Stories in Science
The hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station closed at 6:05 a.m. EDT, NASA said on Oct. 7, 2026, beginning Crew-12 return operations ahead of a planned undocking.
The Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts completed its deorbit burn as expected, NASA said. Parachute deployment and splashdown were set to follow.
Two spacewalks are planned to install the final roll-out solar arrays at the International Space Station, with a preview news conference scheduled for Oct. 20, NASA said.
NASA published an annotated tablet screenshot showing where Artemis II astronauts spotted faint light bursts on the Moon, alongside the full lunar science dataset from their April 2026 journey.
NASA Earth Observatory revealed that its October 2026 satellite puzzler showed Spider Crater in Western Australia, captured by Landsat 9, and credited the first reader to identify the location.
A SpaceX Dragon carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and experiments is set to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than Oct. 13, NASA said.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 is closing the Dragon hatch and undocking from the International Space Station, beginning a roughly 27-hour journey home with splashdown targeted off the California coast.
NASA reported that the four astronauts of SpaceX Crew-12 were about an hour from splashdown, with the deorbit burn scheduled around 10:46 a.m. EDT and splashdown targeted for about 11:34 a.m.
Stickney Crater is more than 9 kilometers across, nearly half the diameter of Phobos, and the enhanced-color view was captured by the HiRISE camera in March 2008.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has gathered evidence suggesting that a radio-wave formation resembling a treble clef was likely produced by an outburst from a supermassive black hole followed by a collision between two galaxy clusters, the agency reported.
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy signed a memorandum of understanding on space nuclear power and propulsion, effective Nov. 1, covering research, fuel production, testing and launch operations.
NASA published an artist's concept of PRIMA, the proposed far-infrared observatory selected in September 2026 as the first Probe Explorers mission. If confirmed, it would target a 2033 launch for a planned five-year mission.
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