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Museums

Ars Technica • Robert Pearlman

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to open modern military aviation exhibit on Veterans Day

The National Air and Space Museum’s “Modern Military Aviation” exhibit opens Nov. 11 with more than 150 artifacts spanning the post-World War II era to the present. The Veterans Day debut spotlights aircraft and weapons from conflicts across that period.

Also: Navy Times, Navy Times and Navy Times

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2026-11-02T16:04:49.625781-08:00

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Via Satellite • Shaun Waterman

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

By Via Satellite: RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Space Force sees space not just as a physical domain, with thermodynamic laws and orbital mechanics, but as a digital domain, too.

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2026-11-02T17:55:39.821782-08:00

Europe ESA Space Exploration & Science Missions Human Spaceflight & Space Stations

SpaceNews.com • Andrew Parsonson

Europe looks beyond the ISS

By SpaceNews.com: European Space Agency member states will meet in Rome Dec. 15 to decide the future of Europe’s human and robotic exploration program.

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2026-11-02T11:16:10.524379-08:00

Mars Space Exploration & Science Missions NASA

SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Computer and gyro problems likely caused loss of MAVEN

By SpaceNews.com: A computer glitch and a faulty gyro likely caused the loss of a NASA Mars orbiter nearly a year ago, an agency investigation concluded.

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2026-11-02T09:30:40.395007-08:00

China Moon Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation Human Spaceflight & Space Stations

SpaceNews.com • Andrew Jones

Hardware for China’s crewed moon program spotted near Wenchang spaceport

By SpaceNews.com: Hardware for a crucial first flight test of a launch vehicle and spacecraft for China’s crewed lunar program appears to have arrived at Wenchang spaceport.

Ars Technica

China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years

Also: Leonard David and dailygalaxy.com

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2026-11-02T08:20:40.348953-08:00

Commercial Space

CNBC • Jessica Dickler, Kate Dore

Trump Account holders to receive SpaceX stock from Gwynne Shotwell in December

By CNBC: Eligible Trump Account holders will begin receiving donated shares of SpaceX stock in December, President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said in a post on X.

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2026-11-02T11:04:34.408120-08:00

JWST Space Exploration & Science Missions NASA

Space.com • Keith Cooper

James Webb Space Telescope uncovers new clues about the origins of 'interstellar invader' comet 3I/ATLAS

By Space.com: JWST has found that the ice on the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is strange and is less like the comets in our solar system and more like bodies that orbit the sun beyond Neptune.

Also: Science Daily

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2026-11-02T09:19:11.155442-08:00

Space Exploration & Science Missions

Universe Today • Evan Gough

Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample

By Universe Today: Samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and from carbonaceous chondrites that have crashed on Earth, present an apparent contradiction.

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2026-11-02T10:15:30.535672-08:00

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to open modern military aviation exhibit on Veterans Day

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

Europe looks beyond the ISS

Computer and gyro problems likely caused loss of MAVEN

Hardware for China’s crewed moon program spotted near Wenchang spaceport

China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years

Trump Account holders to receive SpaceX stock from Gwynne Shotwell in December

James Webb Space Telescope uncovers new clues about the origins of 'interstellar invader' comet 3I/ATLAS

Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample

US Military Sees Space as a ‘Digital Domain’ Where Cyber Reigns Supreme, Deputy CSO for Cyber and Data Says

"At Home in Space" opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation

Europe looks beyond the ISS

Trump Account holders to receive SpaceX stock from Gwynne Shotwell in December

Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample

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