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JAXA schedules the Martian Moons eXploration mission for October 20 in Japan, with a backup window through November 7. MMX aims to study both Martian moons, land on Phobos, collect at least 10 grams and return the sample in 2031—but the launch and every later milestone still require official confirmation.
A Florida factory expansion, more pads and two additional landing platforms aim to support multiple flights per week by decade’s end. But production capacity, launch sites, licensing and reliable missions remain separate milestones.
WD J1330+6435 is a dense white dwarf whose sodium-rich, helium atmosphere removes yellow, orange and some red light. The result is a rare chartreuse appearance—not a normal temperature color.
WD J1330+6435 is the first star credibly identified as green. Spectra and a human-vision model produce the chartreuse result; the star itself is unresolved from Earth.
The company is expanding Florida factories, pads and payload facilities for multiple flights a week by the end of the decade. The FAA is reviewing a proposal for up to 50 annual launches; that is not approval yet.
Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg at 00:01 UTC on October 16 and its first stage returned to a droneship. The launch and recovery are public; the payload’s identity and purpose are not.
The October 15 announcement is a statement of intent. Simulated training collisions, existing experimental data and future LHC growth describe different things.
NASA’s October 15 update details instruments and sample curation for the JAXA-led mission. The launch date changes with time zone, and published sampling milestones are not a completed mission.
Cargo Dragon is carrying more than 6,300 pounds to the International Space Station. Launch is complete, while docking, installation and the research results are still ahead.
NASA reports 45.22 kilometres driven as of October 11. The new total marks mobility and reach; it is not a speed ranking or proof that the rover has found life.
Dragon has lifted off with more than 6,300 pounds of cargo. NASA’s October 15 arrival and broadcast times remain scheduled milestones, not a completed delivery.
NHC Advisory 16 placed the Category 4 storm 60 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo. The forecast warns of flooding and coastal surge; it does not confirm landfall.
KREPE-3 will turn a cargo spacecraft’s planned disposal into a materials test. The October 9 departure is confirmed; performance results are still ahead.
NASA’s October release combines six August 11 images. The unusual color processing, a separate climbing milestone and an unresolved question about the distant cliffs need to be read separately.
The award recognizes the South Pole observatory and its observations of high-energy neutrinos from space. IceCube records light from secondary particles, not a direct photograph of a neutrino.
Unusual chemistry and a repeating brightness signal point to a possible second-generation world around HS 0209+0832. The proposed planet and its origin still need confirmation.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the 2026 award. Their work helped turn light-sensitive proteins into tools for studying nerve cells.
The earliest undocking is now 1:05 a.m. EDT on October 7. The October 4 command handover remains a separate event, and a California splashdown on October 8 is still provisional.
Varda Space raised a $250 million Series D at a $1.6 billion valuation, Reuters reports, taking total capital raised to $598 million. The company plans to use the funding to expand reusable orbital manufacturing and reentry capacity, with pharmaceuticals becoming a larger part of its commercial strategy.
Falcon 9 and Dragon are vertical at SLC-40 after an integrated static fire and data review, while NASA still targets liftoff no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT on Oct. 1.
ESA’s latest cruise report lists a September 28 closest approach at 11:45:12 UTC, about 8,641 km above Earth, as the Jupiter-bound spacecraft uses the flyby to reshape its trajectory and test science systems.
New outlooks lean warmer across the northern U.S., wetter across much of the South and drier in the Pacific Northwest—patterns that could delay some early snow and raise snow levels in the Cascades.
The rescue spacecraft is gone, but Swift is still observing. New mission updates explain why the telescope's science deadline and its eventual reentry are not the same event.