r/space • • 3d ago

Discussion All Space Questions thread for week of October 18, 2026

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Please sort comments by 'new' to find questions that would otherwise be buried.

In this thread you can ask any space related question that you may have.

Two examples of potential questions could be; "How do rockets work?", or "How do the phases of the Moon work?"

If you see a space related question posted in another subreddit or in this subreddit, then please politely link them to this thread.

Ask away!


r/space • • 13h ago

Minnesota farmer finds suspected Chinese rocket debris in cornfield

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r/space • • 6h ago

Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight on Oct. 21-22 —Here's the best time to spot shooting stars...

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114 Upvotes

r/space • • 23h ago

A supercomputer is about to launch to the moon aboard a rover named FLIP

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690 Upvotes

r/space • • 7h ago

KAI successfully demonstrates autonomous satellite operations in orbit

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r/space • • 12h ago

NASA’s Mars orbiter fleet is getting old – here’s how that could affect future exploration

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76 Upvotes

r/space • • 9h ago

Russian satellite, Cosmos 2612

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24 Upvotes

r/space • • 15h ago

NASA’s SR-1 Freedom Advances with Progress on Nuclear Power Module - NASA

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62 Upvotes

r/space • • 1d ago

Mission Critical: Why Canada’s race to space is of national urgency

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573 Upvotes

r/space • • 1d ago

A modern dynamo at Triton as a consequence of its capture by Neptune

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160 Upvotes

r/space • • 1d ago

Water as we’ve never known it: Physicists test water beyond Earth-like conditions. UNLV research shows that water can change its structure under the scrutiny of intense pressure, giving us an idea of its appearance on extraterrestrial worlds...

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r/space • • 1d ago

Retired pilot insures that Neil Armstrong's boyhood home will be preserved and open for public tours.

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r/space • • 1d ago

Space Rider test model lost following failed drop test

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r/space • • 1d ago

Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos - The climax for MMX will come in 2029, when the spacecraft will attempt up to two landings on Phobos.

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256 Upvotes

r/space • • 1d ago

Three years into its second mission, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX sets its sights on 2029

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r/space • • 1d ago

South Korea schedules 12 Nuri rocket launches by 2032, medium-lift methalox rocket by 2031, reusable rocket by 2035

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r/space • • 1d ago

Japan launches Martian moon mission | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

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r/space • • 1d ago

[Official] NASA Moon Base: Rovers and Lunar Terrain Vehicles For Humanity's First Lunar Outpost (October 2026 Update)

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r/space • • 2d ago

Star Wars: A Russian Military Satellite Gets Very, Very Close To One Used By Ukraine.

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r/space • • 2d ago

Japan launches historic MMX sample-return mission to Mars' moon Phobos.

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365 Upvotes

r/space • • 2d ago

'Phoenix planet': First-ever evidence of a second-generation planet detected around dead star | In a cosmic first, scientists say they have detected a planet that may have formed from the burned remains of its dead host star

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577 Upvotes

r/space • • 1d ago

How to See the Orionid Meteor Shower and Other Upcoming Astronomical Events

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r/space • • 2d ago

The Russian satellite that flew 5 km behind an ICEYE radar satellite has manoeuvred away from it

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666 Upvotes

r/space • • 2d ago

NASA’s Simulated Mars Crew Marks One Year Inside Habitat - NASA

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r/space • • 1d ago

Hadley Rille (Apollo 15 Landing Site) - 3D Lunar Flyover animated using a combined NASA LRO & Kaguya (SELENE) DEM dataset

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