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January 12, 2026

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[ January 10, 2026 ] SpaceX deploys NASA’s Pandora, other smallsats amid 1st ‘Twilight’ rideshare mission Falcon 9
[ January 9, 2026 ] L3Harris announces $845 million majority sale of Space Propulsion and Power Systems business News
[ January 9, 2026 ] Crew-11 to cut mission short and return to Earth due to medical issue Mission Reports
[ January 8, 2026 ] FCC gives SpaceX “green light” to expand Starlink constellation to 15,000 satellites Falcon 9
[ January 7, 2026 ] NASA weighs an earlier end to the Crew-11 mission after a ‘medical situation’ with an ISS crew member postpones first spacewalk of 2026 Mission Reports

Balky connectors prevent full activation of European experiment platform

January 27, 2021 William Harwood

Two astronauts working outside the International Space Station Wednesday installed a European Space Agency data relay antenna and connected four of six cables to partially power a new ESA experiment platform. They also removed two solar array handling fixtures to clear the way for a future power system upgrade.

Cygnus freighter delivers new British-made antenna to International Space Station

February 18, 2020 Stephen Clark

A commercial Cygnus cargo freighter arrived at the International Space Station Tuesday two-and-a-half days after launching from Virginia’s Eastern Shore, delivering a new British-made high-speed communications antenna and more than 7,000 pounds of other experiments and equipment.