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NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
NASA on Friday released a much-anticipated "request" to the US commercial space industry to develop private space stations that, as early as
This Week in Space 231: Sailing the Stellar Seas
From the earliest works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to the best of contemporary space science fiction, Tariq and I dive deep into our favorite space si-fi across the ages! And our challenge to you for some of the most
TD SYNNEX Launches Space Tech Initiative to Help Partners Capitalize on the Growing Space Economy
FREMONT, Calif. & CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 9, 2026-- ...
Pentagon seeks new ways to open classified programs to industry
Classified defense programs could soon see an influx of small businesses and other nontraditional contractors as the Pentagon tries to overcome longstanding hurdles to a more diverse industrial base. The department wants to address a catch-22 that has plagued
Why SpaceX Chose Texas For Starship When Florida Was Already Its Home Base
Florida would seem like the obvious place for SpaceX to launch Starship, but the company chose Texas instead. The decision came with some trade-offs. ...
Mysterious 10-minute X-ray burst from a distant galaxy may have come from 2 dead stars colliding
Astronomers investigating mysterious flashes of X-rays believe that these blasts could stem from collisions between neutron stars, the events that forge elements like gold, silver, and platinum. The event designated EP250704a, was first seen on July 4, 2025,
NASA X-59 Pilot Receives Top Test Pilot Award
Test Pilot Receives Top Award NASA test pilot Nils Larson recently received a top honor from the Society of Experimental Test Pilots for making the first flight of NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft and helping to make its first flight in 2025. NASA home
NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies
The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability (SSPICY) mission launched Oct. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission is a NASA home page
Location vs. Space: The Trade-Off First-Time Buyers Face
Provided content. Here is a practical framework for thinking through the location-versus-space question and landing on a choice you will feel good about. ...
NASA tests 12 next-gen heat shields aboard trash-filled spacecraft for Mars missions
NASA is preparing to test 12 experimental heat shield capsules during the fiery destruction of a cargo spacecraft that departed the International Space Station on Friday, October 9. The tests could help develop thermal protection systems for future missions to
Signal from space provides new insight into early universe
Some experts have suggested they may be from an extraterrestrial lifeform trying to contact Earth. ...
'Dark Matter' showrunner and author Blake Crouch talks the 'daunting' task of moving beyond the original book for season 2 (interview)
Apple TV's addictive multiverse thriller, "Dark Matter," has quietly joined their roster of fantastic sci-fi series alongside hits like "Pluribus," "Severance," "Foundation," "Silo," "For All Mankind," and "Star City." Adapted from New York Times bestselling
Newly selected NASA mission will hunt for caves on the Moon
NASA has selected a mission proposal that will peer below
The Most Distant FRB Tells The Story Of Its Origin
Astronomers use
White House on Trump purchasing SpaceX debt before space order: ‘No conflicts of interest’
The White House said Friday there was no conflict of
White House on Trump purchasing SpaceX debt before space order: 'No conflicts of interest'
The White House said on Friday there was no conflict of interest when President Trump's accounts bought more than $1 million in SpaceX debt two days before he signed an executive order on space transportation policy. ...
NASA Just Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public
The data drop includes photographs, audio, video, and astronauts’ notes that will be used to study the moon and prepare for future human missions. ...
Starfighters Space Completes First Flight Hardware for Wind Tunnel in the Sky™ Program
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 8, 2026-- ...
Why is Orion lying down? How The Hunter taught me how the sky moves
I thought I knew Orion. Three stars in a row for the Belt, Betelgeuse above, Rigel below: it's one of the constellations I have long been able to identify with the least thought, along with Cassiopeia and the Plough/the Big Dipper. But one fall evening long
On this day in space! Oct. 9, 1992: Peekskill meteorite lands in New York after streaking through the atmosphere
On Oct. 9, 1992, a space rock the size of a bowling ball fell out of space and crash landed on a woman's Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Thousands of people along the U.S. East Coast witnessed the Peekskill meteorite blazing through the skies over
To the Moon and Back Again
On episode 440, NASA’s Artemis II crew reflect on their historic journey around the Moon, the moments that moved them, and what it’s like to come home after traveling farther than any humans before them. NASA home page
Cygnus XL Cargo Spacecraft Departing Station Soon on NASA+
NASA is streaming live coverage of Northrop Grumman’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission departure from the International Space Station. NASA home page
Cygnus XL Cargo Spacecraft Released from Station by Canadarm2
At 12:44 p.m. EDT, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL was released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm after it detached from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station’s Unity module. At the time of release, the space station was flying about 260 miles
NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies
NASA is testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the Moon and Mars in an unusual way: by taking out the trash. NASA home page
Two large asteroids found spinning as fast as a fairground ride
Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong ...
Scientists engineer microbe to help humanity settle Mars
A new genetically engineered microbe may one day help humanity settle Mars, a nonprofit biotechnology research startup suggests. Our species has launched nearly 50 missions to Mars since 1960, all of them robotic. If everything goes according to plan, they've
Did the Soviet Union really fire a cannon from a space station?
Military officials in the U.S. and other nations have increasingly warned about the potential for conflict in space in the coming years. While many would perceive the current push to militarize space as a concern primarily for modern military thinkers, there
Best space and sci-fi themed Halloween costumes for 2026
Are you stuck for an outfit this spooky season? We've got you covered with our round-up of the best space themed Halloween costumes. Let's face it, even if there aren't any haunted spaceships out there, the vastness of the void is enough to give us the chills.
67 days and 1,040 orbits: Pikachu returns from International Space Station
Pop culture and space exploration have officially collided in low-Earth orbit. The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) have partnered for World Space Week 2026 (4–10 October 2026) to inspire curiosity about space in people