
NASA Asks Industry Whether Commercial Spacecraft Could Boost or Retire Hubble
NASA's 29 October 2026 request for information asks industry about boosting Hubble, servicing it, or bringing it down safely. Nothing is funded or scheduled.
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NASA's 29 October 2026 request for information asks industry about boosting Hubble, servicing it, or bringing it down safely. Nothing is funded or scheduled.

SpaceX launched NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission on October 13, 2026, carrying the fourth and final pair of ISS roll-out solar arrays and 6,300 pounds of supplies.

NASA selected PRIMA, a $1.2 billion far-infrared space telescope, as the first Probe Explorers mission in its Explorers Program, targeting a 2033 launch.

NASA powered up the Roman Space Telescope's 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument in September 2026 and ran early checks on its planet-imaging coronagraph.

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NASA awarded SpaceX $946 million on September 18, 2026 to add Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17 to its CCtCap contract, lifting the total value to $5.92 billion.

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