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NASA has completed integration of the spacecraft's largest component: a structure that shields the infrared telescope from solar heat while carrying an array of 864 photovoltaic cells.
Over 1,645 Martian days, spacesuit-material samples collected particles down to roughly 100 nanometres. The result can inform coatings, airlocks and dust-removal systems.
The 2027 mission is meant to test Orion docking with vehicles from both suppliers in low Earth orbit; NASA will choose the 2028 lunar lander later.
NASA and Johns Hopkins APL ran Dragonfly's most complete flight simulation yet: flight software controlled flight-like avionics in real time while receiving synthetic camera, lidar and inertial-sensor data.
NASA has completed Roman’s comprehensive checkout. The telescope is calibrating its instruments before routine science observations.
The airborne CASALS lidar collected 3D terrain data at 22-centimetre resolution from about five kilometres above the ground.
An H3 rocket placed MMX on its planned trajectory. The mission now faces a cruise to Mars, a study of Phobos and an attempt to return surface material to Earth.
JAXA is targeting October 19 for launch; NASA has detailed the US contribution to instruments, communications and future Phobos sample work.
Small SPEARS cells operated at −80°C and survived thermal-vacuum cycles down to −170°C without detected damage.
Voyager Technologies’ vehicle endured vacuum, thermal, vibration and acoustic trials ahead of a planned mission to the Moon’s south polar region.
The CRS-35 cargo mission is set to carry brain-tissue models, infected plants, a compact biomarker reader and the final phase of a resistant-bacteria study.
Long March 12 launched the 27th group of Chinese low-Earth-orbit internet satellites from Hainan’s commercial spaceport.
KREPE-3 turns the cargo spacecraft’s planned atmospheric disposal into a low-cost testbed for materials intended for future Moon, Mars and Titan missions.
The six satellites have already passed testing and remain in storage; NASA has updated the future launch target.
SpaceGoogle reports launching the first Project Suncatcher prototype on 1 October. The experiment tests computing hardware in space.
NASA has reported a thermal test of a DAVINCI engineering prototype for the Venus mission.
SpaceFLEX will observe the faint light emitted by vegetation in connection with photosynthesis. It launched alongside Sentinel-3C.
SpaceBureau 1440 has reported its second batch launch of communications satellites. The first 16 spacecraft went into orbit in March.
