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Rhea Space Activity applies optical navigation to military rendezvous missions Space Debris

Rhea Space Activity applies optical navigation to military rendezvous missions

Illustration of a Vanguard-equipped satellite receiving instructions from the ground, autonomously calculating a rendezvous trajectory to a resident space object and entering harmonic orbits to observe the object with passive, optical navigation. Credit: Rhea Space Activity WASHINGTON — Rhea Space Activity, a Washington, D.C.-based space technology startup, is adapting navigation…
bubmag
January 9, 2026
NASA forced to end space station mission early due to astronaut’s ‘serious medical condition’ Space Debris

NASA forced to end space station mission early due to astronaut’s ‘serious medical condition’

Manchester Evening News Icon News World News NASA In a rare move, NASA is cutting short an International Space Station mission NASA has confirmed it will bring back a crew from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier than planned due to a medical issue. A spokesperson said the astronaut, who…
bubmag
January 9, 2026
FCC gives SpaceX “green light” to expand Starlink constellation to 15,000 satellites Space Debris

FCC gives SpaceX “green light” to expand Starlink constellation to 15,000 satellites

SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 9, 2025, on the Starlink 6-96 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update Jan. 9, 6:14 p.m. EST (2214 UTC): SpaceX confirms satellite deployment. Adding FCC announcement details. The Federal Communications Commission…
bubmag
January 8, 2026
A crew member’s “medical concern” foils a planned spacewalk outside the ISS Space Debris

A crew member’s “medical concern” foils a planned spacewalk outside the ISS

Someone on the International Space Station suffered an unspecified “medical situation” Wednesday, prompting the postponement of a planned spacewalk and raising the possibility of an early return for a portion of the lab’s seven-person crew, NASA said in a statement. NASA has never ordered a medical evacuation from space before,…
bubmag
January 8, 2026