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.
NASA has scheduled an Artemis program update at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for October 23, 2026, at 2 p.m. EDT. The agency says the briefing will address preparations for Artemis III and its goal of returning American astronauts to the lunar surface by 2028; the announcement does not confirm that a new Moon landing has occurred.
Students in Orlando, Florida, will have prerecorded science questions answered from the International Space Station during a NASA broadcast scheduled for noon EDT on October 16, 2026. Sally Ride Elementary School is hosting the event for K–12 students and the wider community, according to NASA’s October 14 announcement.
NASA will explain plans for the International Space Station’s final two roll-out solar arrays at a public briefing from Johnson Space Center in Houston on October 20, 2026, at 2 p.m. EDT. The agency’s October 14 advisory lists installation spacewalks for October 29 and November 5, making the briefing the next point for U.S. viewers to check the mission schedule.
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