Space agencies (NASA, ESA, CNES…) (science, space): all 4 Bunker Geek stories, sourced and checked. Latest: “Starliner: NASA plans an uncrewed flight in late 2026 before handing Boeing’s capsule back to astronauts in 2028”.
On 28 September 2026, NASA and Boeing set out what comes next for Starliner: an uncrewed flight to the ISS in December or January, then astronauts in 2028. On an Atlas V, for as long as any are left.
The LINK robot, sent to raise the orbit of the Swift space telescope, re-entered the atmosphere on 25 September without ever managing to grab it. Swift, for its part, has switched all three of its instruments back on: if it has to fall, it may as well fall with its eyes open.
The European spacecraft passed 8,640 km above the Indian Ocean to borrow a little of Earth’s speed, with no intention of ever giving it back.
On 23 September, NASA selected PRIMA, a space telescope designed to observe the Universe in the far infrared, a kind of light no space observatory has captured since 2013. Launch is planned for 2033: a reasonable wait, by the standards of the galaxies it will study.
