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NASA Issues RFI to Explore Commercial Servicing for Hubble Space Telescope Life Extension
NASA has announced the issuance of an official Request for Information (RFI) to evaluate the technical capabilities of private space companies for the on-orbit servicing and life extension of the Hubble Space…
NASA Researchers Identify Age and Characteristics of 4.1 Billion-Year-Old Martian Meteorite ‘Teghaza 001’
Researchers supported by NASA have confirmed through precision analysis that the meteorite ‘Teghaza 001,’ discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2022, is an ancient Martian rock formed more than 4.1 billion years…
ESA’s Hera Probe Successfully Captures First Images of Binary Asteroid Didymos and Dimorphos
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) planetary defense mission, ‘Hera,’ has achieved its ‘first light’ observation, successfully distinguishing between the two asteroids that make up the Didymos binary system, located approximately 197 million…
NASA Satellite Tracks Massive ‘A-81’ Iceberg Reaching South Georgia Shelf
On October 27, 2026, the NASA Earth Observatory announced that ‘A-81,’ a massive iceberg measuring 1,550 square kilometers that broke off from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf, has reached the edge of the…
NASA’s Perseverance Reveals Mars Dust Risks to Future Human Explorers
On October 26, 2026, NASA officially released findings from its Perseverance Mars rover, which analyzed the precision particle size and chemical hazards of Martian dust adhering to spacesuit materials over 1,645 Sols.…
ESA’s Next-Gen Polar Monitoring Satellite ‘CRISTAL’ Completes Assembly and Solar Array Testing
On October 26, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that CRISTAL (Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter), the next-generation polar monitoring satellite for the Copernicus program, has completed the integration…
NASA’s Swift Observatory Ends 22-Year Scientific Mission Following Orbital Decay
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has officially concluded its scientific mission after performing its final observation on October 20, 2026. The observatory’s orbit decayed to below 171 miles (approximately 275 km), where…
NASA Overhauls Artemis III: 2027 LEO Lander Demo Set for 2028 Moon Landing
On October 23, 2026, NASA officially announced a restructuring of the Artemis lunar exploration program. The agency will transition the 2027 Artemis III mission into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) test flight,…
NASA Unveils ‘Faster to Science’ Initiative and CM 2.0 to Slash Mission Selection Times by Up to 45%
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) has officially announced the ‘Faster to Science’ initiative and a new competition model, ‘CM 2.0 (Competition Model 2.0),’ designed to overhaul the solicitation and selection process for…
NASA Perseverance Rover Sets New Record for Longest Distance Traveled on Another Planet
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) officially announced on October 21, 2026, that the Perseverance Mars rover has reached a cumulative driving distance of 45.22 kilometers (28.10 miles), setting a new record for…