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1st Election Day total lunar eclipse for US
Tuesday, November 8, 2022, will bring the 1st Election Day total lunar eclipse in U.S. history. It won't happen again until November 8, 2394.
November 6, 2022
Russia threatens attacks on civilian satellites
Russia said civilian satellites could become legitimate military targets. That's because countries such as Ukraine use them to fend off hostile invading armies.
October 27, 2022
ISS dodges Russian space debris
The ISS was moved this week to avoid a piece of Russian space debris that would have passed within 3 miles of the station.
October 26, 2022
Launches: CAPSTONE stabilized by recovery software
Engineers say CAPSTONE is stabilized after uploading recovery software and regaining control of the malfunctioning spacecraft.
October 11, 2022
Launches: SpinLaunch plans a slingshot to space!
A private company, Spinlaunch, has built a mass accelerator and hopes to launch payloads into space using this innovative technology.
October 9, 2022
Launches: Crew-5 has docked with ISS
On October 5, 2022, NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the Crew-5 mission. On October 6, Crew-5 successfully docked with the International Space Station.
October 6, 2022
Launches: NASA and ESA look to the moon
In Launches: NASA and ESA reaffirmed their intent to cooperate on lunar missions at the 2022 International Astronautical Congress held in September in Paris.
October 5, 2022
Launches: Crew-5 arrives in Florida for ISS launch
In Launches: The Crew-5 mission team arrived at KSC on October 1, 2022, in anticipation of liftoff to the International Space Station on October 5.
October 1, 2022
Launches: Firefly makes 3rd try to launch load of CubeSats
In Launches: Firefly Aerospace will make another attempt - its 3rd - to launch its Alpha rocket very early on October 1, 2022.
September 30, 2022
Hubble needs a boost. Will this new plan provide it?
The Hubble Space Telescope is slowly sinking lower in orbit. Now NASA, SpaceX and the Polaris Program have announced they plan to study how to boost it.
September 30, 2022
