12 – 18 October 2026
- 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.
NASASpaceflight - 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.
NASASpaceflight - 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.
NASASpaceflight - 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.
NASASpaceflight - 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.
NASASpaceflight - 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.
NASASpaceflight - 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 - orbital
CRS-35 Delivers Final iROSA Solar Arrays and Science Payloads to ISS
SpaceX's Cargo Dragon C211 launched on its fourth flight, carrying the last set of station-boosting solar arrays and a slate of microgravity experiments.
NASASpaceflight - orbital
ESA Astronaut Highlights Ventilation Maintenance Aboard ISS
Routine cleaning of ventilation grids supports crew health and station operations in the ISS's closed-loop air system.
ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration - orbital
Webb and Hubble Release New Images of Stellar Nurseries, Galaxies, and Gravitational Lensing
New Webb and Hubble observations detail star formation, an unusual spiral galaxy, and light bent by a massive galaxy cluster.
NASASpaceflight - terrestrial
Artemis III: RS-25 Engine #2 Moved for Core Stage Integration
NASA technicians prepare the #2 RS-25 engine for integration with the Artemis III core stage at Kennedy Space Center.
NASA — Artemis - orbital
ESA's Adenot to Conduct All-Woman Spacewalk September 1
Sophie Adenot's third EVA in 15 days will pair her with Jessica for an all-woman spacewalk.
ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration - cislunar
ESA's Terrae Novae Programme Spans Earth Orbit, Moon and Mars
A new ESA video outlines the agency's exploration programme, from the International Space Station to lunar Gateway modules and on to Mars.
ESA — Human and Robotic Exploration