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Satellite Events for Tonight

NASA’s CHAPEA Crew “Returns” to Earth

Reported by NASA

The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more than a year following the end of their simulated Mars journey on Oct. 31, 2026. Crew members Matthew Montgomery (left), James Spicer (midd...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:50 +0000

What’s Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Reported by NASA

Meteor Showers, a Spacecraft Milestone, and a Supermoon Catch Taurid and Leonid meteors, spot Mars near Jupiter, celebrate Voyager 1’s light-day milestone, and watch November’s supermoon. Skywatching Highlights Transcript A month of meteor showers … ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:19 +0000

Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample

Reported by Universe Today

Samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and from carbonaceous chondrites that have crashed on Earth, present an apparent contradiction. Their fine-grained matrices have widely varied compositions of their clay-like minerals. That suggests that there were widely d...
  • By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
  • On: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 18:08 +0000

NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-25 Station Resupply Launch

Reported by NASA

Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft will launch in November to the orbital laboratory on a SpaceX Falcon...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:33 +0000

NASA’s Hubble Uncovers Case of Missing Oxygen in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies

Reported by NASA

NASA’s Hubble studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies and found that much of the oxygen they expected to see is missing. ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:00 +0000

Swift spacecraft fiery reentry will be in the next 2 days

Reported by Space | EarthSky

The Swift spacecraft is falling back to Earth. It will likely burn up in our atmosphere on November 3 or 4. Will you see it? The post Swift spacecraft fiery reentry will be in the next 2 days first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00 +0000