A NASA Glenn overview describes rotating microphone rakes, phased microphone arrays and laser-based velocimetry used to measure engine noise and airflow, with data feeding validation of noise-prediction software.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency set out plans for AI-enabled medical device regulation, international collaboration and a new Washington liaison role, in a release dated 19 October 2026.
The CMA has proposed designating Microsoft with strategic market status in its business software ecosystem and opened a consultation, citing switching barriers for UK businesses and public sector organisations.
A SpaceX Dragon is heading to the International Space Station for a Thursday docking, while the Expedition 75 crew carried out eye exams, spacesuit maintenance and robotics experiments, NASA reported on October 14, 2026.
As reported on 12 October 2026, the UK government set out plans to use frontier AI in cyber defence after pilots identified and addressed over 1,000 vulnerabilities. It also planned to consider AI incident reporting under the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center report that Antarctic sea ice likely peaked on September 14, 2026, at an estimated 17.59 million square kilometers — the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record.
Eight Robotics Adoption Hubs, backed by £40 million, were announced on 9 October 2026, covering robotic surgery, farming, waste, transport and manufacturing support.
Margaret Hamilton, who led the MIT Instrumentation Lab team that developed Apollo's onboard flight software and is widely credited with helping establish software engineering as a discipline, died Sept. 30 at age 90.
The Assessment and Comparison Tool, funded by ESA and developed by a consortium led by the EPFL Space Center, lets engineers factor environmental impact into spacecraft and rocket design from its earliest stages. A spinoff, EcoDeltaV, now markets and maintains the software.
A 16-member team at NASA's Johnson Space Center develops robots meant to assist human explorers, drawing on experience with Robonaut 2 and Valkyrie and testing hardware at the iMETRO facility.
A NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day entry compares an unprocessed Andromeda galaxy image with a refined version, explaining that software reduced Earthly artifacts such as airplane and satellite trails rather than altering the galaxy itself.
As of the 25 September 2026 DWP release, around 20,000 people had used the Work Hub "Build a CV" tool since its June 2026 pilot launch, and some 16,000 had used its AI Work Assistant.
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