Swift re-enters Earth’s atmosphere, ending its time in orbit
Tracking confirms a November 4 reentry over North Sumatra. The rapid-response observatory has stopped, but nearly 22 years of measurements remain available.
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NASA reports drone test of autonomous landing guidance
A November 4 report describes an August trial of SPLICE, which maps terrain and guides a vehicle toward safer ground. Lunar flight...
MetOp-SG-B1 enters cleanroom preparations for a late-year launch
The European weather satellite has left storage in French Guiana. Reactivation, testing and fuelling still lie ahead before an Ariane 6 launch...
ISS crew prepares November 5 spacewalk for final roll-out solar array
NASA says Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk are preparing to install the eighth iROSA on November 5. The new solar wings supplement...
ESCAPADE twins target November 7 and 9 Earth flybys toward Mars
NASA’s twin Mars probes are preparing for powered Earth flybys on November 7 and 9. Each planned encounter pairs a gravity assist...
Hubble reveals a faint counterpart to Beta Pictoris’s “Cat’s Tail”
A recent analysis combines Hubble observations from 2012–2025 with Webb data to investigate a possible collision’s dusty aftermath. The grains’ composition and...
As Hera nears its asteroid target, DART’s biggest questions remain open
ESA’s November 3 mission preview sets out what Hera must learn at Dimorphos: how the impact reshaped it, what lies inside and...
Webb study points to dust-rich ice grains in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
A recently published analysis finds that tiny mixtures of ice and dust can explain the comet’s unusual infrared bands. Similarities to icy...
Hubble study finds dwarf galaxies retain little of their oxygen
A census of 37 nearby dwarf galaxies finds that only about 11% of the oxygen their stars produced remains in their stars,...
Rocket Lab delivers Japan’s WADATSUMI-II radar satellite to orbit
The dedicated Electron mission delivered an iQPS spacecraft to low Earth orbit. Its radar-imaging role matters because reflected radio signals can reveal...
Swift reentry forecast points to November 4, with hours of uncertainty
A November 2 check of The Aerospace Corporation’s forecast places Swift’s atmospheric reentry around November 4. The estimate carries a twelve-hour uncertainty...
NASA stretches Voyager 1’s power supply after brief signal loss
A coordinated power-saving switch is keeping instruments running longer. Engineers are still investigating October’s brief communications interruption.