Space & Exploration
Spaceflight, exploration, and orbital systems
India's NVS-03 navigation satellite completes its first orbit-raising maneuver
ISRO reports that NVS-03 reached its intended transfer orbit and completed an initial engine burn after the October 30 launch. Navigation service still depends on further maneuvers and checkout.
NASA asks industry how to reboost, service or safely retire the Hubble telescope
NASA has issued an information request exploring commercial Hubble servicing, orbital reboosting and disposal. This is an assessment of options, not a funded rescue mission.
ISS crew installs seventh roll-out solar array during milestone 100th U.S. spacewalk
NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronauts completed a seven-hour station power upgrade on October 29, with one final roll-out array still planned for November.
Swift's final observations close a two-decade mission after an unsuccessful orbital rescue
NASA ended the Swift observatory's science mission after orbital decay and a failed servicing attempt, leaving a large archive of gamma-ray burst observations.
NASA aims to shorten science-mission selection delays with a simpler competition model
NASA's Competition Model 2.0 targets faster decisions and lighter initial proposals, although reduced selection times do not automatically mean faster launches.
Rocket Lab's latest HawkEye 360 launch expands space-based radio-frequency sensing
Three HawkEye 360 satellites reached low Earth orbit aboard Electron, extending a commercial system designed to locate and characterize radio emissions for security and maritime applications.
Artemis III's next challenge is docking Orion with two different lunar landers
NASA's October mission outline describes an Earth-orbit test of Blue Origin and SpaceX lunar lander systems before a planned crewed lunar landing in 2028.