Expedition 75 astronauts aboard the International Space Station bioprinted blood vessels, ran a spacesuit fit check in the Quest airlock, trained on robotic arms and set up Earth photography, NASA reported on October 22, 2026.
NASA and its commercial partners Blue Origin and SpaceX have changed lander designs and operations as the agency targets a crewed lunar landing in 2028, with Artemis III now set to test rendezvous and docking in low Earth orbit.
NASA's PACE satellite is tracking fall foliage from orbit, using its Ocean Color Instrument to measure leaf pigments worldwide and map the shift from green to red as autumn progresses.
A 14 September 2026 ESA update described the two satellites under their Vega-C fairing, with a shared launch planned for the following day.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 23, 2026 shows the Andromeda Galaxy rising above hills in New South Wales, Australia, in a composite taken October 10/11.
A weekly image roundup from ESA covers a volcanic plume seen by Copernicus Sentinel-3, launch preparations for FLEX and Sentinel-3C, and an industry forum held in Paris on 3 September 2026.
The ESA-supported GOMX-5 CubeSat, developed by GomSpace, has been integrated into its deployer ahead of a launch scheduled for October 2026, ESA said in a 10 September 2026 update.
The Orion Nebula, a nearby starbirth region about 1500 light-years away, was highlighted in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 26, 2026, in a deep image credited to Roberto Palaia.
ESA's FLEX Earth Explorer and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite lifted off together from French Guiana on 15 September 2026, the first dual launch for the Vega-C rocket.
A dozen people will live aboard the Tara Polaris I drifting polar station for eight months, including a 120-day polar night, while ESA studies how crews cope with isolation and confinement.
NASA's Perseverance rover measured fine and ultrafine dust particles clinging to spacesuit material samples over more than 1,645 Martian days, findings that could inform suit design, dust removal and crew health standards.
NASA's Oct. 26, 2026, report described preparations for a spacewalk planned for the following Thursday, with Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk assigned to install a roll-out solar array.
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