The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC has finished a seven-year, nearly $1 billion renovation with the October 30 opening of 'At Home in Space,' its final new spaceflight gallery. Curator Jennifer Levasseur says the exhibit traces more than 50 years of long-duration human spaceflight, from the space shuttle era through the International Space Station and into future exploration plans.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-11-02
Peloton instructor Robin Arzón released a 20-minute class featuring astronaut Jessica Meir, recorded while Meir was aboard the International Space Station. The free session, available on Peloton's YouTube channel and app, shows Meir riding the FERGO, a handlebar-less exercise bike secured by a waist harness, while discussing Earth views and the importance of cardio and strength training in space.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-28
A NASA scientist involved with the Artemis program described how astronauts on Artemis III and later missions will be trained to make scientific observations on the Moon, not just take photographs. The approach includes giving crew members science prompts during training exercises, asking them to interpret scenes, infer causes, and decide what actions to take next, mirroring how they'll operate on the lunar surface.
wired.com
· 2026-10-15
Researchers from Mount Sinai, NASA and Space Tango launched up to 16 miniature engineered hearts and peppercorn-sized 'miBrain' tissue samples to the International Space Station aboard the CRS-35 resupply mission from Cape Canaveral. The organs, housed in an automated CubeLab device from Space Tango, will be monitored for how microgravity and radiation affect their electrical activity and cellular health, with arrival expected two days after launch.
science.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-15
NASA released a 360-page request for proposals asking US companies to develop commercial space stations that could replace the International Space Station in low-Earth orbit as early as 2030. Industry responses are due December 8, with NASA planning to select two or more contractors by April, each guaranteed at least $100 million in this initial phase.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-09
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said SpaceX intends to phase out its Falcon and Dragon systems as it focuses on Starship, prompting NASA to consider purchasing two additional crewed launches from Boeing's Starliner. NASA also announced it will spend $359 million to help Boeing rebuild the reaction control thrusters blamed for problems on Starliner's last mission.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-02
A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX's Crew-13 mission from Cape Canaveral, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month stay. The launch, originally planned for mid-September, was delayed so SpaceX could cut into a propellant line and replace a faulty valve in the Dragon spacecraft's propulsion system.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-01
NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission is set to launch October 1 at 11:10AM ET from Cape Canaveral, carrying commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the ISS. The crew will relieve Crew-12, who briefly sheltered in their capsule in June after an air leak was detected on the station, and NASA says the docking will be the fastest in US space station history at seven hours and 50 minutes.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-01
SpaceX has told NASA and private space station developers including Axiom Space, Voyager Space, and Vast Space that it intends to stop flying Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 missions to low-Earth orbit after supporting the International Space Station through 2030. The move threatens the crew transportation backbone for NASA's two-decade effort to build a commercial human spaceflight market in orbit.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-29
NASA astronauts on the International Space Station recently performed a standard walk-off procedure with the Canadarm2 robotic arm, after which the arm and its mobile transporter became unable to move. As of Sunday evening, teams were still investigating whether the fault lies in software or hardware, and NASA had not provided further comment by Monday morning.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-28
NASA sources say the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm and its mobile transporter became stuck after a standard 'walk-off' repositioning move. Engineers are investigating whether the failure stems from a software or data glitch or an actual hardware fault in the arm or transporter. NASA had not publicly commented on the issue as of Monday morning.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-28
Pedro Duque, who became Spain's first astronaut and later led the country's science ministry, has been named an honorary member of IEEE. He now serves as president and chairman of the board of Spanish satellite company HispaSat, and accepted the honor via recorded remarks at an April 24 ceremony in New York he could not attend in person.
spectrum.ieee.org
· 2026-09-22
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