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August 17, 2026
The Italian space programme is preparing for a historic milestone with the launch of the FD1 demonstrator rocket, also known as IFD1 (In-Flight Demonstrator)…
The first published shelling records from eastern Australia suggest dolphins reinvented a rare tool-using tactic already known from Shark Bay, then began passing it on locally. The post Dolphins on…
Near-continuous solar power makes orbital AI computing physically plausible, but radiators, launch mass, networking, radiation and debris decide whether it can scale. The post A typical AI-focused…
Scattered dust particles reveal why two worlds see opposite skies—a physics lesson written in light and size. The post Earth has a blue sky and red sunsets; Mars has a red sky and blue sunsets — and…
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A June 2026 traffic index counted nearly eight times as many working satellites as existed at the start of 2019, with Starlink making up 65.97 percent. The post At the start of 2019, fewer than…
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August 16, 2026
Amid a constrained launch market, satellite operators are emphasizing to investors and customers that they have lined up launch capacity, even if it is uncertain when it will be available. The post…
Hal Jordan and John Stewart don the classic green in this new hardboiled space cop mystery
O'Hare's $8.5 billion modernization includes a new Global Terminal, satellite concourses, and a tunnel system. Here is what is being built and when.
You may have heard the phrase "we are made of star-stuff." This statement by the astronomer Carl Sagan refers to the fact that elements heavier than hydrogen and helium were forged in the centers of…
Cassini measurements of Mimas's libration and orbital precession favour a global ocean beneath 20 to 30 kilometres of ice, with tidal evolution placing its age below 25 million years. The post Mimas…
K2 Space's Gravitas satellite, the company's first large, high-power spacecraft, has been operating in orbit for more than 125 days and has completed its main objectives…
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Last Saturday, August 15, SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets carrying separate missions: Globalstar 2-R Launch 1 and USSF-366…
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NASA will hold MAX POWER on November 7 and 8, a new public exhibition of aeronautical and space innovation at the Kennedy Space Center…
Katalyst Space has been selected by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to take part in the Deorbit-as-a-Service program…
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the weeks of August 16-30, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess […]
LRO thermal data and UCLA-led modelling show why permanent shade in certain lunar pits can remain near 17°C, while cave habitability still depends on access, structure, air and power. The post…
On August 14, 2026, Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, disclosed an expanded equity position in direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications operator…
On August 15, 2026, SpaceX completed two orbital Falcon 9 launches within 38 minutes from operational pads on opposite coasts of the United States. The high-cadence launch doubleheader deployed the…
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SpaceX launched a classified Space Force mission from Vandenberg, revealing almost nothing about its payload. The post SpaceX just launched a secret payload from California appeared first on…
On August 14, 2026, space consulting and market intelligence firm Novaspace published its latest In-Orbit Services Markets report, forecasting that emerging in-orbit satellite services will generate…
Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars' moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the solar system and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it back…
Water and food security is threatened by advancing soil degradation, which causes productive land to lose its capacity to sustain plant and animal life…
Deep in the Pacific Ocean, the Earth's crust is tearing apart. Here is everything we know. For the first time, scientists have directly observed a…
Venera 13 turned a planned 32-minute Venus surface mission into 127 minutes of confirmed transmission, completing colour panoramas, drilling and X-ray soil analysis. The post On 1 March 1982, a…
Firefly Aerospace is advancing on two fronts this month, pushing development of its next-generation medium-lift… The post Firefly promote next block of Alpha amid Eclipse progress appeared first on…
Raman spectra and crystal modelling show how nonpolar hydrocarbons can enter highly polar HCN solids under Titan-like cold, with ethane the stronger surface candidate. The post Scientists recreated…
Did you think you'd seen it all with the August 12 eclipse? This unpublished shot will take your breath away. With record precision, this image reveals a microscopic but crucial detail on the…
Webb saw a plausible giant planet near Alpha Centauri A once and missed it twice; orbital modeling shows how a real world could have moved behind MIRI's blind spots. The post Webb found strong…
An early-stage grant is offering a look at spherical 'Aerobots' that could zoom around the caves of Titan, in a demo mission similar to Mars Ingenuity.
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