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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Energy Secretary Chris Wright sign a memorandum at a table as OSTP Director Michael Kratsios stands behind them

NASA and DOE Sign Space Nuclear Deal, but No Release Gives a Power Rating

NASA and the Energy Department signed a memorandum on space nuclear power and propulsion that runs from fuel production to launch, effective November 1. The release names no reactor power rating, budget

October 14, 2026

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Technicians in white cleanroom suits watch as a crane lowers a lunar lander into a large thermal vacuum chamber at JPL

Griffin-1 Lander Passes JPL’s Shake, Roar and Freeze Tests; No Launch Date

Voyager Technologies' Griffin-1 lander has passed vibration, acoustic, electromagnetic and thermal vacuum tests at NASA's JPL ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch to the lunar south pole. NASA's account gives no test

October 14, 2026

News·Science·Technology

A crescent Earth sets behind the edge of the cratered Moon in a photograph taken by the Artemis II crew

Artemis II Crew Saw Five Moon Flashes; the One Camera Clip Checked Saw None

Artemis II's crew reported five impact flashes on the dark Moon, likely the faintest ever seen by human eyes, according to NASA's preliminary lunar science report. A short Orion camera clip reviewed

October 14, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Artemis III astronauts in white cleanroom suits lean over a railing to view the Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center

Artemis III Crew Will Rehearse a Pad Escape as NASA Stacks Its Rocket

NASA has finished stacking the Artemis III boosters and set an October 23 update on its Moon plans, with the crew due to rehearse an emergency pad exit. Nothing NASA has published

October 14, 2026

News·Science

Five members of the SPEARS battery team stand and sit beside a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Langley Research Center

NASA’s Moon Battery Works at Minus 80C, but the Lunar Night Hits Minus 200

NASA's SPEARS solid-state battery cells worked down to minus 80 degrees Celsius in vacuum tests at Langley and survived minus 170. The Moon's South Pole night reaches minus 200, and the release

October 14, 2026

News·Science·Technology

Vladimir Putin seated at the CIS heads of state meeting in Turkmenistan on October 9, 2026

Moscow Says No Russian Diesel Contract With the US Is Signed Yet

Russia's deputy prime minister says no contract has yet been signed to ship diesel to the United States and that making one "will require some time." A presidential envoy says "coming days."

October 14, 2026

Economy·Government and Politics·News

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Israel Signs for 12 Apache Helicopters Due in the 2030s, Funding Unclear

Israel signed for 12 Boeing AH-64E Apache helicopters that are not due until the early 2030s, Arab News reported. The US notice for a larger 30-helicopter, $3.8 billion case lists Foreign Military

October 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Blue and white potash evaporation ponds beside a river bend in the red rock desert near Moab, Utah, seen from the International Space Station

US Gets First Belarusian Potash in Four Years, and It Is Tiny

The first Belarusian potash cargo in four years reaches New Orleans, about 0.3 percent of US imports on the USGS basis. The bargain behind it, sanctions relief for freed prisoners, is the

October 14, 2026

Economy·Government and Politics·News

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Alexa Tablet 12 Pro Ships With a Great Screen and Too Much Amazon

Amazon’s Alexa Tablet 12 Pro began shipping October 14 with full Android and a standout screen. The Verge’s review found non-removable Amazon ads, a weak Alexa Plus and shorter battery life than

October 14, 2026

News·Technology

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Social Security’s 3.6% Raise for 2027 Barely Keeps Pace With Inflation

More than 75 million Americans will get a 3.6 percent Social Security raise in January, about $75 a month, the largest in four years. It lands as September inflation hit 3.7 percent

October 14, 2026

Economy·Government and Politics·News

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NASA and DOE Sign Space Nuclear Deal, but No Release Gives a Power Rating

Griffin-1 Lander Passes JPL’s Shake, Roar and Freeze Tests; No Launch Date

Artemis II Crew Saw Five Moon Flashes; the One Camera Clip Checked Saw None

Artemis III Crew Will Rehearse a Pad Escape as NASA Stacks Its Rocket

NASA’s Moon Battery Works at Minus 80C, but the Lunar Night Hits Minus 200

Moscow Says No Russian Diesel Contract With the US Is Signed Yet

Israel Signs for 12 Apache Helicopters Due in the 2030s, Funding Unclear

US Gets First Belarusian Potash in Four Years, and It Is Tiny

Alexa Tablet 12 Pro Ships With a Great Screen and Too Much Amazon

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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