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Space.com • Chelsea Gohd

NASA maps more than 10,000 lunar faults, tracing the Moon’s 45-meter shrinkage

The Moon has contracted by about 45 meters as its interior cools, and NASA scientists have mapped more than 10,000 faults across its surface to assess the effects. The findings connect a long-term change inside the Moon with geological features visible at the surface.

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2026-10-19T12:05:14.246174-07:00

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Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

Infinite Orbits' precious asset: Four firm launch contracts with Impulse Space OTV on Falcon 9 rockets to 2029

By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — French space startup Infinite Orbits, specializing in in-orbit services including geostationary-orbit rendezvous, proximity and docking, has raised 52 million euros ($58.4 million) in two financing rounds — not bad for a company founded in 2017.

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2026-10-19T12:55:15.350264-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Debra Werner

UARX Space troubleshoots anomalies on maiden OTV Flight

By SpaceNews.com: SAN FRANCISCO –Spanish startup UARX Space is remedying anomalies identified during the maiden flight of OSSIE-D, an orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) launched Oct.

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2026-10-19T09:55:47.251735-07:00

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Ars Technica • Stephen Clark

A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer's cornfield

By Ars Technica: All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.

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2026-10-19T08:05:11.474418-07:00

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Space.com • Mike Wall

Watch Japan launch a bold sample-return mission to Mars moon Phobos today

By Space.com: Japan will launch its audacious MMX sample-return mission to Mars today (Oct. 19), and you can watch the historic action live.

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Japanese MMX mission launches to study Martian moons

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Japan's sample return mission to Phobos may also collect some Mars dust

Also: The Independent, CNET, CNA, wired.com, dailygalaxy.com, CNN, aerospaceglobalnews.com and astrobiology.com

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2026-10-19T03:05:22.649023-07:00

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Space.com • Robert Lea

'They're kind of goth': NASA spacecraft gives mysterious brown dwarfs a close-up

By Space.com: Using NASA's SPHEREx spacecraft, astronomers have studied a horde of mysterious "failed stars," or brown dwarfs, not-so-stellar loners that wander the darkness of space alone.

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2026-10-19T08:45:40.204954-07:00

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European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

US political uncertainty complicates long-term Artemis commitments, Polish minister says

By European Spaceflight: Polish minister warns that US political and budgetary uncertainty complicates the country's ability to make long-term commitments to NASA's Artemis programme.

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2026-10-19T08:04:46.985473-07:00

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CNBC • Kai Nicol-Schwarz

2026-10-19T02:04:39.182708-07:00

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Watch Japan launch a bold sample-return mission to Mars moon Phobos today

Japanese MMX mission launches to study Martian moons

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'They're kind of goth': NASA spacecraft gives mysterious brown dwarfs a close-up

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