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JAXA’S MMX Mars Mission Readies for Launch with Two NASA Instruments

October 15, 2026 8:16 pm ET | Japan's space agency is getting ready to launch the MMX mission to study the moons of Mars, ...
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What’s Happening in Space Policy October 18-24, 2026

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 18-24, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess, except for pro forma ...
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CONFERGENCE, Dec 1-3, 2026, Fairfax, VA

« HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY 2026, Nov 30-Dec 4, 2026, Paris 2026 SPACE NEWS ICON AWARDS, Dec 1, 2026, DC, 4:30-7:00 pm ET » ...
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Starship Achieves Orbit for the First Time

The flight did not go exactly as planned, but SpaceX’s Starship Integrated Flight Test-14 did make it into orbit for the first time today and deployed 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites. One of the ...
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Crew-12 Back on Earth as ISS Keeps Busy

NASA’s Crew-12 mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California this morning, bringing the 237-day mission to an end. Their replacements on Crew-13 arrived a week ago and the ...
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Next Crewed Boeing Starliner Flight Not Until 2028

Two years after Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert without NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Boeing and NASA said today it will not be ready to fly astronauts again ...
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Crew-13 Arrives at ISS as Crew-12 Prepares to Depart

NASA’s 13th operational Crew Dragon mission arrived at the International Space Station today about 8 hours after launch. That’s the fastest trip on a SpaceX Dragon thanks to an opportune orbital ...
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What’s Happening in Space Policy September 27-October 3, 2026

If all goes according to plan, it’s a busy week with the first Starship launch to orbit, an update on Starliner, the launch of Crew-13 to the International Space Station and more. Sen. Deb Fischer ...
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LTG David Miller Nominated as Next Leader of U.S. Space Command

U.S. Space Force Lieutenant General David Miller, Jr. has been nominated as the next Commander of U.S. Space Command, succeeding Gen. Stephen Whiting who will retire early next year. Yesterday, the ...
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DEFENCE IN SPACE CONFERENCE 2026, Oct 27-28, 2026, London

« 2026 VON BRAUN SPACE EXPLORATION SYMP (AAS), Oct 26-28, 2026, Huntsville, AL 2026 SILICON VALLEY SPACE WEEK: SATELLITE INNOVATION and MILSAT SYMP, Oct 27-29, 2026, Mountain View, CA » ...
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What’s Happening in Space Policy October 4-10, 2026

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 4-10, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess until after the midterm ...
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SPACE SUMMIT FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE (Novaspace), Oct 27-28, 2026, Toulouse, FR

« NASA SMD TOWN HALL ON NEW COMPETITION MODEL 2.0, Oct 26, 2026, virtual, time TBA 2026 SILICON VALLEY SPACE WEEK: SATELLITE INNOVATION and MILSAT SYMP, Oct 27-29, 2026, Mountain View, CA » ...