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NASA

• Halloween Aboard the International Space Station 
  October 29, 2026 by Sumer Loggins
  Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress up in sometimes spooky, sometimes scary, but always creative costumes, often designed from materials available aboard the […]
• NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found
  October 29, 2026 by Amanda Barnett
  When a rose-colored meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert in 2022, no one knew how old it was or where it came from. Not until NASA-funded scientists age-dated its minerals did they realize the nearly 2-pound (800-gram) rock was a piece of Mars that formed more than 4.1 billion years ago, making it one […]
• NASA Names Troy Asher Armstrong Flight Research Center Director
  October 29, 2026 by Lauren E. Low
  NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Troy Asher director of the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Asher, a veteran test pilot and aerospace engineer with decades of experience in flight research and operations, has served as the center’s acting director since March. “Troy has spent his career pushing the boundaries of flight, […]
• NIH–NASA QuSAFE Challenge
  October 29, 2026 by Bailey Light
  The Quantum-Enabled Predictive Preclinical NAMs for Toxicity and Safety (QuSAFE) Challenge, a collaboration between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NASA, advances quantum-enabled sensing for in vitro NAMs, such as organoids and microphysiological systems (MPS), to improve drug safety while reducing animal use. In vitro NAMs, such as organoids and microphysiological systems (MPS), can […]
• Envía tu nombre a Titán a bordo de la misión Dragonfly de la NASA
  October 29, 2026 by María José Viñas
  Read this release in English here. Puede que nunca llegues a surcar los cielos bajo las nubes o sobre las arenas orgánicas de la luna Titán de Saturno, ¡pero tu nombre sí puede hacerlo! La NASA invita al público a enviar su nombre a bordo de la aeronave de ala giratoria Dragonfly de la agencia […]

SpaceNews

• Advice for optimizing the space industry with Laura Crabtree
  October 29, 2026
• Flexell Space and Satoro Agree to Collaborate on In-Orbit Demonstration of Next-Generation Space Solar Cells
  October 28, 2026
• Ukrainian startup, GomSpace test satellite for future communications network
  October 27, 2026
• Craft Prospect kicks off PERSEUS project to advance optical communications for space
  October 27, 2026
• Flexell Space Establishes French Subsidiary to Strengthen European Presence
  October 26, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Turning a solar power system into its own backup
  by John Timmer
• ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
  by Stephen Clark
• A hidden ocean change near Antarctica could have global consequences
  by Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News
• Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
  by John Timmer
• Sculpture re-creates odd optical effects of famed Lycurgus Cup
  by Jennifer Ouellette