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NASA and SpaceX gave a 'go' for the Crew-13 launch to the space station, set for October 1, after a leak in the Dragon capsule's propulsion system delayed the mission.
On its 14th test flight, SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time and released 26 third-generation Starlink satellites before splashing down north of Hawaii.
NASA and Boeing will fly an uncrewed Starliner-1 mission as early as December 2026, with astronauts not expected to fly on the capsule again until Starliner-2 in 2028.
The European Space Agency's Juice probe flew 8,640 km above the Indian Ocean on September 28, using Earth's gravity to bend its path and gain 3.5 km/s on its way to Jupiter.
NASA announced the four-person crew for SpaceX Crew-14, led by NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, with launch to the International Space Station targeted for no earlier than spring 2027.
NASA picked the PRIMA far-infrared observatory as the first mission in its new Probe Explorers class, with a 2033 launch target and a $1.2 billion project cost cap.
A study using NASA Perseverance rover data finds that igneous rock at the edge of Mars' Jezero Crater interacted with water on at least three occasions, including a hot water event.
Russia's Progress 96 cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station's Poisk module on September 19, three days after launching from Baikonur with food, fuel and supplies.
NASA added Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17 to SpaceX's commercial crew contract in a $946 million modification, bringing the company's total to 17 missions.
Images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed McGetchin crater, a 728-foot-wide pit formed by an impact in 2024 and described as the largest newly formed crater ever found.
