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Category: Space Exploration
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Space News September 21, 2026: China Advances Mars Sample Return Plans Amid Close Satellite Encounters | Orbital Radar
China’s plans for a Mars sample return mission are moving forward, as reported by NASASpaceflight. The mission aims to bring Martian soil back to Earth. This development is part of China’s broader strategy to expand its presence in space, which includes asteroid flybys and new launch sites.
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Space News September 14, 2026: NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords
NASA Programs, Contracts, and Science Data this week: NASA concluded a two-part virtual workshop series on Sept.
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Space News September 14, 2026: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return
Space Station Crew Activities and Cargo this week: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts will hold a news conference from the International Space Station on Wednesday, Sept; and Expedition 75 crew members aboard the International Space Station…
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Space News September 7, 2026: Hubble tracks new decagon encircling Saturn’s south pole
Hubble observations have revealed a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole, the first large regular-sided jet pattern seen in the planet’s southern hemisphere.
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Space News August 31, 2026: NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests
Other Space Missions and Infrastructure this week: NASA Langley has begun a series of plume-surface interaction tests inside a 60-foot spherical vacuum chamber to; and NASA has commissioned Deep Space Station 23 (DSS-23), a new 34-meter…
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Space News August 31, 2026: Cutting-edge infrared space telescope Roman set to launch
Roman Space Telescope Launch Coverage this week: The NASA-led Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on 30 August 2026 at 07:26 EDT from NASA’s Kennedy; and This week will see five orbital launches from China, the United…
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Space News August 24, 2026: NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory
Spacecraft Operations and Launch Preparations this week: NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies have abandoned the robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray telescope; and SpaceX has successfully guided Starship Ship 40 to a location…
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Space News August 24, 2026: Global sand dunes map reveals clues to distant worlds, including Mars
A new Monash University study, published in Nature Communications, has produced the most complete and accurate digital map of Earth’s windblown sand dunes to date.
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Space News August 24, 2026: Firefly Aerospace Onboarded to NASA Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract
Lunar Missions and Moon Exploration Updates this week: Firefly Aerospace announced it was awarded a Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract from NASA, positioning the; and The White House has unveiled a new space policy initiative…
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Space News August 17, 2026: Predict Storm-Causing Active Regions, Lunar orbiter among upcoming NASA, save it caught
Space Exploration this week: NASA’s COFFIES DRIVE Science Center has developed a machine-learning model that predicts the emergence of active; and NASA is expected to award three more CLPS task orders by year-end, including an orbiter…