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Dakar to Host the 2027 Edition of the NewSpace Africa Conference
Space in Africa, in collaboration with the African Space Agency, is organising the sixth edition of the NewSpace Africa ...
No location · Oct 12, 2026 · WedgetailAfriGEO 2026: Advancing Earth Observation for a Resilient Africa
More than 400 participants from across Africa’s Earth observation and geospatial community gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, f...
Abuja, Nigeria · Oct 12, 2026 · WedgetailRussia’s Apophis mission to help shed light on asteroid’s origin — Moscow University
Vladislav Osedlo noted that Apophis’ approach to Earth would constitute a unique physical experiment conducted by nature...
No location · Oct 12, 2026 · WedgetailRussia likely mass-producing satellites with Chinese components: Ukraine
Russia has likely begun mass-producing small satellites for its communications network using Chinese-made electronic com...
No location · Oct 12, 2026 · WedgetailWhat’s Happening in Space Policy October 11-17, 2026
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 11-17, 2026 and any insight we can o...
No location · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailBlue Origin Advances LC-36 Rebuild for Year-End New Glenn Return to Flight
Four months after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad, the company… The post Blue Origin Advances ...
Florida, United States · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailOn this day in space! Oct. 11, 1968: Apollo 7 launches into space, NASA's 1st Apollo astronaut crew in orbit
On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. H...
No location · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailThe week in pictures: French student protests, October 7 anniversary and Adenot's return to Earth
Blockades and protests by French secondary school and university students continued, occasionally becoming violent; Fren...
Paris, France · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailAstrophotographer captures 110 galaxies, star clusters and nebulas in stunning 352-hour mosaic (photo)
Astrophotographer Cornelis van Zuilen spent 352-hours of light data to create a spectacular mosaic of the Messier Catalo...
No location · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailAfrica at IAC 2026: Agencies, Industry and Young Professionals in Antalya
For five days in Antalya, Africa’s space sector worked on several fronts at once. On the exhibition floor, African compa...
Antalya, Turkey · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailMusk vows ‘affordable’ Starlink in India as he escalates feud with Ambani
Pledge comes days before Mukesh Ambani's low-cost Reliance Jio's parent launches India's largest-ever IPO.
India · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailNasa-backed spacecraft to inspect dead space objects, test future repair and debris removal tech
NASA has launched a washing-machine-sized spacecraft to inspect up to four inactive satellites and rocket bodies in low ...
No location · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailESA director general reveals €10bn plan to get to space without NASA
The space industry, currently valued at €600 billion, is expected to grow by 10% a year, according to European Space Age...
No location · Oct 11, 2026 · WedgetailBillionaires want to colonise the Moon but whether they can is complicated
No longer content with simply reaching the Moon, billionaires and major world powers have dived into a new space race. W...
No location · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailSANSA Signs MoU with Turkish Space Agency
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Turkish Space Ag...
No location · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailOn this day in space! Oct. 10, 1967: The Outer Space Treaty is ratified to lay out how countries can use outer space
On Oct. 10, 1967, the international Outer Space Treaty on how countries can use outer space ratified. Here's why it matt...
No location · Oct 10, 2026 · Wedgetail10 incredible places to see the 2027 'eclipse of the century' — beyond Luxor
Beyond Luxor and southern Spain, the 2027 eclipse path crosses Mediterranean islands, mountain towns, desert oases and h...
No location · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailFrance: Scientists conduct microgravity experiments on parabolic flights
This week in Bordeaux, the CNES, the French space agency, launched a microgravity research campaign with scientists from...
Bordeaux, France · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns from her first mission to the International Space Station
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has arrived back in Europe, landing in Cologne, Germany, following her return to Earth with ...
Cologne, Germany · Oct 10, 2026 · Wedgetail'All human emotion': French astronaut Sophie Adenot's first words since returning to Earth
French astronaut Sophie Adenot said she experienced “the full range of human emotions, from the most joyful to the most ...
Cologne, Germany · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailSpaceX launches 21 satellites to orbit for the US military after 5-day delay (video)
SpaceX launched 21 "data transport" satellites for the U.S. military today (Oct. 10), sending them up from California's ...
No location · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailChina successfully launches 27th batch of SatNet communications satellites
The launch took place aboard a Long March-12 carrier rocket from the commercial launch site at the Wenchang Space Launch...
No location · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailElon Musk lashes out at Indian ‘Prime Minister’ Mukesh Ambani in Starlink
Elon Musk has accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of being India’s ‘real boss’ in over delays to Starlink's entry.
India · Oct 10, 2026 · WedgetailMysterious 10-minute X-ray burst from a distant galaxy may have come from 2 dead stars colliding
Astronomers investigating mysterious flashes of X-rays believe that these blasts could hide collisions between neutron s...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailNASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
"We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low Earth orbit."
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailSpaceX’s Wireless Threat Rises With Spectrum Deal
SpaceX investors are finally getting some reprieve after months of being whipsawed by volatility as the Elon Musk-led co...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailVerizon posts worst day since 2002 as SpaceX U.S. network plans whack cell provider stocks
SpaceX announced the spectrum deal Thursday, as the company aims to push deeper into the telecom market through its Star...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailAstrolight Delivers Space-to-Ground Laser Communications Links
Astrolight has reached a key technology milestone as it looks to bring laser communications more into the satellite main...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailNASA Seeks US Industry Plans for Commercial Space Stations
NASA is advancing American leadership in space by taking the next step toward a future where commercial space stations l...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailWhy is Orion lying down? How The Hunter taught me how the sky moves
We learn constellations from diagrams that stay conveniently upright. The real sky has other ideas — as I discovered whe...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailVeon’s Banglalink to Launch Starlink Mobile in Bangladesh
Veon-owned operator Banglalink will bring SpaceX‘s Starlink Mobile service to its customers under a new agreement announ...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailAstrogate Labs Teams with Spacebeam on Optical Links and Ground Service
India’s Astrogate Labs is teaming with South Korea-based Spacebeam to demonstrate laser communications, including optica...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailL3Harris to Build Telescope for ESA’s LISA Mission
L3Harris will build an all-glass telescope for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission expected to launch ...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailNASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies
NASA is testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the Moon and Mars in an unusu...
Washington, United States · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailOn this day in space! Oct. 9, 1992: Peekskill meteorite hits car in New York after streaking through the atmosphere
On Oct. 9, 1992, a space rock the size of a bowling ball fell out of space and crash landed on a woman's Chevy Malibu in...
Peekskill, United States · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailScientists engineer microbe to help humanity settle Mars
A new genetically engineered microbe may one day help humanity settle Mars, a nonprofit biotechnology research startup s...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailDid the Soviet Union really fire a cannon from a space station?
According to some reports, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union mounted a rapid-fire cannon aboard a secretiv...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailFour astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space
An astronaut crew that carried out an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station splashed down as planne...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailShip 40 Returns Home as Ship 42 gets more Cryo Proof Testing
Ship 42 for Flight 15 has headed back out to Massey’s for more cryo-proof testing… The post Ship 40 Returns Home as Ship...
No location · Oct 09, 2026 · WedgetailVerizon, AT&T Bonds Weaken on SpaceX’s Wireless-Service Plans
Bonds issued by Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. weakened on Friday, following SpaceX’s announcement that it wi...
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