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This week

• orbital

  Artemis III Short Stack Nears Completion Ahead of Pad Tanking Test

  NASA advances toward a Launch Pad 39B tanking test and crew rehearsal as SLS booster stacking and engine installation wrap up.

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• terrestrial

  Blue Origin Advances LC-36 Rebuild for Year-End New Glenn Return

  Four months after a pad explosion, Blue Origin is rebuilding Launch Complex-36 and shifting to vertical integration as it targets a year-end return to flight.

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• orbital

  Crew-12 Returns to Earth After Eight-Month ISS Mission

  NASA and SpaceX's Crew-12 undocked from the ISS and splashed down in the Pacific after an eight-month stay.

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• terrestrial

  Ship 42 Returns for Extra Cryo Testing as Ship 40 Comes Home

  SpaceX pushes Ship 42 through a third round of cryo-proof testing while Ship 40 arrives back at Starbase after 75 days at sea.

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• orbital

  Launch Preview: South Korea, China, and US Flights Set for This Week

  Four launches are scheduled this week, including South Korea's record-setting KSLV-2 mission, a Chinese Chang Zheng 12 flight, and two SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from California.

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• terrestrial

  SMILE Mission Begins Science Operations After Capturing First Aurora Images

  ESA and CAS's joint SMILE spacecraft has started formal science operations, having already returned a full ring-of-aurora image and early X-ray test observations.

  NASASpaceflight
• orbital

  ESA Advances Plans for European Crew Transport and Space Station

  Backed by member states' Call to Boost European Space Exploration, ESA is studying a domestic space station and crew launch capability as new European rockets begin reaching orbit.

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• orbital

  ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot Photographs Paris from the ISS

  Image marks 2026 European Heritage Days as ESA's Paris headquarters opens to the public.

  ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration
• orbital

  ESA Studies Feasibility of European-Led Orbital Outpost

  ESA has awarded contracts to two industrial consortia to assess options for a future European-led space station after the ISS.

  ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration
• orbital

  ESA Astronaut Describes In-Orbit Blood Draws for NASA Physiology Research

  Sophie Adenot details the collection and preservation of blood samples supporting spaceflight adaptation studies.

  ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration
• orbital

  ESA Astronaut Sophie Adenot Completes Three Spacewalks

  Adenot conducted three EVAs in under 15 days, totaling nearly 20 hours outside the ISS.

  ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration
• orbital

  ESA Astronaut Photographs ESTEC Technical Centre from Orbit

  Sophie Adenot captured an image of ESA's ESTEC facility in Noordwijk from the ISS during her εpsilon mission.

  ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration
• orbital

  Sophie Adenot Returns After Record ISS Mission

  Sophie Adenot completes longest mission by a European astronaut.

  ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration
• terrestrial

  ESA Engineers Rehearse Rosalind Franklin Rover's First Mars Drive

  A full-size model is being tested on Mars-like terrain ahead of the rover's 2030 mission.

  ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration
• orbital

  Falcon 9 and ZhuQue-2E Launches Highlight Quiet Week

  SpaceX conducts three Falcon 9 missions while China's Landspace launches a ZhuQue-2E rocket on an undisclosed payload.

  NASASpaceflight

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