Space & Aerospace
Space & Aerospace news — Friday 06 November 2026
10 stories from 4 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Stoke Space evaluating expansion of Cape site for second Nova pad
NASASpaceFlight
Stoke Space has been granted Right of Entry by Space Launch Delta 45 to property north of its existing Space Launch Complex 14 (SLC-14) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The authorisation allows engineering studies, environmental…
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Earth's churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity
Ars Technica Space
In the Grand Canyon, there is a line in the rock where time seems to have gone missing. Ancient crystalline rocks mark its bottom, while sandstones laid down as life started to diversify during the Cambrian explosion mark the top. “It’s…
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M30’s Sparkling Stars
NASA News
ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Libralato, G. Piotto, A. Sarajedini This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released Nov. 5, 2026, provides a lesson in galactic history. The sparkling collection of stars is named Messier 30 (M30) after the French…
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Supercomputing Tech Demo Schedule
NASA News
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Starship Flight 15, a dual catch attempt, awaits FAA green light
NASASpaceFlight
Booster 22 and Ship 42 are in final checkouts for a no-earlier-than 13 November launch that would attempt to catch both stages at Starbase Pad 2. The date has slipped by only one day, with the ship-catch licence from the FAA still the…
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How Do You Land on a Moon With Almost No Gravity?
IEEE Aerospace
Last August, looking up from the edge of an ancient river delta on Mars, the Perseverance rover ’s electronic eye spied an oblong shadow crossing the distant, glowing Sun. Phobos , the Martian moon named for the Greek god of fear and…
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Rocket Report: Artemis II literally tore through the atmosphere; New Glenn delay
Ars Technica Space
Welcome to Edition 9.18 of the Rocket Report! Blue Origin packed a lot of news into one afternoon Thursday with the reveal of a new kick stage for the New Glenn rocket, a new rocket engine design, and the minor and widely expected delay…
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APOD: 2026 November 6 – A Farewell to Swift
NASA News
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Taking a Gander at Utah’s Goosenecks
NASA News
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ISS astronauts install final iROSA solar panel to augment aging ISS power systems
NASASpaceFlight
The International Space Station program completed a critical power upgrade that had been ongoing for over five years, as astronauts Anil Menon of NASA and Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency embarked on a successful US EVA-101 to…