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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA safety advisers warn agency could lose crewed access to low Earth orbit

The agency’s safety advisers say NASA risks losing human access to low Earth orbit as Crew Dragon approaches retirement and concerns persist about commercial space stations. The warning puts continuity of crewed operations in orbit at issue, though the available report provides no timetable or details of the advisers’ recommendations.

2026-10-22T14:20:41.234437-07:00
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US Democratic senator probes Ukraine's loss of Starshield service

By Reuters: Democratic US Senator Richard Blumenthal on Thursday said he had opened an inquiry into Ukraine's loss of critical access to the Pentagon's Starshield satellite communications service and the resulting degrading ​of Kyiv's ability to defend itself against Russian attacks.

2026-10-22T15:04:27.745079-07:00
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Universe Today • Andy Tomaswick

Autonomous Triangular Modules Could Build Tomorrow’s Mega-Observatories

By Universe Today: Private companies are getting better and better at launching more and more mass into space with larger and larger rockets.

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2026-10-22T08:54:38.289467-07:00