to announce that it is supplying the Solar Array Drive Electronics (SADE) to Lockheed Martin for its work on the Space […] The post ESI supplying solar array components to missile defense programs…
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Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
Ars Technica Space
Crater counts tell us that most of the Martian surface is more than 3 billion years old, but pieces of Mars we have on Earth tell a different story. The three main classes of Martian meteorites—shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites—are…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat’s Head
NASA News
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Intricate structures within the Cat’s Head Nebula are illuminated in this mid-infrared view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on Oct. 29, 2026. The…
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NASA Explores Potential Commercial Servicing for Hubble Telescope
NASA News
The Hubble Space Telescope returns to orbit as an improved telescope after its second servicing mission in February 1997. NASA NASA issued a Request for Information Oct. 29 to learn more about industry capabilities for in-space servicing…
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Rocket Report: Winter is coming for Themis; Cowboy Space adds iron to the fire
Ars Technica Space
Welcome to Edition 9.17 of the Rocket Report! It's been a while since an American company announced plans for a medium-lift new launch vehicle, but that's what happened this week when a startup named Cowboy Space revealed specs for its Big…
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November’s Night Sky Notes: Light-Day Away
NASA News
2 min read November’s Night Sky Notes: Light-Day Away NASA’s Voyager mission took advantage of a once-every-175-year alignment of the outer planets for a grand tour of the solar system. The twin spacecraft revealed details about Jupiter…
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APOD: 2026 October 30 – Haunting the Cepheus Flare
NASA News
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Vega Island Frozen in Fright
NASA News
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Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
NASA News
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