Spaceflight news

— NASA and ESA Lunar Gateway contracts awarded (space.com) (spacenews.com)

— Airbus and Thales Alenia were also contracted to develop a lunar lander (spacewatch.global) (esa.int)

Short & Sweet

— Prototype rover tested in Mojave desert. (cnet.com)

— Fire at Firefly’s Wallops Launch Complex. (twitter.com/Firefly_Space) (twitter.com/DavidNagySFgang)

— Zvezda atmosphere success… and failure. (sciencealert.com) (tass.com)

Questions, comments, corrections

— OSIRIS-Rex Touch-and-Go maneuver (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov)

This week in SF history

— 26 Oct, 2006. Launch of the STEREO mission (stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov)

— SECCHI - Sun-Earth Connections Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (secchi.lmsal.com)

— IMPACT - In situ Measurements of Particles And CME Transients (sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu)

— PLASTIC - Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (link.springer.com)

— Next week (10/27 - 11/2) in 1985: Room for one more?