Space Debris

Updated 2 October 2026 at 05:27 IST NASA's Crew-13 mission launched aboard SpaceX to the International Space Station with four astronauts to study disease, crop growth and health research to prepare for future Moon and Mars exploration missions. NASA's Crew-13 Lifts Off: SpaceX Launches 4 Astronauts To Study Disease And…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA's Crew-13 lifts off Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule "Grace" will take NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for about…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four launches from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026. John Raoux/AP Photo/John Raoux CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday after…

HOUSTON, Texas (September 30, 2026)— World Space Week events, beginning October 4 in 100 nations, will celebrate how launch innovation has stimulated the rapidly-growing space economy and enabled new uses of space to help the world. “This year’s theme is the Rocket Revolution,” said Dennis Stone, World Space Week Association…

September 30, 2026 3 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm The new push loosens U.S. regulations for sterilizing spacecraft bound for the Red Planet and calls for modernizing the science of “planetary protection” By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings Future missions to Mars—such as follow-ups to NASA's…

— Additional reporting by Angela Elias, Kyley Warren, Haley Lyndes, Krista Jones, and Adelaide Giesey Anvita Reddy (she/her) is a former assistant editor for PS Shopping. She has a passion for products and reviews home gadgets, cookware, tech, and more. Having dealt with acne as a teenager and into adulthood,…

There have been many milestones of note in the story of the Space Age, but the launch of the USSR’s Sputnik 1 satellite is the major breakthrough that started it all. It was the first human-made object to get up into space and stay in orbit, having blasted off on…

Twenty SpaceX MiniHard AI data centers versus eight million fully monetized Tesla robotaxis—which could generate more profit? Brian Wang breaks down the shocking impact of monthly MiniHard production. AI leasing economics, and the assumptions behind this extraordinary comparison. The key: how quickly SpaceX can turn power, chips, and buildings into…

ROME, 30/09/2026 – NaviGate, an Italian space technology company spun out of Sapienza University of Rome, has successfully completed the in-orbit demonstration (IoD) of NaviCode Caravel, its autonomous onboard precise orbit determination software, aboard an ION Satellite Carrier operated by D-Orbit. During the demonstration, NaviCode Caravel ran directly on the…

Paris, France | September 2026 — Novaspace’s Satellite Communications for Defense and Security, 2nd Edition highlights a defense Satcom market poised for rapid growth. By 2035, commercial satellite service revenues are projected to exceed $22.6 billion, while global defense Satcom demand is forecast to surpass 7.5 Tbps, driven by the…