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 Expedition 75 Welcomes Crew-13 and Preps for Crew-12 Departure  - Expedition 75 is in the middle of a crew swap aboard the International Space Station as four new crew members get used to life in microgravity and another quartet prepares for its return to Earth. The 11 crew members have…

 Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum  - Satellite records show Arctic sea ice covering less of the ocean in both winter and summer.

 NASA’s Roman Telescope Just Took a Big Step Toward Seeing Alien Worlds  - NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has completed key guidance tests and given its Coronagraph Instrument its first look at the cosmos. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed an important series of pointing tests, showing that it can remain extremely steady while observing distant...

 NASA Testing Aims at Supercooled Large Droplet Aviation Safety  - NASA is leveraging its expertise and enhancing its test facilities to help address a rare but persistent aviation hazard: icing that occurs when aircraft encounter unusually large, very cold water droplets in clouds. The problem, known as “supercooled large droplet…

 Starship reaches orbit on 14th test as Chinese rocket makers race toward low-cost reusability  - SpaceX's Starship reached Earth orbit for the first time on its 14th test flight and deployed 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. Whereas the previous 13 flights primarily focused on orbital testing, Flight 14 marked a further step into operational orbital missions.

 A Journey to the Depths of Ancient Mars?  - Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London Sept. 29, 2026 After spending the last six months exploring “Lac de Charmes,” a region of ancient rock beyond Jezero crater’s western rim, Perseverance has stumbled upon a vast field…

 KSAT and Xoople Partner on Ground Network for Xoople Constellation  - TROMSØ/MADRID – Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and Xoople have entered into a partnership under which Xoople has selected KSATlite , KSAT's fully automated Ground Segment-as-a-Service, to…

 Earth and Mars Were Formed in Fundamentally Different Ways, Study Finds  - Earth and Mars may have formed through different mixtures of planetary building processes, despite developing side by side. Earth and Mars formed near each other about 4.5 billion years ago, yet new research suggests they grew through very different processes. “The most surprising result was that Earth...