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Sirius Space Fires Complete STAR-1 Rocket Engine for the First Time

French launch startup Sirius Space Services has successfully test-fired a complete prototype of its STAR-1 rocket engine for the first time. The company announced the milestone on 12 September, stating that it had conducted the first hot-fire tests of the complete STAR-1 engine at Airborne Engineering’s propulsion test facility in southern England. While the company […] The post Sirius Space Fires Complete STAR-1 Rocket Engine for the First Time appeared first on European Spaceflight..

APOD: 2026 September 13 – Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 13 –… 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. To view this […].

Europe’s commercial launch sector picking up the pace

The European space sector is enjoying a run of advances in September, highlighted by Isar… The post Europe’s commercial launch sector picking up the pace appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com..

First HyPrSpace Baguette One Launch Slips to 2027

French launch startup HyPrSpace announced on 11 September that it has pushed the inaugural flight of its Baguette One suborbital rocket to 2027. In June 2025, HyPrSpace announced that it would launch the inaugural flight of its Baguette One rocket in 2026 from a French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) test facility on the French […] The post First HyPrSpace Baguette One Launch Slips to 2027 appeared first on European Spaceflight..

Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor

How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that what they are seeing is real? A new NASA project, Artifact InSPECtor, invites you to find out – and by doing so, to help missions like Euclid and NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope answer fundamental […].

NASA’s Chandra Spots Galactic Gem

Two galaxies merge at a furious rate in this Aug. 25, 2026, image of the II Zw 096 system. This and several other images of both visually and scientifically interesting galaxies were released by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes. Chandra X-ray data (magenta) pinpoint powerful black hole activity and hot gas, while optical […].

NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy

NASA asks US states to show them the money..

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return

Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will discuss their upcoming return to Earth. Learn where […].

NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords

The science from every Moon rock sample, lunar dataset, and discovery produced through NASA’s Artemis program will be shared by the agency with the global scientific community. That commitment is upheld by all 71 countries that have signed the Artemis Accords, a set of principles for safe and transparent civil space exploration. NASA put those […].

Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026

Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026.

Sirius Space Fires Complete STAR-1 Rocket Engine for the First Time

APOD: 2026 September 13 – Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea

Europe’s commercial launch sector picking up the pace

First HyPrSpace Baguette One Launch Slips to 2027

Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor

NASA’s Chandra Spots Galactic Gem

NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return

NASA Boosts Open Science, Data Sharing with Artemis Accords

Week in images: 07-11 Sep 2026

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