Space exploration: latest events

15 events since 13 Oct 2026, across United States of America, Australia, Uzbekistan, Japan. Last update 23 Oct 2026, 22:39 UTC.

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23 Oct 2026

• NASA and partners streamline lander designs for 2028 Moon missions 23 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · ≈ Washington, United States of America
• NASA details Artemis III test mission for 2027 with Orion in low Earth orbit 23 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · ≈ Washington, United States of America
• NASA's Swift Observatory ends science mission as orbit decays 23 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · ≈ Low Earth orbit
• NASA tests RS-25 engine at Stennis Space Center 23 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, United States of America

22 Oct 2026

• Australia offers astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg for 2028 ISS mission 22 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · ≈ Canberra, Australia

21 Oct 2026

• NASA fires RS-25 engine for 500 seconds in Artemis test at Stennis 21 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, United States of America
• Perseverance sets record for farthest drive on another world at 45.22 km 21 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · Jezero Crater, Mars
• NASA's CASALS instrument to fill gaps in 3D maps of Earth's surface 21 Oct 2026 · Science · impact 1 · ≈ Washington, United States of America

20 Oct 2026

• NASA advances SR-1 Freedom nuclear-powered spacecraft with power module progress 20 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · ≈ Washington, United States of America
• Uzbekistan becomes 77th signatory of the Artemis Accords 20 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · Samarkand, Uzbekistan

19 Oct 2026

• Japan launches MMX mission to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos 19 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

18 Oct 2026

• Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies aged 90 18 Oct 2026 · Science · impact 1 · ≈ Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
• Japan to launch first mission to collect samples from Mars moon Phobos 18 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · ≈ Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

15 Oct 2026

• NASA to support JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration mission to Phobos and Deimos 15 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · ≈ Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

13 Oct 2026

• SpaceX launches CRS-35 cargo mission to the ISS 13 Oct 2026 · Space · impact 1 · Cape Canaveral, United States of America