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NASA invites public to put names on a chip aboard its planned Titan mission

The Dragonfly sign-up page sets a Jan. 15, 2027, deadline and offers a personalized boarding pass.

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NASA's Swift observatory faces uncontrolled reentry after failed orbit rescue

Most of the spacecraft should burn up, but some debris could fall within roughly 20 degrees of the equator.

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NASA satellite images reveal skull-shaped features on Vega Island

Landsat 9 images from October 2026 show natural features on Vega Island forming a skull profile.

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NASA's simulated Mars crew exits Houston habitat after 378 days

The four volunteers grew crops and conducted simulated spacewalks while managing delayed communications and limited resources.

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The four members of NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 2 stand in their workspace after spending a year in their isolated and confined habitat. They are wearing black jumpsuits with patches on the arms and chest.

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NASA shares Hubble and Webb views of the Cat’s Head region for Halloween

The Cat’s Head nickname refers to a small area within the Carina Nebula; Webb’s infrared views accompany Hubble’s visible-light image.

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NASA seeks commercial ideas for Hubble servicing

Reported options include boosting Hubble to at least 600 kilometers or bringing it down in a controlled reentry.

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NASA shares Hubble and Webb views of a dust pillar nicknamed the Cat’s Head Nebula ahead of Halloween

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center describes a dark Hubble dust pillar and a more transparent Webb near-infrared view.

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NASA seeks industry input on possible Hubble orbit boost, servicing or controlled reentry

NASA’s Goddard notice asks about companies’ capabilities, not proposals for a committed mission.

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The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit above Earth.

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NASA invites public to put names on a chip aboard Dragonfly

NASA's signup page lists Jan. 15, 2027, as the deadline and offers personalized boarding passes.

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A poster-style graphic of the the Dragonfly rotorcraft and two example boarding passes with a reddish-tan background. Text on the graphic reads "Journey to Titan" and "Fly your name to another world!"

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NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's bow shock is more complex than Earth's

ScienceDaily reports Juno detected powerful plasma waves and multiple shock regions in Jupiter's shield against the solar wind.

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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Enters Jupiter Trojan Asteroid Region After 2.2 Billion Miles

A post citing NASA says Lucy's first close flyby, of Eurybates, is set for August 2027.

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October 29 ISS solar-array spacewalk gets go-ahead

NASA schedules live NASA+ coverage for 6:30 a.m. EDT as two astronauts prepare to install a new array.

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A photo of ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot tethered to the International Space Station during a spacewalk. She is wearing a white spacesuit used for spacewalks, and it matches the surrounding space station hardware in appearance. Earth's horizon is visible in the background of the scene.

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NASA's Bennu Asteroid Samples Offer Clues to Solar System Formation and Jupiter's Possible Role

A post says researchers suggest Bennu formed from mixed inner and outer Solar System material; Jupiter's gravity may have helped.

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn second stage reportedly being loaded onto NASA’s Pegasus barge

Spaceflight Now described the stage as being readied for shipment to Stennis Space Center for a static test fire.

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Bennu samples show chemical kinship with Ryugu and rare CI meteorites

ETH Zurich researchers propose their shared material accumulated near the water-ice line, where inner and outer dust mixed.

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NASA's Swift Observatory Ends Nearly 22-Year Science Mission After Exceeding Planned Lifespan

NASA says Swift ended its science mission while orbiting less than 171 miles above Earth, far beyond its two-year design.

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Composite image using observations from infrared, visible, and ultraviolet wavelengths of the area around the Jellyfish Nebula. The ultraviolet observation is taken by Swift and shown in violet. On a mottled reddish background speckled with stars, a yellow haze of gas at center left traces out a dome-shaped structure from which curving tendrils extend toward the lower right. Blue and red filaments trace a ring around the dome’s base. A violet arc stretches right to left just above the center of the image, and irregular orange gas clouds become thicker toward the upper left.

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NASA discusses 2027 Artemis III mission and goal of a Moon surface return by 2028

Spaceflight Now describes Artemis III as a four-astronaut orbital test of critical landing systems planned for 2027.

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Viking 2’s sol 80 signal may be the earliest recorded marsquake

IFLScience reports researchers favor the sol 80 signal after comparing Viking 2’s readings with later InSight data.

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NASA volunteers reportedly complete full year in simulated Mars habitat

A post says they grew crops and did simulated Marswalks, with an October 31, 2026, exit planned.

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Members of NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 2 crew stands in their workspace after spending a year in their isolated and confined habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. (from left: James Spicer, Matthew Montgomery, Ellen Ellis, and Ross Elder). Credit: NASA

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Audit flags obstacles to NASA’s oversight of decadal surveys

NASA’s inspector general says communication gaps, inadequate progress tracking and inconsistent internal processes hinder oversight of the surveys.

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Uzbekistan becomes the latest Artemis Accords signatory

An October 19 post identifies Uzbekistan as the newest signatory to the Artemis Accords.

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NASA's stacking schedule reportedly cut by 50%

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says machine shops run around the clock while teams work on landers, suits and rovers.

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A detailed view of the Moon’s heavily cratered gray surface fills the left side of the image. In the distance on the right, a thin crescent Earth appears illuminated against a black sky, with the blue and white colors of the planet visible along the bright edge. Credit: NASA

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NASA plans Artemis III docking demonstration in low Earth orbit for 2027

NASA plans to test Orion docking with one or both commercial landers before Artemis IV’s first lunar landing in 2028.

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NASA's Perpetual Ocean 2 maps some of Earth's strongest currents in 3D

The model-driven animation traces the Kuroshio, Agulhas and Gulf Stream from the surface into deeper water.

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NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | An Ocean in Motion: NASA's Mesmerizing View of Earth's Underwater Highways

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Crew-12 discusses 237-day space station mission after returning to Earth

NASA said the crew returned October 8 and was at NASA Johnson on October 15 for media questions.

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A side-by-side look at Artemis I and II heat shields

A user shares a NASA-credited image and says improvements to Artemis II’s heat shield are visible.

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Two photos side-by-side showing the Artemis I Orion heat shield on the left and the Artemis II Orion heat shield on the right. Both heat shields are seen on stands and rotated for inspection. Credit: NASA

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JAXA's MMX mission aims to bring home a sample from a Martian moon

NASA says it will assist at each step as the mission gets a close look at Mars's moons.

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NASA Schedules Spacewalks for ISS Solar Array Installation

The final two roll-out arrays are expected to raise the station's available power by up to 30%.

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NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducts a spacewalk on Aug. 6, 2026, to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades to its power system.

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SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with science experiments and station supplies

Spaceflight Now reported hard capture at 10:38 a.m. EDT, following the CRS-35 spacecraft’s October 13 launch.

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