Stories in Science
NASA is contributing instruments, navigation support and sample curation to JAXA's MMX mission, which aims to explain how Phobos and Deimos formed and bring part of Phobos back to Earth.
NASA's SpaceX CRS-35 resupply mission will carry research on human and plant health and drug-resistant bacteria to the International Space Station, including lab-grown brain models and a crop disease study, the agency said on Oct. 12, 2026.
NASA reported that ground controllers used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station's Unity module, with release planned and reentry set for Sunday, Oct. 11.
A SpaceX Dragon carrying more than 6,300 pounds of scientific investigations and cargo lifted off from Florida on October 13, 2026. NASA's report that day scheduled its arrival at the International Space Station for October 15.
A sharp mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, centered on the lunar far side, features in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 10, 2026. The rougher terrain contrasts with the near side's dark maria.
A cargo-loaded Dragon spacecraft launched Tuesday, October 13, 2026, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of science, supplies and solar arrays to the International Space Station, where the seven-member Expedition 75 crew worked on biomedical experiments and advanced technology.
An APOD entry published October 12, 2026 presents a multi-exposure image from Westchester, New York, capturing Earth's Moon in front of Jupiter with four Galilean satellites lined up above it.
NASA's announcement, published Oct. 14, 2026, and updated Oct. 15, outlined an Oct. 16 call in which Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney were to answer prerecorded questions from Florida students.
A NASA profile of Allison Mjoen, operations manager for the Exploration Ground Systems Program, traces her 20-year Kennedy Space Center career from shuttle-era cabin systems to Artemis ground operations.
An infographic dated Oct. 13, 2026, compares distances driven by rovers on the Moon and Mars. NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity were still moving; figures for the two were current as of Oct. 11, 2026.
NASA's Oct. 13, 2026, prelaunch report described Dragon's planned mission with more than 6,300 pounds of supplies, solar arrays and experiments, with docking scheduled for Oct. 15.
A full-scale ExoMars landing platform model deployed its legs in pairs during tests in Turin, an early step in preparing the Rosalind Franklin rover mission for touchdown on Mars in 2030.
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