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From robotic landers probing distant moons to the crewed missions pushing further than humans have gone in fifty years, this is where SpaceInfo Club tracks the push beyond Earth orbit. Coverage spans NASA, ESA and commercial missions, the engineering that gets them there, and the science they bring back.
Reporting draws on conversations with the scientists behind these missions, including astrophysicist Dr Francesca Faedi (University of Leicester, Orbital Innovation Ltd.), who studies how deep-space conditions affect the human body. See the full list of astronomers and mission scientists we’ve spoken with.
Also filed under Humans in Space Physics History
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Dr Francesca Faedi — Astrophysicist, Lecturer at University of Leicester, contributor to the discovery of 60+ exoplanets.
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Artemis III won’t land on the Moon: it will dock Orion with Blue Moon and Starship test articles in Earth orbit, like Gemini did before Apollo. Mission profile, status of SLS, Starship and Blue Moon.
The short version Voyager 1 reaches one light-day from Earth on Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at 5:16 a.m. EST (10:16 UTC), according to NASA. That is about 25.9 billion km, or 173 astronomical units, the distance light travels in 24 hours. No other human-made object has ever been this far from home, and a command
Voyager 1 Reaches One Light-Day From Earth Read More »
PROMISE is a six-wheeled, nuclear-powered rover NASA plans to send to the lunar South Pole in late 2028, built from Curiosity and Perseverance spare parts.
PROMISE: NASA’s Nuclear-Powered Moon Rover Built from Mars Spare Parts Read More »
NASA’s Swift Observatory re-entered on 4 November 2026 after 22 years. Here is the re-entry status and how Leicester will keep its science alive until 2028.
Swift Returns to Earth After 22 Years, and Leicester Keeps Its Science Alive Read More »
NASA’s Swift Observatory is falling back to Earth after a failed commercial rescue. A technical look at the drag physics, the Katalyst LINK attempt, reentry forecasts and debris risk.
Swift Observatory Reentry: What Went Wrong and What We Learned Read More »
Cover Image: 25-Foot Space Simulator thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Voyager 1 is communicating normally again after two scheduled contact attempts on October 18 and 19, 2026 failed to detect any radio signal. The signal reappeared on October 20, and engineers have kept contact since. The cause
Voyager 1 Reconnects Ahead of Its One Light-Day Milestone Read More »
Registration for the NASA 4-D Executive Space Programme in Leicester is expected to close around 2 November. How to choose your option.
NASA 4-D Executive Space Programme: How to Choose Your Option Before Registration Closes Read More »
JAXA’s MMX spacecraft launched on 19 October 2026 to bring back a sample of Phobos. Here are the three leading theories on where Mars’s moons came from and what the sample could reveal.
JAXA MMX Mission Explained: Where Did Mars’s Moons Phobos and Deimos Come From? (Part 1) Read More »
Cover image credit: DIA, Maxar Published 28 October 2026 by The SpaceInfo Club China’s experimental reusable spacecraft has never been shown officially, yet we now know what it looks like. On 26 October 2026 the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) published a sharp image of the vehicle in an unclassified assessment of threats in space.
China’s Secret Spaceplane: What We Now Know Read More »
ESA’s Hera reaches the Didymos asteroids in November 2026. The timeline, what to watch in the first weeks and what will not be known on day one.
Hera Arrives at Didymos: Timeline, What to Watch and What We Won’t Know Yet Read More »
