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79 stories that week, most of them about launch & flight, crewed spaceflight, satellites & orbit.

The Perseid summer light show is back—and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere.

Composing some 85% of the universe's total mass, dark matter betrays its presence only through gravity, unlike ordinary matter.

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the two weeks August 9-22, 2026 and any insight we can offer about…

NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on…

It’s almost show time. We’re just a few days away now, from the only total solar eclipse of 2026.

Evidence indicates that Ariane 6 upgrades have been cancelled following the 2025 ESA Ministerial Council.
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Erich Hernandez-Baquero will take over military space acquisition; Roger Mason will lead the National Reconnaissance Office
The spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has struck the Moon, illustrating the hazard posed…
The Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the highest-resolution images of the sun's surface yet.
About 90 percent of the distance driven by Perseverance has been autonomous.
Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar…
When we lose our visibility, we lose our edge. The military needs more, higher-quality weather data, not less.
IGARSS 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #100) for Hyperwall Storytelling by NASA experts.
Endeavor Optical Networks emerged from stealth to build a constellation of optical communications satellites.
Rocket Lab’s ($RKLB) strategy to own every aspect of the space value chain—from satellite manufacturing to launch—seems to…
The Expedition 75 crew continued preparing for a spacewalk scheduled for Thursday to augment the International Space Station’s…
Spacewalk preparations and health research awaited the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station at the beginning…
Blue Origin is nearing the end of its investigation into the catastrophic explosion of a… The post Blue…
Relativity Space has marked another significant step forward in the development of its reusable Terran… The post Relativity…
Europe’s capital drought may be coming to an end.
Redwire subsidiary SpaceMD announced a contract to fly up to 32 mini-labs on a future SpaceX Starfall mission.
In twilight, watch bold Venus and tiny Spica approach each other to meet September 1st.
The Aug. 5 update from Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp offered the first explanation for what caused the…
The BlueBird 11-13 mission was the third time SpaceX flew satellites to orbit supporting AST SpaceMobile’s direct-to-device constellation.
On Aug. 6, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon concluded a 6-hour, 27-minute spacewalk outside the International…
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon have been given the go by mission managers for Thursday’s spacewalk…
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon began a spacewalk at 8:33 a.m.
NASA is streaming live coverage as two NASA astronauts prepare for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.
Liftoff of the Starlink 17-38 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California happened at 9:35 a.m.
NASA has released a series of updates on the Artemis program, spanning commercial robotic lunar… The post Artemis…