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European Spaceflight • November 11, 2026

Fire Damage Delays Installation of Simulated Lunar Greenhouse in Germany

A fire at an external contractor’s facility has delayed the installation of a containerised greenhouse designed to simulate growing crops on the Moon. According to a response to a parliamentary inquiry published by the German Bundestag on 20 October, a fire occurred while the EDEN-LUNA greenhouse container was being refurbished. The incident has pushed back […] The post Fire Damage Delays Installation of Simulated Lunar Greenhouse in Germany appeared first on European Spaceflight.

NASA • November 11, 2026

APOD: 2026 November 11 – NGC 4449: Small Galaxy, Big Impact

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 11 – NGC… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. NGC 4449: […]

NASA • November 11, 2026

Water Surges Into Navajo Reservoir

Rounds of heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest flooded rivers and rapidly raised New Mexico’s second-largest reservoir.

NASASpaceflight • November 11, 2026

Isaacman lays out SLS path to the 2030s

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has further explained the decision to standardize the Space Launch System… The post Isaacman lays out SLS path to the 2030s appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

NASA • November 10, 2026

NASA Invites Media, Public to Join Voyager 1 One-Light Day Activities

Launched nearly 50 years ago in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 on Wednesday, Nov. 18 will have traveled one light-day from Earth, which is more than 16 billion miles (25.9 billion kilometers). Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object, and any light from Earth would take 24 hours to reach the spacecraft. NASA will highlight […]

NASA • November 10, 2026

NASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston

NASA will welcome home the Expedition 74 crew during a public event at Space Center Houston following their return from a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot; and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will share mission […]

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Launch Successful November 11, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC

Long March 2D | CAS Pathfinder-1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Mission Type Technology

Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pad Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Go for Launch November 12, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC

Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-627

SpaceX

Mission Type Government/Top Secret

Orbit Low Earth Orbit

Pad Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Go for Launch November 12, 2026 at 07:50 PM UTC

Kuaizhou 11 | Unknown Payload

ExPace

Mission Type Unknown

Orbit Unknown

Pad Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Upcoming Events

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November 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM

BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion

Orbital Insertion

Orbital insertion around Mercury of the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission.

December 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby

Flyby

Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Europa Clipper Earth Flyby

Flyby

NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly by Earth for a second and final gravity assist on its way to Jupiter.

Active Space Stations

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International Space Station

Status: Active Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Founded: 1998-11-20

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.

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Mir

Status: De-Orbited Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Founded: 1986-02-20

Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. The station served as a microgravity research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of space.

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Skylab

Status: De-Orbited Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Founded: 1973-05-14

Skylab was a United States space station launched and operated by NASA, and occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974 – the only space station the U.S. has operated exclusively. In 1979 it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Skylab included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems necessary for crew survival and scientific experiments. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a weight of 170,000 pounds (77,000 kg). Lifting Skylab into low earth orbit was the final mission and launch of a Saturn V rocket (famous for carrying the manned Moon landing missions). Three missions delivered three-astronaut crews in the Apollo command and service module (Apollo CSM), launched by the smaller Saturn IB rocket. For the final two manned missions to Skylab, a backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready in case an in-orbit rescue mission was needed, but this backup vehicle was never flown.

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