Different perspectives. More understanding.
NASA and the US Department of Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding on October 24 to broaden cooperation on Earth observation and agricultural data, NASA announced October 26. The agreement sets out areas for exploration; it does not establish that crop yields or farm profits have already increased.
Fresh stories. Broader perspectives.
The Federal Trade Commission’s October 26 consumer alert warns that callers can borrow a respected charity’s name to offer a supposed sweepstakes prize. For US donors, the key warning sign is a demand to pay before receiving the prize or to supply sensitive personal information. A familiar name or caller-ID display does not verify who is calling.
A NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory report released October 26 describes fine and ultrafine dust sticking to material samples on Perseverance. The measurements give US mission designers information about particles that future suits and habitats would need to keep out. They are rover observations, not evidence of illness in astronauts on Mars.
NASA’s October 26 Earth Observatory report shows how satellite measurements can follow changing leaf pigments across the United States, while field photographs help scientists interpret what those measurements mean. Its Vermont example is an October 3 Landsat 9 image; the report does not provide a live guarantee of colour at a particular viewpoint today.
US food businesses and other stakeholders who want to speak at the FDA’s November 6 virtual food-traceability meeting must register by October 26. General attendance registration remains open through November 5. The deadline is an opportunity to request an oral presentation, not a new compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule.
NASA’s Dragonfly team has completed a comprehensive real-time simulation of the rotorcraft’s first flight at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. The October 23 update describes flight-like avionics working with simulated sensor inputs. Dragonfly has not flown on Titan; launch is scheduled no earlier than 2028, with arrival planned for 2034.
NASA test pilot Mike Lippert flew the X-59 for the first time on October 21, reaching Mach 1.4 and 55,000 feet during an hour-long sortie from Edwards, California. NASA reported the flight on October 22 as the experimental aircraft returned to testing after scheduled maintenance. The milestone concerns the pilot’s first flight in the aircraft, rather than the X-59’s first-ever flight.
The University of Alabama in Huntsville hosts the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from October 26–28, according to NASA’s October 22 media advisory. Its agenda brings U.S. government, industry and academic participants together around lunar operations, propulsion and the future space workforce.
Virginia energy planners are set to use NASA solar, meteorological and future weather-risk data under a Space Act Agreement announced October 23. The partnership links NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton with the Virginia Department of Energy to study power demand, generation and system resilience.
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory made its final observation on October 20, ending a science mission that began after its 2004 launch. NASA said October 23 that increasing atmospheric drag had left the spacecraft unable to hold its telescopes steadily on targets and that re-entry was expected in the coming weeks.
U.S. animal owners and veterinary practices should check whether their compounded medicines are included in Wedgewood Pharmacy’s recall over potential potency problems. The company’s October 21 notice covers certain products still within expiry that were shipped nationwide from February 18 through October 6, 2026.
U.S. skywatchers planning their next evening outdoors have a Moon-and-star-cluster pairing to look for on October 27 into October 28. NASA’s October observing guide identifies the Pleiades as the cluster the Moon will pass close to and advises looking east in the evening as they climb higher.
Find the subjects that matter to you.