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Mir | Demo Flight
Nov 3 · 11:00 pm CST · Agency for Defense Development · Sea Launch
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026
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Nov 9 · 1:02 am CST · U.S. Naval Observatory
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Quiet geomagnetic conditions · NOAA SWPC
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What changed on StarStation
Oct 28 · 9:22 pm
Webb Maps Star Birth in N159, a Nebula 161,000 Light-Years Away
Webb's infrared view of N159 reveals young stars in dense gas clouds. Here's what the observations show, and what remains an interpretation.
Oct 28 · 1:19 pm
Perseverance Finds Ultrafine Mars Dust Clinging to Spacesuit Materials
NASA's Mars rover measured dust on spacesuit-material samples, including particles far smaller than a human hair. The findings may help engineers protect future crews, but they are not direct measurements of astronaut exposure.
Oct 28 · 1:19 pm
NASA’s NEO Surveyor Sunshade Passes Ground Tests Ahead of Asteroid-Hunting Mission
Engineers have completed ground checks of NEO Surveyor's 20-foot sunshade and 864 solar cells. The asteroid-hunting telescope has not launched, and further spacecraft testing remains.
Oct 20 · 10:08 pm
October 2026 Skywatching: Saturn, the Orionids, and the Pleiades
NASA’s October skywatching guide highlights Saturn at opposition, the Orionid meteor shower, a crescent Moon near Jupiter, and a late-month Moon–Pleiades pairing.
Oct 20 · 9:58 pm
Japan Launches MMX Mission to Explore Mars’s Moons
Japan’s MMX spacecraft launched aboard an H3 rocket on October 19, 2026. The mission aims to study Mars’s moons and return samples from Phobos to Earth.
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Comet PanSTARRs and Rainbow Meteor
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Nov 2, 2026
APOD: 2026 November 3 – Comet PanSTARRs and Rainbow Meteor ↗
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oct 29, 2026
NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found ↗
European Space Agency
Oct 29, 2026
Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula lurks within sight of Hubble and Webb ↗
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Mir | Demo Flight
Launch · Tuesday, Nov 3 · 11:00 pm CST · Agency for Defense Development · Sea Launch
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